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Our upcoming MasterTrack session will be held at the Emerald Coast AGD Annual Review of Dentistry.

Dates: September 10th-12th, 2026
Location: Destin, FL

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When you register…

Choose the MasterTrack Level selection. MasterTrack registration includes participation fees for the 3-day hands-on pediatric/orthodontic course series that totals 21 hours of CE. With the reading assignments, this will complete the 12 hours of Ortho and 12 hours of Pedo needed for this discipline. (Be sure to purchase a lunch ticket for convenience.)


pediatric dentist lance kisby

Instructor

Dr. Kisby is a graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. After completing his Residency in Pediatric Dentistry at Floating Hospital at New England Medical Center in Boston, MA, Dr. Kisby was Chief of Pediatric Dentistry and Assistant Director of Dentistry at R.I. Hospital in Providence, RI. He then went on to spend 17 years in private practice in Massachusetts until he accepted the position of Chief of Pediatric Dentistry at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, CT. He has been Board Certified in Pediatric Dentistry since 1983, was a former Contributing editor to the Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, he has multiple publications, he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry as well as a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Kisby had created two Pediatric Dental Residencies, one in Danville, PA and the second in Wilmington, DE, where he was Program director of both programs. Dr. Kisby has over 47 years of clinical and teaching experience thus bringing new and exciting techniques and insights to those dentists and staff who treat children.


Course Information

Thursday, September 10th
8am - 11:30am

Part 1 of 2: Pulp Therapy and Restorative Dentistry in Pediatric Dentistry
Instructor: Dr. Lance Kisby

3.5 Hours CE
AGD Subject 430 - Pediatric Dentistry
MasterTrack Level Course (attendees are welcome)

Course Description:

This course will cover the latest pulp therapy techniques in primary teeth and the use of new dental restorative materials in pediatric dentistry. The topic of pulp therapy will include Biodentine pulpotomies, Cvek pulpotomies for dental trauma, indirect pulp caps with GIC, and Hall Techniques. The restorative component will discuss new composites and their use in the Slot Prep, SDF (Silver Diamine Fluoride), and when to use SDF or SMART (Silver Modified Atraumatic Restorative Technique).

Learning Objectives:

  1. List and descibe the steps and indications for a Biodentine pulpotomy.
  2. Know the indications, contraindications, and the steps for an indirect pulp cap.
  3. Describe the steps for a Slot Prep using GIC and new restorative materials.
  4. List and describe the steps of the Hall Technique.
  5. Describe the indications and the steps for Silver Diamine Fluoride and when to use the SMART technique.

Learning Goals:

  1. Attendees will learn the indications and the steps for a Biodentine pulpotomy.
  2. Attendees will learn the indications and contraindications for a GIC indirec pulp cap.
  3. Attendees will learn how to do a Slot Prep and use new restorative materials.
  4. Attendees will learn when to use the Hall Technique.
  5. Attendees will learn the advantages of SDF and when to use SDF and how to incorporate the SMART technique.

Part 2 of 2: Hands-on session
1pm - 4:30pm
3.5 Hours CE

In the Hands-on part of the course:

  1. Attendees will do a Biodentine pulpotomy on dentiform teeth
  2. Attendees will ‘restore’ a dentiform tooth with new composites using the Garrison Matrix System


Friday, September 11th
8am - 11:30am

Part 1 of 2: Treatment and Management of Pulp Exposure Due to Trauma
Instructor: Dr. Lance Kisby

3.5 Hours CE
AGD Subject 430 - Pediatric Dentistry
MasterTrack Level Course (attendees are welcome)

 

Part 2 of 2: Hands-on session
1pm - 4:30pm
3.5 Hours CE



Saturday, September 12th
8am - 11:30am

Part 1 of 2: A Practical and Simple Interceptive Orthodontic Treatment for the General Practitioner
Instructor: Dr. Lance Kisby

3.5 Hours CE
AGD Subject 370 - Orthodontics
MasterTrack Level Course (attendees are welcome)

Course Description:

In this course, the general dentist will receive detailed instruction as well as a hands-on portion in the afternoon on how pediatric dentists treat many common orthodontic problems with techniques that can be done in the office.

Specific topics to be covered include:

  1. How to do an orthodontic exam and what that information means
  2. Primary vs. permanent teeth ideal occlusion
  3. The preferred sequence of eruption of primary and permanent teeth
  4. Diagnosis and managing ankylosis of primary teeth and congenitally missing permanent teeth
  5. Diagnosing and early treatment of space management, anterior cross-bites, and posterior cross-bites
  6. Indications and contraindications for simple appliances such as maxillary expansion appliances, correcting single tooth maxillary lingual cross-bites, habit breaking appliances, and space maintainers
  7. The role of enlarged tonsils and airway issues in malocclusion
  8. Diagnosing common eruption problems from multiple panoramic x-rays

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will learn:

  • Understand the management and treatment of agenesis and ankylosis cases
  • How to diagnose and treat anterior and posterior cross-bites and thumb/tongue habits
  • Diagnose and treat common eruption problems by way of multiple panoramic x-rays
  • Know the indications and contraindications for space maintainers
  • Recognize when a case should be referred to the orthodontist

Note: This is a lecture session, but the hours will be counted as participation hours if also taking the afternoon hands-on session.

Part 2 of 2: Hands-on session
1pm - 4:30pm
3.5 Hours CE

The Hands-on portion will include:

  1. An interactive session of diagnosing and interpreting eruption problems from multiple panorexes
  2. Placing bands and taking impressions for a space maintainer on a typodont and writing a prescription for each of the common interceptive appliances

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