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Solea User Group Meeting 2023
October 19-21 at the Marriott Marquis Houston
The Solea User Group Meeting (SUGM) is the premier annual event designed specifically for Solea doctors and team. Our goal is to expand your clinical knowledge, confidence, and effectiveness with Solea. Whether you want to master clinical procedures currently performed with Solea or hope to expand your breadth of procedures, this is the meeting for you!
Join us in Houston to earn up to 10 CEs alongside your Solea colleagues during both hands-on and lecture-style courses. As a bonus, your office will be eligible for discounts on select accessories purchased over the course of the event. And each registrant will get Solea swag!
HANDS-ON AND LECTURE CE COURSES
Education Program
We are committed to your success with Solea! The educational program at the Solea User Group Meeting will consist of hands on and lecture style courses covering clinical and practice management topics for general dentists, team members, and specialists. If the course is eligible for CE, and if you meet the attendance requirements, certificates will be available for download on SoleaDoctors.com following the meeting.
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CE Requirements
To qualify for CE credits, attendees must self-validate their attendance when they arrive in the classroom. All attendees must remain in the class until the designated course end time. All CE course evaluations and certificates will be managed within SoleaDoctors.com. You will receive an email after SUGM 2023 letting you know when the CE course evaluations are available. Once you submit your evaluation, your certificate will be ready for download on the "Achievements" tab of SoleaDoctors.com.
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
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“The Solea User Group Meeting has been great! I truly feel that it's something you need to go to. I've gained so much more clinical knowledge and picked up things we were missing that I wouldn't have learned had I not come.”
Zaneta Hamlin, DDS
Cusp Dental Botique – Virginia Beach, VA
Keynote Speakers
reMOVING The Needle
There are 3 levers that move the needle in dental practice success today: systems control...financial control...and clinical control. Build and position them properly and you control your ability to leverage your people, your process and your production. Refine those and you not only have an opportunity for predictable and repeatable success... you have the playbook for a self-determined future.
Beyond Cavity Preps
Dr. Froum will discuss and present the myriad of ways that he utilizes Solea in his practice to deliver amazing outcomes to his patients. This laser does more than just treat periodontal disease and peri-implant disease. He uses it to treat idiopathic pain, trigeminal neuralgia, osteonecrosis, aphthous ulcers, desquamative gingivitis, and herpes lesions. This laser has increased his scope of practice abilities exponentially.
The Power of Purpose & Building the "HOW”
Your “WHY” is your purpose. Building your practice or life through purpose means focusing on doing what brings you joy, in an environment you love being in, and amongst people you enjoy working along side. Finding your “WHY” is critical to cultivating the “HOW” behind practice and most importantly...life success.
Solea Experts and Courses
Check out the line-up of Solea Experts teaching courses this year! Click on their image for more details!
SUGM 2023 Courses
Crown Lengthening: Leveraging Technology to Create Optimal Results
This class will provide participants with a comprehensive 'how to' for both functional and aesthetic crown lengthening, including case selection, coding, diagnosis, treatment planning (incorporating radiographs & CBCT, biologic width, aesthetic evaluation), and technique (anterior vs. posterior crown lengthening). Participants will also gain hands-on experience utilizing Solea to sculpt soft and osseous tissue.
Periodontal Surgery for the General Practitioner
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than half of the U.S. population over the age of 30 has an advanced form of periodontal disease. This course will provide participants with an introduction to evaluating and performing periodontal surgery with Solea. Dr. Rohde will discuss a range of topics including clinical evaluation, case selection, coding, as well as treatment planning, steps and techniques. The course will also review a typical clinical case from start to finish so you can grow confident in your ability to start utilizing Solea for this treatment in your practice!
SUGM 2023 Courses
Restrictive Tethered Oral Tissues and the Airway
Tongue position impacts breathing, and a tongue-tie can impact tongue position. During the day, a tongue-tie may restrict the passage of air through your throat, leading to mouth breathing. At night, it may contribute to your tongue falling back and closing off airflow, leading to snoring or sleep apnea. This course will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of tongue ties as it relates to overall treatment planning for airway health. .
Solea Sleep: Basic Training
Learn how to educate, communicate with, and treat patients with Solea Sleep! Gain the knowledge needed to integrate it seamlessly into your everyday practice. This certification class will start with a clinical overview of sleep related breathing disorders, then cover the science behind Solea Sleep, and how to integrate the treatment into your practice. You’ll get hands-on opportunities to practice Solea Sleep procedures.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Advanced Operative in the Pediatric Practice: Mastering More than Just Cavities
Traditionally invasive procedures like pulpotomies and stainless steel crowns now can be performed anesthesia-free thanks to the 9.3 µm CO2 laser – simplifying the experience for your team and elevating the experience for your patient. The laser also simplifies other advanced pediatric procedures including extractions, exposures, operculectomies and more! This course focuses on pediatric treatments beyond cavities that you can use Solea to deliver amazing clinical and practice outcomes.
How to Make Your Pediatric Practice Grow!
Laser dentistry can be an absolute game changer for your pediatric patients and practice, especially when the full team is onboard! Dr. Lasanta and her office manager, Sasha Martinez, will discuss how they've leveraged Solea to drive production and growth and the best practices they've learned along the way. This comprehensive course will review marketing (selling the Wow!), team coordination and scheduling, and communication.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Implant Dentistry: Raising the Bar with Your Laser
This course will identify opportunities to integrate Solea into your digital implant workflow to deliver predictable outcomes, and better outcomes, for your patients and practice. Dr. Stinchfield will discuss techniques for the restoration of common implant systems including how to achieve an optimal emergence profile for function and esthetics and how to identify same-day dentistry opportunities.
Mastering the Class II
Everyone loves predictable, efficient, and positive patient experiences. This class will teach you how to reach for perfection when practicing “bread and butter dentistry” with Solea. You will learn what works and what doesn’t for Class II cavity preps and how to make this procedure easier for you, your team, and your patients.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Basic Training with Solea: Associates
The fundamentals are the building blocks of fun! Learn and practice techniques so you can use Solea with confidence. Gain the knowledge needed behind the 9.3μm wavelength to integrate it seamlessly into your everyday practice. This certification class will start from turning the laser on to basic laser safety. You’ll get ample hands-on opportunities to practice hard and soft tissue procedures on extracted molars and pig jaws.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Soft Tissue Sculpting for the Restorative Practice
Why refer patients out when you can keep them at your practice and deliver amazing clinical outcomes? This class will review basic soft tissue techniques (incision/excision, ablation, and de-epithelialization) and the treatments they enable, including gingivectomies, fibroma removals, aphthous ulcers and more! It will also cover treatment planning, billing and coding and post-op care to ensure you are fully ready to start integrating soft tissue treatments into your practice.
Everyday Crown Lengthening - from Fractured Cusps to Uneven Smiles and More!
Learn how to handle everyday problems such as a cusp fractured to the level of the bone, recurrent decay under crowns leaving inadequate tooth structure, uneven gingival margins impacting smiles and cosmetic prothetic results and more. The ability to accurately and precisely ablate both soft and osseous tissue make Solea the perfect tool for crown lengthening. This course will provide participants with an introduction to closed and flapped crown lengthening, including rationale, indications, treatment planning and other key clinical considerations. It will also highlight and explain the same-day production opportunity enabled by crown lengthening.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Exploring Implants and Implant Osteotomies
This course will review and discuss opportunities to integrate Solea into your implant placement and restoration workflow. Participants will also explore the possibility of performing implant osteotomies with Solea, including a specific case study where Dr. Brantley cut a 10mm deep osteotomy with subsequent implant placement.
Advanced Surgery: Tori Removal, Extractions & More
From tooth sectioning to tori removal to implant osteotomies, the number of procedures in which Solea effectively can be utilized continues to expand. In this course, Dr. Brantley will present and discuss a series of advanced hard tissue surgical cases with Solea. Participants will also gain hands-on practice utilizing Solea.
Falling in Love with Solea All Over Again
After years of using Solea, Dr. Brantley reflects on his 6 year journey and how he continues to fall in love over and over again with the technology. During this course, he’ll discuss everything he has done to make sure his practice is fully utilizing and benefiting from this technology. Topics will include unique clinical cases, patient stories, marketing strategies, and team best practices. He’ll discuss tips and techniques for using the laser, how to communicate with patients, and how to objectively review your business to truly understand the impact Solea has had on it. Learn how Solea can continue to contribute to the success of every part of your practice and renew your passion for dentistry.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Mastering the Class II
Everyone loves predictable, efficient, and positive patient experiences. This class will teach you how to reach for perfection when practicing “bread and butter dentistry” with Solea. You will learn what works and what doesn’t for Class II cavity preps and how to make this procedure easier for you, your team, and your patients.
Women in Dentistry: The Future is Unwritten
As the dental field moves closer to gender parity, female dentists are working harder than ever. Women are finding the means to impact our profession in numerous roles and earning respect at the same time. These new roles have led to more opportunities and advancements for women. The future of dentistry depends on how women face professional challenges, master work/life balance, and perform in leadership roles. This luncheon will review the challenges women continue to face in the field of dentistry, provide guidance on the work/life balance, and strategies to support one another as we move forward. The future of dentistry is unwritten, let’s write the future together.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Protecting Teeth with Lasers: An Introduction to Demineralization Reduction
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Solea Protect, Solea's newest application that helps to inhibit caries development! Solea is used to gently heat the surface of the tooth, resulting in the removal of carbonate impurities within hydroxyapatite. Solea Protect is even more effective when used in combination fluoride. This course will include an introduction to CAMBRA, a review of relevant research, an overview of Solea Protect protocol, techique and workflow, as well as patient communication and marketing strategis.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Optimizing Clinical Outcomes using Modern Technology
The rapid evolution of modern dental technology has enabled clinicians to deliver both amazing clinical outcomes for their patients and business outcomes for their practice. During this hands-on course, Dr. Kelly will discuss and demonstrate how he leverages Solea in conjunction with others technologies, including digital scanners and 3D printing, to drive optimal outcomes.
Mastering Soft Tissue Interaction and Outcomes
Learn advanced techniques related to soft tissue ablation, incision/excision and de-epithelialization that will help you expand the number and quality of surgical procedures performed in your office. Dr. Kelly will also discuss relevant practice management concepts including scheduling and insurance best practices. This course will discuss and provide hands-on experience with a wide range of soft tissue surgical procedures, including gingivectomies, biopsies, uncoveries, depigmentation and more.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Tips and Tricks for Hard Tissue: Deeper Restorations and Faster Prep Times
This course will introduce and review key concepts and techniques to ensure that your practice is comfortable and confident in fully utilizing Solea for its hard tissue capabilities. Dr. Wimmer will introduce best practices, as well as identify common challenges and pitfalls, related to scheduling, patient communication, Solea settings and clinical techniques. Learn how to make all cavity preparations easier and more efficient for you, your patients and your team.
Direct and Indirect Restoration Removal
Solea vaporizes composites like butter, making removal fast and easy, and can be used to remove amalgam, zirconia, e.max and other indirect restorations in a matter of minutes. This class will explore the science behind restoration removal with Solea and provide key tips on how to remove restorations safely and efficiently, saving you time and materials. Participants will also get hands-on experience sectioning and removing crowns with Solea.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Functional Frenuplasty: An Advanced Approach
Ankyloglossia (or tongue tie) is a an orofacial disorder that can significantly affect a patient's health and quality of life, from difficulty breastfeeding to disrupted sleep to altered craniofacial development. This intensive course will provide doctors with a foundation for the correction/release of angkylogossia including diagnosis, patient communication, step-by-step surgical techniques using Solea and post-treatment care.
A to Z on Infant Frenectomies: From Partnerships to Treatment Planning to Post-Surgical Care
Tongue ties (ankyloglossia) affect more than 5% of all babies born in the United States. Restrictive oral tissues that prohibit the baby from latching and breastfeeding can have significant negative consequences for both the baby and the mother. In this course Dr. Poplin and Naiomi Catron, RN IBCLC will cover anatomy, diagnosis, treatment planning, patient communication, referral building as well as post-treatment care.
SUGM 2023 Course
Myofunctional Therapy: Pre- & Post-Frenum Release
The importance of myofunctional therapy in the preparation and rehabilitation of a tongue-tie release cannot be overstated. Pre-release, myofunctional therapy is critical to preparing muscles for surgery. Post release, myofunctional therapy improves recovery and helps to minimize frenum reattachment. This course will outline key therapies for the tongue, head, neck and jaw muscles to ensure you are delivering the best possible care and outcomes to your frenectomy patients.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Dental Sleep Medicine: An Introduction
Sleep-related breathing disorders are highly prevalent, significantly under-recognized, and can result in serious health issues. In this course, Dr. Pagano and Dr. Vaughan will provide an introduction to dental sleep medicine, including sleep disorder classification, anatomy, and screening and diagnostic protocols. They will also discuss and discuss various treatment options for your patient base.
Integrating Laser Treatment into Your Airway Protocol
Integrating laser treatment into your airway protocol offers a new therapy for patients and new production for your practice, whether you are treating simple snoring, OSA or other sleep-related breathing disorders. In this course, Dr. Pagano and Dr. Vaughn will identify and discuss Solea Sleep opportunities and best practices, including treatment planning, workflow, team education, patient communication and clinical pearls.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Dental Sleep Medicine: An Introduction
Sleep-related breathing disorders are highly prevalent, significantly under-recognized, and can result in serious health issues. In this course, Dr. Pagano and Dr. Vaughan will provide an introduction to dental sleep medicine, including sleep disorder classification, anatomy, and screening and diagnostic protocols. They will also discuss and discuss various treatment options for your patient base.
Integrating Laser Treatment into Your Airway Protocol
Integrating laser treatment into your airway protocol offers a new therapy for patients and new production for your practice, whether you are treating simple snoring, OSA or other sleep-related breathing disorders. In this course, Dr. Pagano and Dr. Vaughn will identify and discuss Solea Sleep opportunities and best practices, including treatment planning, workflow, team education, patient communication and clinical pearls.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Basic Training with Solea: Associates
The fundamentals are the building blocks of fun! Learn and practice techniques so you can use Solea with confidence. Gain the knowledge needed behind the 9.3μm wavelength to integrate it seamlessly into your everyday practice. This certification class will start from turning the laser on to basic laser safety. You’ll get ample hands-on opportunities to practice hard and soft tissue procedures on extracted molars and pig jaws.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Hard Tissue Reboot
Are you under-utilizing Solea for cavity preps or having trouble achieving consistent analgesia? This is the class for you. Dr. Raucci will provide a comprehensive overview of hard tissue best practices, including clinical techniques, laser settings, ergonomics and patient communication. Participants will have an opportunity to apply learnings during the hands-on portion of the course. Increase your confidence in delivering reliably anesthesia-free cavity preps for your patients and your practice.
SUGM 2023 Courses
Functional & Aesthetic Crown Lengthening
This course will provide participants with a better understanding of the rationale behind crown lengthening, the knowledge to correctly diagnose and treatment plan, as well as hands-on experience in performing the crown lengthening procedure. Who wants to wait 3-6 months post-crown lengthening for prosthetic restoration? A majority of this course will focus on the abilities of the Solea laser to achieve predictable outcomes for both functional and esthetic crown lengthening. Participants will learn how to combine laser and biological technologies to achieve a superior result in an expedited manner.
Saving Teeth & Implants with Regeneration
This course will include a review of the etiology and diagnosis of tooth and implant complications, as well present current and new biotechnology that can enhance regeneration around both teeth and implants. This course will feature hands-on anatomical models where attendees will practice laser treatment and use grafting materials around teeth and implants. Participants will learn when an implant and tooth can be saved and when it should be removed. You will also practice debriding implants, removing implants, and grafting implants and teeth defects.
SUGM 2023 Courses
How to Make Your Pediatric Practice Grow!
Laser dentistry can be an absolute game changer for your pediatric patients and practice, especially when the full team is onboard! Denisse Lasanta, DMD, and her Office Manager, Sasha Martinez, will discuss how they've leveraged Solea to drive production and growth and the best practices they've learned along the way. This comprehensive course will review marketing (selling the Wow!), team coordination and scheduling, and communication.
Sponsored SUGM 2023 Course
Raving Patients: Get Visible, Get Credible: Get More New Patients
Word of mouth has always been the foundation for the acquisition of new patients by a dental practice but in our internet age, word of mouth is transformed because of reviews sites like Google, Yelp, and Facebook. Online reviews are now one of the biggest ranking factors in a local search.
Being credible is only one piece of the puzzle though. Your practice also needs to be found online when people are searching for a dentist near them. Are you at the top of the Google Map Pack? If not you are invisible and all of those great reviews are not doing you much good.
In this seminar, Dr. Tau shares numerous tips and best practices to not only become credible but visible online. He will also discuss the system that has been tried and tested in his own office enabling him to take his practice to the next level simply by marketing his reputation.
Jennifer Bolamperti, Office Manager
Omaha Laser Dentistry
Omaha, NE
Solea Practice Since 2016
SUGM 2023 Courses
Optimizing Practice Integration: It Takes a Team!
Driving and optimizing practice impact with Solea takes the full team! In this course, Jennifer Bolamperti will share best practices and incorporate learnings from her team's Solea Journey, including workflow, scheduling, team education and patient communication.
Charles Kerbage, VP
of Research and Development
Convergent Dental
Waltham, MA
SUGM 2023 Courses
Protecting Teeth with Lasers: An Introduction to Demineralization Reduction
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Solea Protect, Solea's newest application that helps to inhibit caries development! Solea is used to gently heat the surface of the tooth, resulting in the removal of carbonate impurities within hydroxyapatite. Solea Protect is even more effective when used in combination fluoride. This course will include an introduction to CAMBRA, a review of relevant research, an overview of Solea Protect protocol, techique and workflow, as well as patient communication and marketing strategies.
SUGM 2023 Course
Marketing You, Your Practice & Your Technology
Discover marketing practices and strategies that will get your practice noticed and drive new patients! During this course, you'll learn the basics of planning and branding, how to leverage word-of-mouth and build an online presence leveraging your website and social media, and how to build a referral network with other specialists in your market.
Pricing
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Doctor
$1,695
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Dental Team
$995
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Future Solea Dentist
Contact your Local Solea Representative for details!
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Guest Event Pass
$195
Bring family and friends to the Welcome Reception and Friday Night Party!
ACCOMODATIONS & ATTRACTIONS
Marriott Marquis Houston
1777 Walker St, Houston, TX 77010
Reservations: 1-877-622-3056
Book with us at the headquarter hotel and receive a $100 credit to the Solea Store upon check in!
Experience the perfect blend of exceptional service, convenience and modern style at Marriott Marquis Houston. The hotel is located in downtown Houston, Texas, and is connected by skywalk to the George R. Brown Convention Center. Take a dip in the infinity pool or the world's largest Texas-shaped rooftop lazy river! Look and feel your best with the full-service spa and modern fitness center. Satisfy your palate with a myriad of dining options, including Biggio's Sports Bar, Walker Street Kitchen and Cueva Wine Bar.
Fun Things To Do Around Houston
Check out these area attractions for fun with friends and family before, during, or after SUGM!
Sports Stadiums
Minute Made Park: A jewel in the crown of the majestic downtown Houston skyline, Minute Maid Park has become a welcome home for the Houston Astros and has ushered in a new era of Major League sports in the city. Learn More About Minute Made Park >>
Toyota Center: Since opening in October 2003, Toyota Center has set a new standard for sports and entertainment, becoming one of the premier live entertainment venues in the nation. Laid over the span of six city blocks, Toyota Center is home to the NBA’s Houston Rockets. Toyota Center also plays host to the nation’s top concerts and touring shows. Learn More About The Toyota Center >>
Shell Energy Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium is a state-of-the-art, open-air stadium designed to host Houston Dynamo and Houston Dash soccer matches as well as additional sporting and concert events. Learn More About Shell Energy Stadiumstrong> >>
NRG Stadium: NRG Stadium is the only rodeo and NFL indoor/outdoor retractable roof stadium that can be configured to utilize a 125,000 square foot space for general sessions, catered functions, exhibits, concerts, and much more. Learn More About NRG Stadium >>
Outdoor Adventures
Discovery Green: Discovery Green is a 12-acre park created by a public-private partnership between the City of Houston and the non-profit Discovery Green Conservancy. Since the park opened in April 2008, it has welcomed more than 20 million visitors and with hundreds of events a year. Learn More About Discovery Green
The Waterwall: In the heart of the city, the Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park is one of Houston’s most beloved, iconic landmarks and community centerpiece for visitors of all ages. To stand in the Waterwall’s mist and be enveloped by the gentle roar of cascading water is one of the city’s most memorable experiences. Walking along the lush canopy of towering live oak trees while in the core of one of the largest business districts in the nation, is inspiring. Learn More About The Waterall >>
Memorial Park: Memorial Park’s sheer size (1,500 acres, nearly twice the size of Central Park) and central location – in the heart of Houston – make it distinctive nationally. Further distinguishing Memorial Park is its cultural history as a former WWI training camp – Camp Logan – where 70,000 soldiers trained for battle. It is the only such camp remaining in the United States that has not been developed and is an archeologically protected site because of its role in WWI and the archeological features that remain. Learn More About Memorial Park >>
Wildlife
Houston Zoo: The Houston Zoo connects communities with animals to inspire action to save wildlife and is committed to being a leader in the global effort to save animals in the wild. We are home to over 6,000 permanent residents (our animals) for whom we provide the highest standard in animal care. Each year, we welcome over two million guests who come to experience our incredible animals and ecosystems, and through their admission ticket or membership, help us fund the protection efforts of the counterparts of every species at the Zoo, in the wild. Through guests visiting the Zoo, we support 49 wildlife conservation projects in 27 countries around the world. We are proud to be the second most visited Zoo in the US, and the most-attended cultural attraction in the region. Learn More About The Houston Zoo >>
Downtown Aquarium: Downtown Aquarium is the product of redeveloping two downtown Houston landmarks – Fire Station No. 1 and the Central Waterworks Building. This magnificent six-acre entertainment and dining complex is a 500,000-gallon aquatic wonderland, home to over 300 species of aquatic life from around the globe. With a full-service restaurant, an upscale bar, a fully equipped ballroom, aquatic & geographic exhibits, shopping and a variety of amusements, Downtown Aquarium has it all! Learn More About The Downtown Aquarium >>
Museums
Museum of Fine Arts: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of Houston with diverse histories of art spanning 5,000 years and six continents. Through our permanent collections, special exhibitions, learning and interpretation programs, studio instruction, publications, conservation, and scholarly research, we strive to inspire appreciation and understanding of the broadest spectrum of human achievement. Learn More About The Museum of Fine Arts >>
Houston Museum of Natural Science: As one of the most heavily attended museums in the United States, and a favorite thing to do in Houston, HMNS at Hermann Park has five floors of permanent exhibits, spanning astronomy, space science, Native American culture, paleontology, energy, chemistry, geology, seashells and Texas wildlife, alongside a slew of rotating special exhibitions. HMNS also houses three other venues: the Burke Baker Planetarium, Wortham Giant Screen Theatre and Cockrell Butterfly Center. Learn More About The Houston Museum of Natural Science >>
Children’s Museum Houston: We transform communities through innovative, child-centered learning. The Houston region has one of the largest child populations in the United States and Children’s Museum Houston serves an audience of more than 1 million children and families each year. Children’s Museum Houston is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that relies on private and public contributions. When you support us, you can feel confident that your contribution directly benefits the children of Houston . Learn More About The Children’s Museum Houston >>
Outer Space
Space Center Houston: Since opening in 1992, Space Center Houston has welcomed more than 22 million people and hosts nearly 1.25 million visitors annually in its 250,000-square-foot educational complex. Educational emphasis is placed on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in a fun and engaging way. It uses space exploration to inspire wonder and interest in science and math. Learn More About Space Center Houston >>
NASA - Johnson Space Center: NASA’s Johnson Space Center has served as a hub of human spaceflight activity for more than half a century. It is home to the nation’s astronaut corps, the International Space Station mission operations, the Orion Program, and a host of future space developments. The center plays a pivotal role in enhancing scientific and technological knowledge to benefit all of humankind. Learn More About The NASA - Johnson Space Center >>
Dining & Entertainment
Bayou Place: In the heart of Houston’s renowned Theater District, Bayou Place is the city’s premier dining, office, and entertainment district. Alongside the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, the Alley Theatre, and the Wortham Theater Center, Bayou Place boasts its own flexible performance space, Revention Music Center, as well as The Ballroom at Bayou Place. Learn More About Bayou Place >>
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts: The Hobby Center opened its doors in 2002, establishing a new era for the performing arts and cultural quality of life for Houstonians of all ages and backgrounds. The venue was purpose built with musical theater in mind, bringing the best of Broadway right here to our own backyard. Learn More About The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts >>
SUGM Experience Partners
150,000+ Solutions and Unmatched Support
From toothbrushes to the latest dental technology and office design, find the products, equipment, technology and services your practice needs. Then count on our trusted, responsive sales and service teams to offer you unwavering support.
Raving Patients: Get Visible, Get Credible: Get More New Patients
SUGM COURSE: In this seminar, Dr. Tau shares numerous tips and best practices to not only become credible but visible online. He will also discuss the system that has been tried and tested in his own office enabling him to take his practice to the next level simply by marketing his reputation.
Driving Dentistry Forward
Benco Dental is a full-service dental distributor, continually working to simplify dentistry’s needs. We offer a variety of supplies and equipment, and provide dental practices with services such as marketing, support, consulting, financial and more! Get everything you need to keep your practice up and running from Benco Dental.
Practice Care is Our Priority
At Henry Schein Dental, our mission is to improve the lives of those we touch by focusing on practice care, so dental professionals can focus on patient care. Practice care is a combination of efficient solutions and integrated technologies designed to help you operate a productive practice, attain your business goals, and assist in the delivery of quality patient care.
SUGM Exhibit Partners
FAQs for SUGM 2023
Looking forward to seeing #SoleaNation at SUGM 2023 in Houston! Please let us know if you have any questions!
When is the deadline to register?
Registrations will be accepted until the courses have reached capacity.
How do I register for my courses?
If course selections are available when you register for the meeting, you will be given instructions on how to sign up. If course selections are not available at the time of registration, you will receive an email when they are ready, and will be given instructions at that time on how to sign up.
If you wish to change your course selections after they have been made, you can log back into your registration using your event confirmation email to make adjustments.
What is the registration cancellation policy?
Notice of cancellation must be made in writing and sent to kburns@convergentdental.com.
Convergent Dental is not responsible for travel expenses or penalties under any circumstances. Full refunds for registration will be given only if written notice of cancellation is received 45 days prior to the meeting. A 50% refund will be given if written notice is received up to two weeks prior to the meeting. No refunds are issued within two weeks prior to the course. No refunds are issued for no-shows.
Should I bring my family?
We encourage you to bring your family with you to Houston! There is a list of area attractions on this website to help you make plans during your stay. Any partners, friends, or children that wish to attend the Welcome Reception or Friday night party will require a guest pass. The ticket price is $195 for both evening events; children under the age of 14 can attend for free.
What is the attire for the meeting?
Business Casual. Check out Houston's weather here.
Who do I contact if I have questions about SUGM?
Contact your Solea Success Manager (ssm@convergentdental.com)
or
Kristy H. Burns, CMP
Convergent Dental Events & Partnerships Manager
kburns@convergentdental.com
Mobile: +1-508-954-7550