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2025 Program Schedule Overview

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"Prosthodontics: Shaping the Future"

PROGRAM - Subject to Change

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

 7:00 AM - 01:00 PM   AP Executive Council 1 Meeting | AP EC Only
 4:00 PM - 06:00 PM   Registration OPEN 
 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM   AP Executive Council Dinner | AP EC Only


Wednesday, May 28, 2025

 7:00 AM - 08:00 AM    *Get Acquainted Breakfast 
 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM    *Accompanying Spouse/Guest Hospitality Breakfast 
 7:00 AM - 01:00 PM   Registration OPEN
 8:00 AM - 01:30 PM   Scientific Session (includes Opening Ceremony)
10:00 AM

   *Accompanying Spouse/Guest Outing - Details forthcoming 

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   8:00 AM - 08:50 AM    

  Opening Ceremony - AP President Mijin Choi

    Wands Lectureship - Presiding Fellow: Carol Lefebvre, AP Foundation Chair

 

 8:50 AM - 09:00 AM

 Wands Lecturship Introduction 

 Carol Lefebvre

 

 9:00 AM - 09:30 AM

 Our Academy, Our Future

 David Wands

 

 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

 Wands Speaker

 To be Announced

 

 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  AM Coffee Break

 
 

 

Surgical and Prosthodontic Interrelationships

 
 

11:00 AM - 11:35 AM

  The Endless Possibilities and Equally Endless Challenges
  of Complex Craniofacial Reconstruction

 Antonia Kolokythas

 

11:35 AM - 12:10 PM

  Zygomatic Implants: What Do We Know and What Do We
  Need to Know?

 Tara Aghaloo

 

12:10 PM - 12:45 PM

  Full Arch Maxilla: Are Tilted Implants the Only Option?

 Luca Cordaro

 

12:45 PM - 01:20 PM

  The Intersection Between Survival, Success and Complications 
  - the Prosthodontist's Perspective

 Rhonda Jacob
 Steve Parel

   1:20 PM - 01:35 PM

  Panel Discussion

 

    Conclusion and Announcements

 Mijin Choi
 Kent Knoernschild

 1:35 PM - 3:00 PM
  AP Life Fellows & Associates Luncheon | AP Life Fellows and Associates Only 
 1:35 PM - 3:00 PM
  KOL - Key Opinion Leaders Meeting | By Invitation Only
 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  AP Committees Meetings | AP Fellows Only
 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  Poster Session | Exhibitor Meet & Greet
 5:45 PM - 9:00 PM
  *Louis Blatterfein Welcome Dinner - Advance Registration Required
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Thursday, May 29, 2025

 7:00 AM -   8:00 AM   Continental Breakfast - All Session Attendees                                 
 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM   *Accompanying Spouse/Guest Hospitality Breakfast
 7:00 AM -   1:00 PM   Registration OPEN
 8:00 AM -   1:15 PM   Scientific Session
   
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   7:55 AM -  8:00 AM                         Opening Remarks - Recognition of Dignitaries and Life Fellows   
 Mijin Choi

 Kent Knoernschild
   
State of the Profession - Inspiring Quality Patient Care, Research, 
Learning, and Excellence 

 

 8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

  Plenary session introduction

 Kent Knoernschild  

 

 8:10 AM - 8:45 AM

  The Future of Academic Dentistry

 Michael Reddy

 

 8:45 AM - 9:20 AM

  Becoming a Better Leader with Executive Leadership Coaching

 Carol Lefebvre

 

 9:20 AM - 9:55 AM

  Navigating Academics and National Forums

 Lily Garcia
 

 9:55 AM - 10:30 AM

  Sex and Gender in Oral Health Methodology and Workflow

 Effie Ioannidou
 

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  AM Coffee Break

 
 

11:00 AM - 11:35 AM

  The National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties
  and Certifying Boards

 Frank Tuminelli

 

11:35 AM - 12:10 PM

  The American Board of Prosthodontics

 Heather Conrad

 

12:10 PM - 1:10 PM

  Panel Discussion

 Moderator - 
 Kent Knoernschild
 

 1:10 PM - 1:20 PM

Conclusion and Announcement

 Mijin Choi
 Kent Knoernschild
 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
 *Group Networking Outing


Friday, May 30, 2025

 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM   AP Executive Council 2 Meeting | AP EC Only
 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM   Continental Breakfast - All Session Attendees
 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM    *Accompanying Spouse/Guest Hospitality Breakfast 
 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM   Registration OPEN
 8:00 AM - 1:40 PM   Scientific Session 

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   7:55 AM -  8:00 AM 

  Opening Remarks - Recognition of Dignitaries and Life Fellows

 Mijin Choi
 Kent Knoernschild
   

Reflecting Upon Meaningful Innovations

 
 

 8:00 AM -  8:35 AM

  Saving the Salivary Gland through Peripheral Nerves

 Sara Knox

 

 8:35 AM -  9:15 AM

  Clinical Studies of Digital Prosthodontic Materials

 Marco Ferrari 

 

 9:15 AM - 9:55 AM

  A Story of a Tooth, From a Restoration to an Implant. Which
  One is Complication Free?

 Mariam
 Margvelashvili-Malament

 

 9:55 AM - 10:25 AM

  Forty Years Later: Are Teeth Superior to Implants?

 Steve Sadowsky
 
10:25 AM - 10:40 AM

 
 
Panel Discussion

 
 
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

 
   AM Coffee Break


 
   

Digital Innovation and Clinical Application

 
 

11:10 AM - 11:45 AM

  CAD-CAM RPD: Does It Really Live Up To Our Clinical Expectations?

 

 Eric Caron

 

11:45 AM - 12:25 PM

  Intraoral Scanning: Research, Clinical Applications, and Limitations

 Hongseok An

 

12:25 PM - 1:05 PM

  Artificial Intelligence to Elevate implant Dentistry: Current Trends

 Ahmet Orgev

 

 1:05 PM - 1:40 PM

  Tradition Meets Technology for Full Arch Workflows: What Have We Learned?

 

 Armand Bedrossian

 

 1:40 PM

  Conclusion and Announcements

 Mijin Choi
 Kent Knoernschild
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM   *Accompanying Spouse/Guest Outing     
 1:40 PM - 5:00 PM   *AP Business Meeting | AP Fellows Only
 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM   *President's Reception and Installation Banquet - Advance Registration Required


Saturday, May 31, 2025

 7:00 AM -  8:00 AM   Continental Breakfast - All Session Attendees
 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM   *Accompanying Spouse/Guest Hospitality Breakfast 
 8:00 AM - 12:45 PM   Scientific Session
 
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   7:55 AM -  8:00 AM                         Opening Remarks - Recognition of Dignitaries and Life Fellows   
 Mijin Choi

 Kent Knoernschild
   

  Complex Problems and Solutions

 
   8:00 AM -  8:40 AM   Management of the Lateral Incisor Area in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients  
 Amara Abreu-Serrano

 

 8:40 AM -  9:20 AM

  Economic Impact on Dental Technologies

 George Tysowsky

 

 9:25 AM - 10:05 AM

  CAD-CAM and Occlusion

  Mark Montana
 

 10:05 AM - 10:30 AM

  AM Coffee Break

 
   

Complex Problems and Solutions

 
 

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM

  Logic and Logistics in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics: Balancing
  Evidence and Practicalities in Complex Prosthetic Rehabilitation

 Sarah Lee

 

11:10 AM - 11:50 AM

  TBD

 Tony Rotondo

 

11:50 AM - 12:25 PM

 Digital Daze- Validating Available Digital Technology and Digital Materials for Prosthodontic   Private Practice

John Sorensen

 

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

  Roundtable Discussion

 

  12:25 PM - 12:45 PM   Closing Remarks

 Mijin Choi
 Kent Knoernschild

   

  2026 Annual Meeting Preview

 Carlo Ercoli

   

  Daily

*Requires Advance Registration and Additional Ticket Purchase

07:00 AM - 10:00 AM

*Accompanying Spouse/Guest Hospitality Room
  Breakfast: Wednesday - Saturday

Exhibits remain open during scientific session.
Highlighted times:

Exhibit Set up: Wednesday, May 28 - 7:00am - 9:45am

Wednesday, May 28

AM Break 10:30am-11:00am
Networking Reception 3:30pm - 5:00pm
 
Thursday, May 29
Continental Breakfast 7:00am-8:00am
AM Coffee Break 10:30am-11:00am
 
Friday, May 30
Continental Breakfast 7:00am-8:00am
AM Coffee Break 10:40am-11:10am
 
Saturday, May 31
Continental Breakfast 7:00am-8:00am
AM Coffee Break 10:05am-10:30am
 
Exhibit Breakdown: Saturday, May 31 (12:45 pm - session adjourns)
Exhibitors may start to breakdown after AM coffee break.