NODC 2026 Speakers

Course Title: Forensic Dentistry Overview and Dental Identification of Remains

Course Title: How to use AI in Dentistry

Course Title: The AI Advantage

Course Title: Living Longer Living Better

Course Title: Elevating Diagnostic and Treatment Planning Through 2D, CBCT, and CAD/CAM Integration

1. Understand the current AAP periodontal staging and grading system.
2. Accurately distinguish between common periodontal conditions such as gingivitis, periodontitis, and other related diagnoses using clinical and radiographic findings.
3. Learn how to select appropriate CDT codes based on the patient’s periodontal diagnosis.

Course Title: Carestream CBCT Workshop: CBCT Technology Applied to Implant Placement

Course Title: Direct Composite Restorations: Components for Success

Course Title: All Ceramic Restorations, Components for Success

Course Title: The Battle of "De-Bond"

Course Title: Sleep Related Breathing Disorders: Hiding in Plain Sight

Course Title: Becoming a Special Needs Warrior: Equipping Yourself to Treat Patients with Special Needs

Course Title: Understanding Autism: A Dual Perspective

Course Title: Diagnosis, Planning, and Treatment Using New Technology

Course Title: Digital Workshop: An Up-close Look at the Latest Products

Course Title: Job Satisfaction for You and Your Team

Course Title: Business Systems Creations

Course Title: Advanced Topics in Prevention

Course Title: A Guide to Treating Anterior Discoloration

Course Title: How to Keep Your Patient for 26 Years

Course Title: Team Engagement: Show Up with Your Perfect Self

 

Course Title: How to Provide a Memorable Patient Experience in your Practice

Course Title: Love Dentistry and Prosper: A Practical Guide to Dental Practice Success

Course Title: The ABC Protocol for More Effective, More Comfortable, and Safer Pain Control

Course Title: 10 Minutes to Save a Life

 

Course Title: Offensive Dentistry

Course Title: Codependent Cariology

Course Title: Workshop: Placing Bling on Natural Teeth: Participants are to Bring Their Own Stents to Place Jewels, Flags, Tattoos, Fangs, and more

Course Title: Protecting Your Practice and Patients from Cyber Threats

Course Title (Two parts, independent of each other): Unstoppable: The pathway to your best year ever. A class for the entire dental team

Dr. Rasner maps out – in "use it on Monday" detail – his six-point strategy to reach an extraordinary income while maintaining a reputation as a respected “office to go to” that stands out amongst the crowd. As a full-time practicing clinician, he lives in your world. He’ll share not just what he’s done right, but what he’s done wrong. After 45 years as a full-time practicing clinician, he remains “all in” on the best and only way to recapture that spirit that brought you to dentistry to begin and enables you to reach incredible fulfillment.

Objectives:

• The magic of slowing down everything, and why it is more profitable.

• Running a true relationship-based practice: why it matters.

• What dental practice leadership should look like in 2026.

• The fail-proof blueprint for the new graduate or the stagnant practice.

• Four simple principles for 90% case acceptance.

• The ethics and wisdom of getting paid upfront.

• How to keep staff for an average of 20 years without going broke: What really motivates a team.

• Smart marketing in 2026: What and what not to do.

• Becoming a legacy practice. Giving back: A powerful ally for self-enrichment and peace of mind.

In 1981, Owens-Illinois, the 6th largest glass plant in the world, closed its doors. What followed was a domino effect of failed businesses, staggering unemployment, and a devastatingly bleak economy. That was the year after Dr. Steven Rasner opened his practice in southern New Jersey. Sadly, 45 years later, this area has remained nationally ranked for its unemployment, poverty levels, and absence of growth. During this same time period, Dr. Rasner has nurtured a private fee-for-service practice that commands fees in the top percentile in the nation. The practice has been a leader in community civic duty and was awarded the Congressional Recognition Award for Civic Duty in 2000.

Dr. Rasner has taught for 25 years in 43 American states and 5 countries. He has received numerous speaking awards and been recognized in Dentistry Today’s Top Clinical Educators list for 15 consecutive years. Dr. Rasner received a lifetime achievement award in 2011 from Excellence in Dentistry. He has authored 3 books and over 50 industry and journal publications.

Course Title: Carestream CBCT Workshop: CBCT Technology Applied to Root Canal Therapy/Fractured Roots

Course Title: CPR, AED (BLS) Training

Course Title: Office Emergencies

Course Title: Common and Significant Oral Lesions

 

Course Title: Weed Will Rock You!: The Fall and Rise of Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and Terpenes, and Their Dental Considerations

Course Title: Sweet Dreams (Are Not Made of This): The Dental Implications of Diabetes Mellitus and the Medications Used to Treat It.

Course Title: Minimal Intervention, Maximal Outcomes: The Use of Minimally-Invasive Dentistry to Maximize Esthetic and Functional Outcomes

Course Title: Modern Anterior Composite Techniques