PTIFA Instructors, Anthy Goulas and Dr. Jan Roberts, will be speaking to the Vancouver Central Certified Dental Assistants Society (VCCDAS) at their upcoming Continuing Education Meeting.

Lecture: Botox in Dentistry: What you Need to Know About Therapeutic and Cosmetic Botox Treatment and the CDA's Role

It's been 8 years since the College of BC Dental Surgeons college approved the use of Botox for dentists – is your practice aware of how you can improve patient care therapeutically and cosmetically with Botox?

Date: January 23, 2017 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Speakers: Anthy Goulas, Dr. Jan Roberts
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Room: Vancouver Community College – Downtown Campus on 250 West Pender Street, Vancouver
CE: 2 credits

To attend, please contact the VCCDAS directly or download their membership & registration form.

Speaker Bios

Anthy Goulas
Anthy Goulas was born and raised in Vancouver and is a graduate of Vancouver Community College's Certified Dental Assistant and Dental Reception program....

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This article was recently published in the December issue of Inside Dentistry.

Facial Rejuvenation as Part of Smile Design; Integration into the Dental Practice

Once performed mostly only at spas and by medical professionals such as dermatologists, there is definitely a place for esthetic and therapeutic Botox in dentistry. A thorough look at the facts surrounding facial rejuvenation procedures that use Botox may cause a paradigm shift in the dental profession's attitude toward these treatment modalities.

When I was very young, my father, a famous seine boat fishing captain, instilled the idea in me that the key to success is to use the latest technology to chart your course before the tide begins to change.

Recognizing that the tide in dentistry was indeed changing, we decided to include facial rejuvenation procedures into our €œsmile design€ treatment. Our most exciting adventure to date has been opening a facial rejuvenation/esthetic dentistry clinic, and we are enjoying the pr...

The following update was recently posted in the October 2016 issue of the College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta (CDSA's) Updater.

Associate or Contractual Dentists Providing Facial Esthetic Therapies and Adjunctive Procedures

Dentists can provide facial esthetic therapies and adjunctive procedures (FETAP) (ie: botox, dermal fillers, etc) services in a dental clinic that they do not own and be in compliance with the Standard of Practice: Facial Esthetic Therapies and Adjunctive Procedures (FETAP Standard).

In this scenario, the owner dentist and other dentists not providing FETAP services (ie: botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, etc) are not required to hold FETAP certification (ie: Level 1 - Advanced Anatomy & Into to Botulinum Toxin, Level 2 - Basic Botulinum Toxin, Level 3 - Advanced Botulinum Toxin courses). FETAP certification is granted by the CDSA to each individual dentist and certification is not based on whether the dentist associates at a dental clinic or owns the dental clin...