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Edmonton & District Dental Society presents NorthWest Dental Exposition 2025
The EDDS's NorthWest Dental Exposition (NWDE) is among the largest single-day dental trade shows in Canada. This full-day meeting will include scientific sessions as well as an exhibit hall. The goal of NWDE 2025 is to provide our participants with the best experience in CE courses and connecting with their industry partners.
NWDE 2025 lectures and exhibit hall will be held at Edmonton Conference Centre on September 12, 2025 (Friday). This year’s theme is “Elevate”.
Exhibition and sponsorship opportunities are available for companies wishing to further promote their company.
This is a wonderful opportunity for you to engage with our members. For further information, please visit the EDDS website or contact us directly at edds.yeg@gmail.com
Here is some information regarding the exhibitor registration:
Exhibition Booth for Vendors: $1200 ( Each additional booth: $725 )
Exhibition Booth for Colleges & Associations: $395 ( special registration code required )
Exhibition Booth for Education Institutions: Free ( special registration code required )
The early bird gets the best position on our exhibition hall booths!
Please view Exhibition Hall Map with Booth Numbers and write down the number of your preferred booth location before registering.
Please contact EDDS Central Office for more information –
email: edds.yeg@gmail.com or telephone 780-642-8270
When: 8:00am - 4:00pm September 12, 2025
Where: Edmonton Convention Centre
Assembly level: Exhibit Hall Meeting level: Scientific sessions
Assembly level: Exhibit Hall
Meeting level: Scientific sessions
What: A conference-style event with multiple exhibitors and lectures running simultaneously
Who: We expect about 1000 attendees
A mixture of dentists, dental hygienists, assistants, denturists, and other members of the dental team
Breakfast, lunch, and other refreshments will be available
Exhibit Hall Map and List of Exhibitors: http://nwde2025.expofp.com/
Dr. Carlo Ercoli
Lecture Synopsis
Dental implants provide a safe and predictable treatment option for many patients, regardless if they are missing a tooth or are completely edentulous. However, all cases are not created equal and each patient requires individualized attention to the patient systemic, but especially local factors. It is indeed common that the majority of failures and complications are due to inadequate consideration, by the clinician, of how treatment planning, esthetics, soft tissue characteristics and biomaterials interact to provide predictable outcomes. In this sense, digital technology provides a unique opportunity to bundle these factors together both in the diagnostic and therapeutic phases of implant treatment and better ensure successful treatment outcomes.
This presentation will review how digital technology, biomaterial, prosthodontic restoration design and soft tissue esthetics interact and how to efficiently and judiciously apply these concepts, in your practice, from single implants to full-arch prostheses. The relevance of prosthetic design, efficient digital workflows, soft and hard tissue grafting and the interaction with prosthetic biomaterials will be highlighted and assessed within a framework of efficient, evidence-based care delivery.
Biography
Dr. Carlo Ercoli is Tenured Professor of Prosthodontics, Periodontics and Implant Surgery and Chairman of the Prosthodontic Department at the University of Rochester, Eastman Institute for Oral Health where he also serves as the Director for the Center of Excellence for Digital Dentistry and Associate Director for Strategy and Innovations. He graduated from the “Enrico Berlinguer” Dental Technology Institute in Rome in 1987 and obtained his DDS from the University of Siena, Italy in 1993. He specialized in Prosthodontics in 1996 at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York and completed a specialty training in Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders in 1997. In 2012, he achieved specialty certification in Periodontology. In 2019, he obtained his MBA from the Simon Business School of the University of Rochester. In 2024, he completed the inaugural ADEA Council of Deans Fellowship.
Dr. Ercoli is a Past President of the American Prosthodontic Society, President-Elect of the Academy of Prosthodontics, President-Elect of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, Honorary Member of the Italian Academy of Prosthodontics, Founding Member of the Italian Society of Prosthodontics and Oral Rehabilitation, Education and Research Director of the American College of Prosthodontists, Board Member of the American College of Prosthodontists Education Foundation, and Director of the American Board of Prosthodontics. Dr. Ercoli is a diplomate of the American Boards of Prosthodontics and Periodontology, an ITI Fellow, in addition to serving as a Member of the World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases and Conditions. He is the 2026 Scientific Program Chair of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics. He holds memberships in the American College of Prosthodontists, American Academy of Periodontology, American Dental Education Association, Academy of Osseointegration, American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics, and American Prosthodontic Society. He lectures nationally and internationally on dental implantology.
Dr. Mehrdad Razaghy
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Shortly after completion of his bachelor's degree at University of California Los Angeles, Dr. Razaghy spent a year focusing on his research in the field of neurosurgery and was part of six major publications at David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA.
His passion for creation and research carried through his path in dentistry and allowed him to be involved in various research projects. Mehrdad’s journey in dental research began by joining Dr. Pascal Magne’s research laboratory at Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Since then, besides teaching, Mehrdad has been part of multiple projects, alongside international visiting scholars, under the mentorship of Dr. Pascal Magne. His focus has been on biomimetic and minimally invasive restorative techniques and dental materials. He has been part of publications in the esteemed Journal of Dental Materials and International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry and practices general and restorative dentistry at Mehrdad Razaghy DDS Inc, a private practice in Beverly Hills.
Dr. Razaghy is an active lecturer in the U.S. and currently teaches multiple continuing education modules in the fields of biomimetic dentistry, dental photography, additive dentistry, digital smile design, rubber dam isolation, and bonded porcelain ceramic restorations.
Price: TBA
This full day hands on course is focused on covering all steps involved in designing and performing advanced additive direct composite restorations. We will practice wax-up design of such cases and work our way to making matrixes that will guide our restorations. All participants will perform a complex layered anterior composite, matching natural tooth morphology and color. We will learn advance layering and internal characterization together with texture and finishing of composite restorations on hyper realistic models.
Dr. Effie Habsha
The aim of Prosthodontic rehabilitation is to provide patients with functional and aesthetic restorations. New materials and technologies are continually being developed and introduced into the marketplace. The general practitioner is often faced with the difficult task of deciphering between available products and treatment workflows. Navigating through the maze of materials and clinical workflows can be quite daunting.
This presentation will help the clinician navigate through the choices. A concise review of dental ceramics will be provided with specific attention to the difference between bonding and cementation of ceramic and zirconia-based restorations. Preparation guidelines, cementation protocols, indications and contraindications for all ceramic restorations in tooth borne and implant supported restorations will be provided. Incorporated into the presentation will be a review of current cements, impression materials as well as an overview of digital impressions used in a modern prosthodontic practice.The lecture will also review the most recent advances in digital dentistry. The evolution of digital technologies in Dentistry is changing the way clinicians practice. Digital technology is incorporated into many aspects of dentistry including radiography, computer-aided implant dentistry, CAD/CAM manufacturing of restorations, occlusion and TMJ analysis and digital impression making. This presentation will summarize current concepts in digital technologies in prosthodontics and implant surgery, as well as the incorporation of intraoral scanners in both conventional crown and bridgework and implant dentistry. This presentation will include numerous clinical examples in which the techniques described are demonstrated. Key insights in achieving predictable and aesthetic outcomes will be outlined as well as the required interdisciplinary communication between the dentist, specialist and laboratory technician.
Dr. Effie Habsha earned her DDS, Diploma in Prosthodontics and Master of Science degrees from the University of Toronto. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Habsha has served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and currently instructs both at the undergraduate and graduate level in Prosthodontics at U of T. She is Resident Faculty at Spear Education and is also the founder of Women in Dentistry: Work.Life.Balance, a group created in 2010 for women in dentistry which aims to educate, empower and connect all women in the dental field. Dr. Habsha maintains a private practice limited to Prosthodontics in Toronto and lectures nationally and internationally on various prosthodontic and surgical topics.
Dr. William Martin
Emphasis on positive treatment and esthetic outcomes for implant-based care is at the forefront of clinical practice and patient demands. Predictable treatment success for our implant patients is reliant on many factors including, comprehensive assessment and planning, the quality of the implant site and tissue response, selection of appropriate implants and components as well as restoration design and materials. This program will emphasize these factors and incorporate emerging technology in creating the seamless digital workflow. The program will commence with a detailed review of esthetic principles as they relate to implant patients, in addition to “keys to success” in diagnosis and planning for implant rehabilitations. Pretreatment risk assessments will be considered, along with patient classification and proposed treatment difficulty. The importance of a “crown-down” philosophy from evaluation to surgical procedures, including implant selection, will be detailed, including the prosthetic management of peri-implant tissues to maximize esthetic outcomes. Lastly, implant and restorative alternatives will be detailed through patient presentations for patients missing single teeth to full arch restorations. Recent advances in implant and component design will be discussed as they relate to treatment outcomes, including the incorporation of all ceramic, additive manufacturing and CAD-CAM options. To maximize participant experience, treatment complications will be highlighted as well as success.
Dr. Will Martin is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Florida’s College of Dentistry. He received hisDMD from the University of Florida and completed his MS and Certificate in Prosthodontics from Baylor College of Dentistry.
Dr. Martin joined the faculty at the University of Florida in 1999 and currently serves as the Director of the Center for Implant Dentistry. Dr. Martin is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, International Team for Implantology and Associate Fellow of the Academy of Prosthodontics. Dr. Martin has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and abstracts. He has co-authored several textbooks on implant dentistry, specifically, the ITI Treatment Guides Vol. 1 and 10, S.A.C. Classification in Implant Dentistry (1st Edition) and most recently the 2nd Edition. He is the past Chairman of the Section USA of the ITI and maintains a part-time practice limited to Prosthodontics within the Center for Implant Dentistry. He lectures both nationally and internationally on esthetic and implant dentistry.
Dr. Steve Sadowsky
When osseointegration was introduced to North America in 1982, it was a disruptive breakthrough that radically changed the landscape of patient treatment planning. As with any innovative discovery, the process of heuristics has led to false assumptions. In this case, the core belief was implants are like teeth, but without a PDL. Confirmation bias has buttressed this theory as well as “conventional wisdom.” The impact of such a case of mistaken identity has been implant overtreatment. Drawing on evidence rather than intuition, the following questions need to be addressed: When three teeth are missing,
should we place one implant per tooth, or could we place two implants to support a fixed partial prosthesis or even a cantilever prosthesis? Are short implants a viable option, even when the crown to implant ratio is up to 2 to 1? Should adjacent implants be splinted to preserve marginal bone? Can tilted implants be used to circumvent sinus augmentation? Do narrow implants have a place in the posterior arch as well as in the anterior sextant? When considering screw-retained or cement-retained implant restorations, what are the guidelines for optimal design? In addition, understanding histologically that teeth offer a far more robust defense system to a biological threat than their root analogues, it is important to explain why peri-implant disease is so ubiquitous and refractory to treatment. Here another novel intervention is needed to improve the success of Branemark’s brainchild.
Learning Objectives
Evidence-based Implant Restoration of the Completely Edentulous Patient
Presentation Abstract
For the edentulous patient, fundamental principles of complete denture prosthodontics serve as the basis for differential treatment planning both fixed and removable implant prostheses. Understanding the relevant extraoral and intraoral landmarks to assess where the teeth once were is essential for esthetic, phonetic and occlusal harmony. Both clinician- and patient-mediated considerations dictate the optimal implant prosthesis. There is a myriad of prevailing myths regarding the implant overdenture treatment modality that will be dispelled. The complete arch fixed implant prosthesis has evolved from an analogue workflow to a digital one with stackable guides that have improved the accuracy and efficiency of the surgical and interim restorative process. However, chronic maintenance problems with traditional prosthetic prototypes have given rise to innovations in materials processed with subtractive or additive manufacturing. The advance of polyjet 3D printing of a novel high-performance polymer offers a polychromatic monolithic prosthesis to the digital restorative menu.
1. Review complete denture principles considering esthetic and functional harmony
2. Understand differential treatment planning of fixed and removable implant prostheses
3. Debunk the myths pervasive with implant overdenture rehabilitation
4. Discuss evolution of innovative materials and process for the complete arch fixed implant prosthesis
Dr. Sadowsky was a full-time professor as Implant Director in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, from 2010-2024, and in 2025 was accorded Professor Emeritus. He was in full-time private practice limited to prosthodontics for 35 years. Dr. Sadowsky is past-president of the American Prosthodontic Society and past-president of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics, as well as fellow of the Academy of Prosthodontics and the American College of Prosthodontists. He has founded and is the president of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontic Foundation. He has directed the American College of Prosthodontists Annual Review Course for 5 years and awarded their Presidential Citation in 2016. He is a life diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontists. Dr. Sadowsky is Abstract Editor of the International Journal of Prosthodontics and has been appointed to the Editorial Council of the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, mainly on implant dentistry. He was honored at Loma Linda University as their 2018 recipient of the Ken Wical Award for Excellence in Prosthodontics. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University in the Jill Helms Research Laboratory (2018-19). Dr. Sadowsky has edited a book titled Evidence-based Implant Treatment Planning and Clinical Protocols and has been invited to author chapters in textbooks on implant prosthodontics. He was inducted into the Tau Kappa Omega Honor Society for his teaching acumen in 2020. In 2021, the American College of Prosthodontists selected him for the Distinguished Service Award. In 2022, Dr. Sadowsky’s article, “Are Teeth Superior to Implants” was selected for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry’s Judson Hickey Award in the category for best research article of the year.
Dr.Chris Salierno
Dental practices have been able to thrive as small, independent businesses. However, there are a number of economic factors today that are threatening the way our practices have traditionally operated. With the looming threats of increased competition and decreasing revenue, dentists will benefit from learning how to think like a CEO. In this workshop we will learn about and use popular management models to re-imagine our businesses. Participants will complete worksheets and discuss specific strategies for their own practices.
Learning Objectives:
- Identifying macroeconomic factors that influence your practice
- Applying business management models to the modern dental practice
- Profitability analysis and calculations for investing in technology
- Identifying weak operations and strategizing how to strengthen them
Dr. Chris Salierno is a general dentist from Long Island, New York. He graduated from Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine in 2005. Dr. Salierno has served as the National President of the American Student Dental Association, Chair of the ADA New Dentist Committee, and as President of his local dental society. He lectures internationally on clinical dentistry, practice management, and leadership development. His material can be viewed on his blog, The Curious Dentist. He was the Chief Editor of Dental Economics from 2014 to 2021. In 2021, he became the Chief Dental Officer at Tend.
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