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### WELCOME TO THE PANKEY EXPERIENCE

### ESSENTIALS 1

The Pankey Institute is committed to helping you create the Practice of Your Dreams. Our top-tier technical education will help you move toward excellence and predictability in your practice and help you do more of the dentistry you enjoy. However, there's more to dentistry than just technical execution. Discover what it means to truly love your profession and balance your life as you develop your own philosophy of practice. The Essentials series will help you transform your experience of practicing dentistry, increase predictability, profitability, and fulfillment. Practice dentistry the way you want, do the procedures you enjoy most with patients who value and appreciate you! Let Pankey help you make dentistry all you hoped it would be.

## Key Learning Outcomes

### VISIONING

 Help Map Out Your Goals and Define Your Vision for Practicing Dentistry

### AESTHETICS

Aesthetically Create Treatment Plans for Teeth & Gingival Positioning

### PHOTOGRAPHY

Capture Clinical Photographs for Aesthetic Treatment Planning

### OCCLUSION

Complete an Occlusal Risk Assessment and Identify Low, Moderate and High-Risk Patients

### FINANCIAL PLANNING

Reach your goal of financial freedom by gaining the tools you need to get there. You will be introduced to investment strategies and debt management.

### CASE ACCEPTANCE

Learn what you can do on a regular basis to engage patients to help them understand and own their present condition?

### COMMUNICATION

Discover Communication Tactics to Help Connect You to Your Patients and Team

### WORK / LIFE BALANCE

There is a Cross of Dentistry and a Cross of Life. Become a master of your journey through dentistry. The goal is to bring all the concepts together and excited about the future.

### 2024 Course Dates

| January 11, 2024 - January 14, 2024 | Sold Out |
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| March 07, 2024 - March 10, 2024 | Sold Out |
| May 16, 2024 - May 19, 2024 | [Register](https://bit.ly/E1-May2024) |
| June 20, 2024 - June 23, 2024 | [Register](https://bit.ly/E1-Jun2024) |
| August 22, 2024 - August 25, 2024 | [Register](https://bit.ly/E1-Aug2024) |
| October 03, 2024 - October 06, 2024 | [Register](https://bit.ly/E1-Oct2024) |

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### 2025 Course Dates

| January 23, 2025 - January 26, 2025 | [Register](https://bit.ly/E1-Jan2025) |
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Teaching Methods: Hands-On Participation Course | Contact: [info@pankey.org](mailto:info@pankey.org) | Faculty Bios: [Click Here](https://www.pankey.org/faculty-speakers/department-of-education/) | Prerequisites: None

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Please contact our participant services department for any exclusive offers that will go towards your Essentials 1 experience. 

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