Next Meeting Thursday November 4th

New Format Starting January '11

I've emailed everyone the new tentative format for our meetings starting January 2011.
(It's in Word format. If you can't open it please let me know)

Please review and get back to me with any changes or suggestions that you may have.

Thanks.

Next Meeting - Thursday October 14th

Please bring an interdisciplinary case to the next meeting (finished or unfinshed). Make sure photos and models are included.
Also, please read Chapter 2 of Dawson's book.

See you all then.......

NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9th

There is no meeting in August

New Format for Meetings

From now on each meeting will begin with a discussion of a chapter from Pete Dawson's book: "Functional Occlusion From TMJ to Smile Design"

• We will start with Chapter 1 and then move forward
• Everyone please read the Chapter and bring any questions or comments to the meeting

I'd still like to keep literature review part of the meetings so if anyone reads an interesting article please feel free to bring it in and discuss. It could be on any topic.

Finally, I definately want to come up with a schedule for a different member each time to bring in an interdisciplinary case to review.

• Again, this doesn't have to be a case that is completed.
• It would be ideal if a set of photos, models, and xrays were brought to the meeting for your case review
• The case doesn't have to involve any of the other dentists or lab techs in the group

MEETINGS WILL START AT 5:30PM AND END BETWEEN 7 & 7:30PM

Meeting Times/Locations/Fees

TIMES: We will continue to have all the meetings start at 5:30pm (if you'd like to start later, please email me or bring it up at the next meeting). Ideally we would like to be finished with the meeting at 7:30pm. If you can't make the meeting or you feel like you will be late, please let us know with plenty of notice so we can decide whether to reschedule or invite another person to the meeting. We really want to try and have multiple disciplines represented at the meetings (ideally atleast one general dentist, orthodontist, periodontist, and lab technician). We may decide in the future that an O.S. is also needed. however, we will base that on the next few meetings.
LOCATIONS: For now we will keep the meetings at our office (Monokian Dental), however, we are more than happy to rotate offices if someone else wants to have it at theirs.
FEES: Every member, please bring $20 to the next meeting for food and drinks. When the money is used up, we will collect more.

Schedule Change for meeting on 8/12/10

The meeting on August 12, 2010 has been canceled. We will skip this month and meet again in September.

LITERATURE REVIEW TOPIC 7/15/10

Thanks to the suggestion from Barry Polanksy, our next Lit. review topic will be on the topic of Neutral Zone. Please research atleast one article on this subject. If you have any other topics you would like researched please either email me (mikem@monokiandentistry.com), post it on the blog, or bring it up at the next meeting.

Also, please remember to bring a case to review for the next meeting (you can email it to me, print out the photos, or bring in your laptop). Realistically I can only imagine going through 1-2 cases per meeting, however, the more people that bring cases, the more we have to choose from.

Look forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting...

Literature Review Topic (Thursday June 17th)

For the next meeting. I'd like for the literature review topic to be on ankylosis (causes, treatment, etc...). Just to let you know, I do most of my researching on pubmed.gov. I can show everyone in more detail on the 17th.

Look forward to seeing everyone at our office for the next meeting. If you have any other topics that you'd like to do literature reviews on, bring it up at the next meeting.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. MONOKIAN!

Meeting Dates

Thanks to Monisha and Ross for doing some research and putting together a calender for our meetings. They tried to take into account the Southern Dental meeting dates. The only thing that wasn't factored in were the South Jersey Study Club dates. When we get those days from Dan, we may have to tweak our calendar. But for now, here it is.......


Thursday June 17
Thursday July 15
Thursday August 12
Thursday September 9
Thursday October 7
Thursday November 4
Thursday December 2
Thursday January 27
Thursday February 24
Thursday March 24

The next meeting (Thursday June 17) will take place at the Monokian dental office. From there we can decide where furture meetings will take place. At that time I will also collect $20 per member for food and beverages for the meetings (please bring cash).

Like before, out meeting will begin at approximately 5:30pm.

For now we will keep the same format as last meeting. Everyone try to bring a case and we will decide who's going to present that evening. We can also come up with a schedule at the next meeting so that everyone doesn't bring a case to every meeting.

I'm also open to ideas for the literature review topic. Once we agree on an appropriate topic, I will post it on this blog so that everyone can bring one article that relates to the subject matter.

I look forward to our next meeting.

Meeting 5/6/10

Our first meeting was a success! We are glad everyone came out, participated, and learned from each other. The underlying goals of our meetings seem to be shared by every member. I can't wait to continue into the future, learning and growing together.