Together let’s elevate…rise up…surpass.
The practice of orthodontics is changing at a rapid pace – the changes are exciting and the new opportunities are endless. What if you could harness all that innovation and practice it with confidence and ease?
Excellere is an opportunity to come together with peers and experts to share best practices, experiences and innovative ideas.
With sessions on marketing, clinical innovation, and serving both adults and children, you’ll get a fresh perspective on quality practice management.
Advance your technical skills and techniques in areas like treatment mechanics for healthy airways, flash-free bonding, combination treatment, complex movements in aligner therapy, and digital workflows.
You’ll become part of a community of orthodontists who are eager to learn, challenge and grow.
Changing lives through innovative treatment using aligners, ceramic brackets, or other appliances, digital workflows, airway management, data management for effective practice marketing, and more
A full day of education on team effectiveness, successful consultations, digital marketing, quality scanning, good photography, and efficient bonding
Learn and share best practices with orthodontists from around the world who share a passion for improving and rising above the average
Experience new innovations, network with the global orthodontic community, 3M, and industry partners
Ortho Track:
Room Americana Lawn
7:00 Breakfast
Room Americana 1
Dare to Change Lives! (Including Your Own)
8:00 Meridith Powell
Changing Lives Through Clinical Innovation
8:45 Adam Schulhof
9:05 Mark Causey
9:25 Darin Ashcraft
9:45 Christian Groth
10:05 Justin Hughes
10:25 Shane Langley
10:45 BREAK
Taking Back Control: The Choice is Yours
11:15 Adam Schulhof
Welcome to the Adult Smile Center
11:45 Justin Hughes
Quarterbacking from a Digital Game Plan: Successful Use of Technology
12:15 Christian Kenworthy
The Importance of Thriving in a Corporate Culture
12:45 Christine Brondyke
Closing Remarks, Actionable Takeaways
1:15 Meridith Powell
Staff Track:
Room Americana Lawn
7:00 Breakfast
Room Americana 2
Eliminating Drama and Conflict in the Workplace
8:00 Christine Brondyke
Team Effectiveness: Operating Styles
9:00 Tammy Torbert
Clinical Pearls for an Effective Consultation
10:00 Cindy Galbreath
11:00 BREAK
Digital Marketing Done Well, & Done Right
11:30 Irene Iancu
Partner With Your Patient: Prevention Strategies in Orthodontics
12:30 Irene Iancu
Closing Remarks
1:00 PM 3M Team
Innovation on Display: Room Americana 3
12:30 LUNCH
2:30 - 4:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Choose option A, B or C
Americana Lawn
5:00 - 7:00 NETWORKING EXPERIENCE
Breakout Sessions
A. Digital Flash-Free Bonding in partnership with 3Shape and SprintRay:
Room Cowrie 1
2:30 Dr. Lisa Alvetro (1 hr CE)
B. Practice Marketing in partnership with Gaidge:
Room Sunrise Tellin
2:30 Ryan Moynihan (1 hr CE)
C. Closing Black Triangles with Bioclear Technique:
Room Venus
2:30 Mark Cotton (1 hr CE)
Ortho Track:
Room Americana Lawn
7:00 Breakfast
Room Americana 1
Important Airway Considerations in Treatment Planning
8:00 Shane Langley
Next Gen Bonding: Streamlined, Simplified, and Way Cooler
8:45 Christian Groth
SPLICE: Tame your fear of "hybrid" treatment
9:15 Nick Salome
9:45 BREAK
Evidence Based Aligner Fundamentals: Attachments and Interproximal Reduction
10:15 Mark Causey
The Impression Free Orthodontic Office
11:00 Moe Razavi
Closing Remarks, Actionable Takeaways
11:30 3M Team
11:45 ADJOURN
Staff Track:
Room Americana Lawn
7:00 Breakfast
Room Americana 2
Quality Photography & Records for Case Submission
8:15 Sam Provencher
Quality Scanning & Impressions for Case Submission
8:45 3Shape/Samantha Provencher
Quality Attachments
9:15 Cindy Gallbreath
9:45 BREAK
10:15-11:45 CHOOSE TRACK:
HANDS-ON TRACK (90 STAFF CAPACITY) OR
NON-CLINICAL TRACK (CAPACITY 215)
HANDS ON TRACK
Bonding - Room Cowrie 2
Photography in partnership with Shofu - Room Venus
Scanning in partnership with 3Shape - Room Cowrie 1
NON-CLINICAL TRACK
Psychology of Esthetic Treatment
10:15–11:45 Nick Salome - Room Americana 2
Closing Remarks, Actionable Takeaways
11:45 3M Team
12:00 ADJOURN
Located in the heart of South Beach’s vibrant Art Deco District, Loews Miami Beach Hotel recently completed a $50 million transformation. The resort features a palm tree-lined promenade, sparkling oceanfront pool, state-of-the-art SOAK Cabana Deck with private rooftop terraces, as well as exhale spa and an award-winning outpost of New York City's beloved Lure Fishbar - both located in the hotel’s historic St. Moritz building. Guests of the renowned oceanfront resort are now welcomed to a new lobby experience; 790 modernized guestrooms including luxury suites; delectable food and beverage offerings featuring local flavors; an enhanced poolscape with private, adult-only cabanas; and 65,000 square feet of newly transformed meeting and function space.
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
1601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: 305-604-1601
Tel: 305-604-1601
Participants are responsible to book their own air and ground transportation to the meeting.
Saturday, November 9 – Sunday, November 10, 2019
3M has a limited amount of rooms blocked at the rate of $292 + tax/night available for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
For more information on these and other onsite services please visit the Loews Services & Amenities page.
Palm trees and paradise await at Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Located in the heart of the Art Deco District, we're only a wander away from the action on Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive.
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3M Oral Care is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship, Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 8/1/2019 to 7/31/2022. Provider ID # 210147.