Study Club
Metro West Dental Specialty Group offers a world-class continuing education program to our referring dentists, which enhances our communication through Metro West Seminars. We believe that smooth communication provides optimal care.
View our 2017-18 schedule below!
What are Metro West Seminars?
In 2010, two partners founded Metro West Seminars to provide quality advanced continuing education to improve treatment, communication, and clinical experience for dentists from Nebraska and throughout the globe. For years, Dr. Kim and Dr. Miyamoto have assisted dentists in learning implant treatment planning, procedures, orthodontics care, and comprehensive restorative dentistry.
Dr. Taera Kim and Dr. Takanari Miyamoto, founders of the Metro West Seminars, are still actively involved in study club and clinical research as well as continuing education directors, participants, and educators. To find out more information about their academic and professional background and current interests, please visit the Metro West Dental Specialty Group website at www.metrowestdentalgroup.com.
Metro West Dental Seminars is now offering educational opportunities for dentists to advance the quality of multidisciplinary comprehensive dental therapy, patient care, and doctor satisfaction. These courses, incorporating surgical and prosthetic hands-on experiences, are designed for the discerning professional interested in dedicating several days to expand his/her clinical acumen and skills.
Please email for registration information at metrowestdental@gmail.com or call at 402.614.7022.
If you work regularly with METRO West Dental Specialty Group, you will receive the invitation to Metro West Study Club. Below you will find details about Study Club meetings for 2017-18.
Where: West River Periodontics & Implant Dentistry
Aug. 23, 2017, 6-8 PM
Topic: IT Security and Compliance (Tom Terronez, Medix Dental)
Where: Hampton Inn & Suites - 12331 Southport Parkway, La Vista, NE 68128
Course Description: Tom Terronez, Founder and CEO of Medix Dental, leads a {0 CE’s} course on how to better navigate IT HIPAA guidelines and keeping your practice and patients protected. Technology is an often overwhelming industry for dentists and their practices, so this course is designed to help you efficiently navigate and understand your options in the simplest terms.
Who should attend?: Dentists, office managers and staff welcome.
Sept. 20, 2017, 6-8 PM
Topic: Practical Application of Botulism Toxin in General Dental Practice (Karry Whitten, DDS)
Who should attend?: Dentists and DH
Sept. 27, 2017, 6 PM - Spear Study Club
Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, 1-5 PM
Topic: Management of Sjogren’s Syndrome and Dry Mouth in Dental Practice (Ibtisam Al-Hashimi, BDS, MS, PhD
Who should attend?: Dentists and DH
Oct. 25, 2017, 6 PM - Spear Study Club
Nov. 8, 2017, 6-8 PM
Topic: Periodontal Maintenance of Dental Implants
Who should attend?: Dentists
Course Description:
What is the prevalence of peri-implantitis? Which radiograph should serve as the baseline for the comparison of future peri-implant bone levels? Is it safe to use a stainless steel instrument to clean a dental implant? This 1.5 hour lecture course will explore the current classification of peri-implant disease, etiology, and evidence-based periodontal maintenance procedures for the prevention of peri-implant disease.
Nov. 29, 2017, 6 PM - Spear Study Club
Jan. 17, 2018, 6-7 PM
Topic: How to Steal From a Dentist by David Harris, CPA
Feb. 21, 2018, 6 PM
Topic: Anticoagulant Medication Management in Dental Office by Kalin Johnson, PharmD
March 28, 2018, 6 PM
Topic: Guided Surgery, Why, When and How by Bret Royal, Implant Concierge, CEO
April 18, 2018, 6 PM
Topic: Direct Composite Restorations by Jason H. Goodchild, DMD
Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Sciences
May 23, 2018, 6 PM
Topic: Periodontal Risk Assessment for DH Practice by Ruth Thompson RDH, Director: IWCC DH Program
Sept. 19, 2018, 4 PM
Topic: Dr. Douglas Benn: Use of Cone Beam CT for General Practice
Oct. 12, 2018, 1 PM
Topic: Periodontal Considerations to Successful Dental Implant Therapy by PERRY R. KLOKKEVOLD, D.D.S., M.S., F.A.C.D.
Associate Professor
Residency Program Director (Periodontics)
