The hottest topic in dentistry: facial injectables

By Dr. Louis Malcmacher

I just got back from the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, which is always one of the best dental meetings of the year. This is actually my 30th straight year at that meeting. I can’t wait until next year because the faculty from the American Academy of Facial Esthetics is giving its two-day live patient hands-on Botox and dermal filler course, which will make it the first live patient course given at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting in recent history.

You know, it’s interesting that when I give my most popular course, "The Hottest Topics in Dentistry," I talk about the full range of general dentistry, from what is new in restorative dentistry, crown and bridge, periodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics, and implants, to the next generation of no prep veneers and advanced practice-management techniques. I also discuss Botox and dermal fillers in dentistry, which is one of the hottest topics on the agenda.

As a matter of fact, I save it for later in the day because if I address it first, it is often all the audience wants to talk about. One of the reasons for this is because it is new and exciting, and once dentists understand what Botox and dermal fillers actually do, their dental creativity immediately kicks in and gives them all kinds of new treatment options in every other dental discipline.

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