TMFD Dental Academy & Webinars

TMFD ACADEMY: Risk Managing Your Practice with Dr. Lionel Lenkinski

Learning Objectives – this webinar will cover the following:

• Understanding Informed Consent

• Record-Keeping Requirements

• Electronic Record Keeping

• Record Transfer

• Patient Dismissal When & How

• Risk Managing Your Electronic Communication

TMFD ACADEMY: Estate Planning 101 with Meghan O’Neil

Learning Objectives – this webinar will cover the following:

• Importance of estate planning and how to get started

• Why you need an estate plan

• What is probate tax planning

• Estate planning traps to watch out for

• The basics of trusts

TMFD ACADEMY: What They Didn’t Teach You At Dental School About Selling or Buying a Dental Practice with Bill Henderson

Learning Objectives – this webinar will cover the following:

• What goes into the valuation of a dental practice

• Proven ways to build the value of a practice before selling or after buying

• How current trends, including cost inflation, staffing shortages, interest rates, the new federal Canada Dental Plan and the growth of dental corporations are impacting the market and your sale or purchase

TMFD ACADEMY: Top 5 Reasons Dentists Need to Understand Zygoma Implants by Dr. Lesley David

Learning Objectives – this webinar will cover the following:

• To highlight our role as dentists in patient education

• To learn about zygoma implants in general

• To understand patients’ various treatment options for failing dentition/full arch rehabilitation

• To understand the indications for zygoma implants

TMFD ACADEMY: You Can’t take it with You - Plan, Live & Give,” with Nicola Elkins

Learning Objectives – this webinar will cover the following:

• Overview of charitable giving in Canada

• Challenges to your wealth

• Ways to give strategically

• Donor Advised Funds

TMFD ACADEMY: Interesting Multidisciplinary Case Presentations

Learning Objectives – over the course of this webinar, Dr. Arlin will review:

1.     Multidisciplinary cases including Periodontics, Orthodontics, Conventional Prosthetics, and Implant Dentistry

2.     Cases with unusual diagnostic challenges and treatments

3.     “Patient-Centered Treatment” i.e. not always the “idealistic approach”

4.     Cases with up to 30+ years of follow-up

TMFD ACADEMY: Life insurance: Beyond Death Benefit with Sanjiv Tidke

Learning Objectives:

Take a deep dive into Life insurance and understand how a Tax-exempt Life insurance contract can work for you.

Learn how this planning tool can be used for 

• Tax-sheltered growth of funds

• Extract tax-free capital dividends from corporation

• Leveraging cash values for business or personal retirement

• Estate Equalization

• Creditor Protection and Privacy of giving

 And much more..

TMFD ACADEMY: INSURANCE WITH SANJIV TIDKE

Learning Objectives:

• Get an overview of various personal insurance options

• Learn about their significance at various stages of life

TMFD ACADEMY: INCOME SPLITTING

Learning Objectives:

• Discover why income splitting is advantageous as a tax planning technique

• Discover different methods of income splitting

• Identify opportunities for income splitting within your family

• Identify common pitfalls to avoid

TMFD ACADEMY: DENTAL ANALGESIA AND ANAESTHESIA

Learning Objectives:

·      Define the different levels of sedation and anesthesia

·      Appreciate that sedation and anesthesia is a continuum

·      Understand some of the methods in which different levels of sedation can be achieved

·      Identify the indications of sedation and anesthesia in dental practice

·      Appreciate the new changes to the RCDSO Standard of Practice in the “Use of Sedation and General Anaesthesia in the Dental Office.”

TMFD ACADEMY: WHY INTRA-ORAL CEMENTATION IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR IMPLANT RESTORATION WITH DR. EMIL SVOBODA

Learning Objectives:

1) Understand the Prevalence of Peri-Implant Disease

2) Know the Risk factors for Peri-Implant Disease

3) Understand the problems associated with the Screw-in prosthesis Installation Technique

4) Understand the problems with the current Cement-in technique

5) Learn how to mitigate the root causes of complications by design and installation protocol

6) Learn how to make dental treatment better

TMFD ACADEMY: 4 PHASES OF RETIREMENT & THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE WITH DR. RILEY MOYNES

Retirement…. what does that mean to you? Are you prepared to enjoy this part of life? As many people know, Retirement is not typically a one-time spontaneous event. It is a journey that is made up of many different phases. The journey begins when you start winding down from work and gearing up for retirement. Then after the big day, it’s about the transition to retired life and dealing with the psychological changes and challenges that almost always accompany it.

TMFD ACADEMY: PERI-IMPLANTITIS: THE DENTIST’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING PREVALENCE, DIAGNOSIS, ETIOLOGIES, PREVENTION & TREATMENT

Implant complications tend to occur “later” in the form of “Peri-Implantitis.” There is strong evidence of ever-increasing incidences of Peri-Implantitis, over time. With some patients entering their fourth decade after having their implants placed, Dental Practices will continue to see an ever-increasing number of these patients.

TMFD ACADEMY: Preparing to Sell Your Dental Practice with Stive Farronato

When selling your dental practice, there are a number of financial questions to consider: Do I sell assets or shares? Will I qualify for the capital gains exemption? Can my family be involved? What does it mean to purify my PC?

TMFD ACADEMY: PROVISIONALIZATION IN AESTHETIC DENTISTRY WITH DR. TONY MANCUSO

In this program, Dr. Tony Mancuso will guide you through a step-by-step protocol for provisionalization, which can help your cases become seamless. Numerous cases will be illustrated during the demonstration of this technique, which you can easily incorporate into your practice right away.

TMFD ACADEMY: ARE YOU “FIT” TO RETIRE? WITH CHRIS MOLLOY B.A.SC., CFP

How do you know when you’ve saved enough to enjoy a happy, comfortable retirement? Let Chris Molloy, B.A.SC., CFP help you discover what your FIT#™ is, so that you can feel confident about your retirement plan. Chris reaveals a holistic approach to retirement planning that considers taxation issues, timing of pensions, optimizing sources of income, estate planning matters, and more.