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We've got lots of great things
coming up this year! View
our 2009 Calendar of Events
for a full description of each
event.
 2009 Events
May 29th - Ragle Dental Laboratory 30th
Anniversary Celebration!
Held at The I-Hotel Conference Center to
celebrate 30 years of serving the dental community we offered an afternoon
of education for dentists and their dental teams.
Some of the course options were:
- Zimmer Dental: Tom Lewis, CDT - “Hands-on
Implant Prosthetic Workshop”
- Astra Tech: Dr. Berry Franzen - “Real Solutions for the
Next Level Implant Practice”
- Sirona: Barry Diener, Territory Manager - “Digital
Dentistry with Cerec Connect”
- Ivoclar Vivadent: Nathan Courtney, Educator - “Advancements
in Adhesive Dentistry”
- Sunstar: Abi Dickerson, Territory Manager - “Sunstar
Products to Help Patients Improve Oral Health”
- Vident: Keith Ness, Educator - “Taking
Shades in the 21st Century”
- Captek: Nancy Wardy, VP of Client Development - “Captek-A
Unique Restoration”
- Densply: Steve Kirchheimer, - “The
Dentsply TruRx Digital Denture Prescription System”
- Ivoclar: Kennedy Hawxhurst, CDT - “IPS e.max
All Ceramics Clinical Considerations”
Sept. 25th -Ragle 6th Annual Staff Appreciation
Luncheon
Friday September 25th from 12:30 to 5:00 P.M. at a location to be announced.
This will be an afternoon of fun and education to celebrate the staff of our
best customers. The entire dental office is invited. Mark your calendars now
for our sixth annual appreciation luncheon and fashion show. We are working on
offering more CE credit for this course due to the absence of Carle Foundation
Dentistry Day. Registration fee will be determined and this seminar will
be worth 5 CE credits. Please join us for this appreciation lunch and education.
2008 Events
April 3rd - Astra Tech Computer Guided Implant Treatment
Seminar
Thursday April 3rd from 6:00 to 8:30 P.M. Improve Communication
and Accuracy with Computer Guided Implant Treatment. Enhance interactive communication
with the entire implant team by planning implant placement and optimizing
abutment selection for predictable results. Facilitate™ is based on SimPlant™ software
from Materialise™ that provides high precision, three-dimensional computer
based diagnostics and precise treatment. The software is specially customized
for Astra Tech and allows for use of a wide selection of implants and abutments
with an internal “library” of virtual implants from all major manufacturers.
Costs may be lowered by shortening chair-time, especially with immediate loading
scenarios. Patients’ safety can be increased due to predictable outcomes.
This informational program is ideal for the surgical and restorative team. This
seminar is worth 2 CE credits. Download Seminar Brochure
May 30th - Ragle Dental Laboratory 29th Anniversary
Celebration!
Held at The Round Barn Banquet Center from 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Join
us as Dr. Mark Murphy presents “The
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Dental Practices”. This presentation
is appropriate for an audience composed of doctors and their staff.
Mark will speak with passion about the seven qualities effective dental teams
possess and how these qualities develop behavioral habits that you,
too, may achieve with your practice team. You will hear persuasive and engaging
accounts of the difference these habits made in his own practice. In addition
to a full day of great education we will be giving away a travel voucher
worth $2000 to one of our best customers! Must be present to win and
must have submitted a comment form to Ragle Dental Laboratory between May 2007
and April 2008. Each comment form received
has earned you an entry to win. We will choose the winner at 4 P.M. on May 30th. Download
Registration Form.
Registration fee is $45 and this seminar is worth 6 CE credits
September 26 - Ragle 5th Annual Staff Appreciation
Luncheon and Fashion Show
This will be an afternoon of fun and education to celebrate the staff of our
best customers. The entire dental office is invited. Mark your calendars
now for our fifth annual appreciation luncheon and fashion show. The details
are still in the planning stages but since it is our fifth year we will have
to do something special right! The focus this year will be around women’s
health and how good dental hygiene has an impact. Also, we
will focus on the top women’s health issues and how we can do our part
in helping our patient’s stay aware. Registration fee is $20 and
this seminar will be worth 3 CE credits.
2007
Events
September 12th
- “Innovations in
Implant Therapy”
Ragle Dental Lab teams up with
Biomet 3i™ to present Dr.
Robert Blackwell. Learn how surface
technology improves healing times,
the concept of platform switching
and how it can be used to preserve
bone around implants and be introduced
to the concept of CT Surgical
Guidance. Join us at The
Great Impasta on Wednesday
night from 6 to 8:30 P.M.
Dinner is paid for by Biomet 3i™.
R.S.V.P. by September 6th. Seminar
worth 2 CE Credits.
September 20th
- “Digital Impressions”
Ragle Dental Lab has partnered
up with Cadent to host a dinner
and seminar for Dentists and Dental
Assistants covering the topic
of digital impressions. How do
they work, how do you transition
to digital and what is the learning
curve? Thursday September
20th at The Great
Impasta from 6
until 8:00 P.M. Dinner
and seminar are paid for by Ragle
and Cadent. R.S.V.P. by September
10th. Seminar
worth 2 CE credits.
September 28th
- “Staff Appreciation
Lunch and Seminar”
Sponsored by Ragle and Zimmer
Dental. Join us for our fourth
annual staff appreciation lunch
and fashion show! Be thinking
about who will be the fashion
show model from your office! This
year’s seminar is a general
knowledge implant course enhanced
by two presenters Heidi DuBois-Robinson,
RDH and Corrine Woodworth, RDH.
This course will cover many topics
including the benefits of implant
therapy, the history and development
of implants, the risks of non-treatment,
patient selection process, site
selection, surgical placement,
surgical stents, final restoration,
patient and professional maintenance,
success rates, ailing and failing
implants, financial considerations
and role playing. Held at The
Great Impasta from 12:30
to 4:30 P.M. Lunch and
seminar fee is $20 per
person. R.S.V.P. by September
17th. Seminar
worth 3 CE Credits.
October 25th
- “Atlantis Components
Custom Abutments”
It has been over a year since
Ragle adopted Atlantis Custom
Abutments as our abutment of choice.
Join us for a refresher course
and see why. Also, have your implant
questions answered by Fred Senne
from Atlantis and Jerry Ragle.
Held at The Great Impasta
from 6
to 8:30 P.M. Dinner and
drinks provided by Atlantis Components
and Ragle Dental Lab. Seminar
worth 2 CE Credits.
January 24
- Join us for the first Ragle
sponsored seminar in 2007. Wednesday
evening January 24th from 5:30
to 8:00 at The Urbana
Golf & Country Club.
Laboratory Materials and Processes
presented by Jerry Ragle, CDT
and Nick Ragle, Fixed Manager.
Also, Cementation presented by
Lisa Michalak, Territory Sales
Manager, Ivoclar/Vivadent.
March 30th
- “Evidenced Based
Patient Solutions”
Ragle Dental Lab has partnered
up with Procter & Gamble to
host a lunch & learn for Dentists,
Hygienists and Dental Assistants.
During this lunch and learn a
Dental Hygiene Educator from Crest/Oral-B
will show how choosing products
for your patients can be based
on scientific evidence. There
are so many different products
on the market which ones should
you be recommending to which patients?
Friday March 30th
at The Great Impasta
from Noon until 2:00 P.M.
Lunch and seminar are paid for
by Ragle and Procter & Gamble.
R.S.V.P. by March 15th.
May 3rd
- “Premium Dentures”
Ragle Dental Lab launches a new
Cosmetic Denture in Spring 2007.
Join us on Thursday evening
May 3rd as Dennis Purinton
from Vident shows us the materials
and process involved in making
a premium denture. What makes
it premium? Held at The
Great Impasta from 6:00
to 8:30 P.M. Dinner and
drinks are paid for by Ragle &
Vident. R.S.V.P. by April 27th.
June
1st - “Ragle
Anniversary” In
celebration of our 28th Anniversary
we present a day full of education
and vendor surfing. This year
we plan on having three speakers
to cover the topics of relationship
building, up-selling to your patients
and the latest and greatest equipment,
materials and restorations available
in 2007. Please mark
your calendars now. This is the
biggest event of the spring season
where we spend a lot of time planning.
The vendors come from all over
just to set up a booth and get
a chance to see all of you. Champaign
Country Club, 8:00 A.M. to 3:00
P.M. on Friday June 1st. Don’t
miss it!
Download
the Regitration Form. Registration
is due by May 25, 2007.
2006 Events
October 6th - Ragle/Zimmer
3rd Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Held at The Urbana Golf
& Country Club from
12:30 to 4:30 P.M. A luncheon
celebration to show our appreciation
for the staff of our best customers.
This event is for Hygienists,
Assistants and Office Personnel
of Ragle Dental Laboratory customers
and is sponsored by Ragle Dental
Laboratory and Zimmer Dental.
This year we will continue with
the tradition of a lunch buffet
and the scrubs fashion show, oh
what fun! Our featured
speaker Lynn Mortilla
will be presenting ADIA
Implant Team Training
which will be worth 3 CE credits.
This comprehensive program will
provide an informative overview
of dental implantology. The program
covers surgical, prosthetic and
maintenance considerations as
well as reviewing treatment planning
for implant patients and provide
the entire team with the verbal
and interdisciplinary skills needed
to effectively work with implant
patients. There is a small registration
fee of $10 per person
and we need volunteer fashion
show models.
October 26th -
Astra Tech Implant Seminar
Held at The Great Impasta
in Champaign from 6 to
8 P.M. Join us as Dr.
Richard Jones of Munster,
Indiana explores the latest developments
in implant treatment. Discover
the benefits of the BMC - BioManagement
Complex™ that provides the
best combination of key features
to maintain marginal bone and
healthy soft tissue. Become familiar
with the step-by-step procedure
that saves time and reduces stress
during procedures. Learn about
prosthetic flexibility that allows
you to choose the best options
for any indication. Thanks to
Astra Tech there will be no
charge for this event.
Mark your calendars to attend
and look for a formal invitation
in the mail.
November 3rd -
Carle Foundation Day Dentistry Program
Held at The Forum at Carle
in Urbana from 7:30 A.M.
to 4 P.M. Join us for
the 20th year of this annual event
where you will hear from seven
different speakers on OMFS Updates,
Dental Malpractice, What’s
new in Endodontics, Oral Pathology
and The Future of Digital Impressions.
Speaker line up: Dr. Josh Leal, Dr. Steven Holm, Dr. Jay Znaniecki,
Dr. Paul Sahni, Dr. Heath Grote, Dr. Don-John Summerlin and Norbert Ulmer from
Sirona Dental.
Vendor Exhibit line up: Atlantis, Nobel Biocare, Zimmer Dental,
Oral-B/Crest, Astra Tech, Sirona, Patterson Dental and Carle Wound Center. Registration
will be sent in the mail from Carle Foundation Hospital/Carle Clinic.
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