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Every year Americans increasing- ly take more prescription medicines. According to the Kaiser Family Foun- dation, the average number of retail prescriptions per person increased from 8.9 in 1997 to 12.6 in 2007.1 With Americans taking more med- ications, the occurrence of adverse drug events and medication errors is on the rise. In fact, a recent study on medical errors noted that approxi- mately 7,000 people per year will die from medication errors alone, about 16 percent more deaths than the number attributed to work-related injuries.2 The trend is clear. And that means dental professionals today need even better ways to keep up with new medi- cations, detect possible harmful drug interactions and enhance patient safe- ty. Now, with Lexi-Comp ONLINE for Dentistry, Lexi-Comp’s online dental- specific drug information resource, dentists can stop worrying about dangerous drug interactions and put patient safety as a top priority. Featuring daily content updates and dental-specific drug monographs, Lexi-Comp ONLINE for Dentistry pro- vides the most current and relevant dental drug information available. As the only product on the market to include a dental-specific, drug-inter- action screening tool, Lexi-Comp ONLINE for Dentistry has been proven to help dentists significantly save time checking for interactions and reduce the risk of adverse drug events. According to Scott Benjamin, DDS, who practices in Sidney, N.Y., and has published more than 100 articles on dental technology in over a dozen pub- lications, Lexi-Comp ONLINE for Den- DENTAL TRIBUNE | September 2010 Industry News 37A The California Implant Institute was developed in 2001 by Dr. Louie Al-Faraje to provide quality continu- ing education on the subject of den- tal implants and related topics using a hands-on approach. As director, Al-Faraje has trained more than 1,000 clinicians in a hands-on, yearly forum of education in implant dentistry. Al-Faraje holds diplomate sta- tus at the American Board of Oral Implantology, fellowship status at the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and fellowship status at the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. The California Implant Institute offers a one-year comprehensive fel- lowship program in implant den- tistry. This program is made of four ses- sions designed to provide dentists with practical information that is immediately useful to them, their staff and their patients. The four sessions combined offer more than 160 hours of lectures, laboratory sessions and live surgical demonstrations. The goal of the faculty team, which is composed of some of the most respected instructors from the United States and around the world, is to provide you with comprehen- sive knowledge that will enrich your practice and improve your clinical skills so you can confidently perform predictable, prosthetically driven implant dentistry. Join California Implant Institute Session one topics During the first session of this one-year comprehensive hands- on implant training program, the following topics are covered: anatomy, bone physiology, patient evaluation for implant treatment, risk factors, vertical and horizon- tal spaces of occlusion, bone den- sity, step-by-step implant surgical placement protocols, impression techniques, restorative steps for implant crown and bridge and more. Session two topics During session two, computer- guided implant placement and res- toration using SimPlant® software, immediate-load techniques for single and full-arch cases, biology of osseointegration, miniimplants, bone grafting before, during and after implant placement and phar- macology will be discussed. Implant prosthodontics for fully edentulous patients, high-water design, bar-overdenture, CAD/ CAM designs, etc., will highlight the prosthetic portion of this ses- sion. Session three topics Advanced implant surgical tech- niques, such as alveolar ridge expan- sion with split cortical technique, guided bone regeneration, sinus lift through the osteotomy site and more, are covered in this session. Hands-on pig jaw workshops using regenerative materials are performed by the class, and there are live surgery demonstrations by faculty. The restorative portion of this session will focus on biomechanical principles, biomaterials and implant occlusion. Session four topics This session will focus on sinus lift through the lateral window, ramus block graft and chin block graft as well as the J-Block grafting proce- dures. PRP and other advanced bone grafting materials such as rh-BMP2/ ACS grafts with titanium mesh. The final graduation examination and certification ceremony will con- clude this comprehensive implant training program. For more informa- tion or to register, please contact Jen- nifer Bettencourt at (858) 496-0574 or visit www.implanteducation.net. DT (Photo/Provided by the California Implant Institute) AD Reducing medication errors one patient at a time with ‘Lexi-Comp ONLINE for Dentistry’ g DT page 38A