Refresher Course
Botox Live Patient Training
(Lecture)
Has it been a year or more since your last training? Or have you completed training and still don’t feel confident? All good practitioners know that updates and reviews are critical. Join us for this comprehensive didactic Botox presentation and bring your knowledge, techniques, and skills up to date.
REQUIRED: To enroll in this refresher course, you should have completed at least 6 hours of a foundational Botox course and 1 year of injection experience. This refresher course covers current information, theory, and anatomy and does not include a hands-on treatment component. This is not a certification course.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this course the attendee should be able to:
- Discuss the mode of action of all current FDA approved toxins
- Estimate dosing ranges for cosmetic indications and TMJ (masseter and temporalis)
- Describe storage, handling and reconstitution for toxins
($600 dentists only, must have prior certification, limited seats available)
101 Basic Science 2 CE
200 Orofacial Pain 1 CE
780 Esthetics 1 CE
TOTAL: 4 CE
REFRESHER COURSE IS APPROPRIATE FOR PRACTITIONERS WITH PRIOR BOTOX TRAINING.
ATTENTION: THIS IS NOT A CERTIFICATION COURSE.
Gigi Meinecke
DDS
Dr. Gigi Meinecke has been active in the field of facial injectables since 2004. In 2013 she established FACES Education, providing cosmetic and therapeutic injectable training to medical and dental professionals with a core focus on comprehensive facial anatomy. Her programs regularly integrate cadaver study with live patient injections. In addition to teaching nationally, Dr. Meinecke is faculty, course director and facial anatomy pro-sector for the Facial Injectables Pre-doctoral program at the Boston University School of Dental Medicine. She also provides litigation support as an expert witness in the injectable domain. Her publications include “Applications for Facial Injectables in Dentistry,” “Lower Face Influence on Total Facial Esthetics,” and “When and How to Say No to Facial Injectable Patients.” She is author of the book, “Start and Grow Your Cosmetic Injectable Practice.” Dr. Meinecke is active in organized dentistry and is a current member of the Academy of General Dentistry’s Dental Practice Council. She served 2 consecutive terms on the AGD’s Legislative and Governmental Affairs Council and is a past Chair of the ADA Council on Communications. Dr. Meinecke is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, the International College of Dentists, the American College of Dentists and in the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr. Meinecke maintains a private practice limited to facial injectables in Potomac, Maryland.