Faculty Resources - University of Washington
Your Center for Courses and Support
Spear's objective is to elevate the proficiency of you and your faculty team through a curriculum designed to enhance the educational journey of your students and amplify your impact in dental education. Presented below are carefully chosen courses tailored to your institution's needs. Please proceed with the coursework located in the Spear Curriculum section in the prescribed order for optimal learning.
Spear Online Onboarding
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Sharpen your skills from home or the office — or from anywhere on the go — with more than 1,500 video lessons and other dental continuing education materials focused on clinical expertise, practice management and team training.
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Follow the curriculum in order. Upon completion please contact your representative.
Course 1
A Systematic Approach to Treatment Planning
In this Team Meeting, Dr. Spear teaches how to develop treatment plans for patients with more complex problems. The team will learn the concept of Facially Generated Treatment Planning with an added airway perspective from Dr. Rouse and walk through specific cases that follow this process.
Course 2
Interdisciplinary Treatment Strategies for Alveolar Ridge Defects in the Esthetic Zone
This presentation will review the treatment planning, sequencing, and management of alveolar ridge defects utilizing an interdisciplinary approach.
Course 3
Communication and Case Acceptance in the Restorative Practice, Part 1
In this first course in our 2-part series, we invite you to Dr. Mitrani’s practice to explore the art of patient communication and case acceptance in a real-world clinical setting.
Course 4
Communication and Case Acceptance in the Restorative Practice, Part 2
In Part 2 of our series on patient communication, we return to Dr. Mitrani’s practice to see how the buyer’s journey and patient communication tools employed in Part 1 can be applied to a comprehensive case.
Course 5
An Introduction to Facial Analysis
In this course, Dr. Spear focuses on the growing impact of esthetic dentistry and defines five fundamental components included in esthetics: tooth position, gingival levels, arrangement, contour and color.
Course 6
Implant Treatment Planning: Developing the Preliminary Restorative Plan
Dr. Darin Dichter explains the processes of case sequencing, overall case requirements, evaluating the restorative space, selecting the implant, customizing emergence profiles and working through compromises when the optimal position isn't possible.
Course 7
Indirect Restoration Fundamentals
In this course, Dr. Winter covers the fundamentals of indirect restoration armamentarium, material options and fabrication techniques.
Course 8
Comprehensive Dentistry in the Digital World: Data Gathering
In part one of this course, Dr. Kwiecien helps practitioners understand the evolution of data gathering and clinical records in digital CAD/CAM dentistry.
