Dr. John C. Comisi
2333 N. Triphammer Road
Suite 304
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-272-3433

Style of Dentistry – Dr. Comisi is a comprehensive full time general dentist.
 Style of Presenting – Interactive – engaging the audience to make them a part of the learning experience.

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Dr. Comisi

Dr. Comisi has been in private practice in Ithaca, NY since 1983. He is a graduate of Northwestern University Dental School and received his Bachelor of Science in Biology at Fordham University. He has lectured nationally and internationally and has contributed to the dental literature in such journals as General Dentistry and Inside Dentistry.

Dr. Comisi is a member of the American Dental Association and its tripartite organizations, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Equilibration Society and the PEARL Network a practice based research network and is involved with several of its studies.

He sits on the Boards of several organizations including the Academy of General Dentistry, the Sixth District Dental Society, the New York State Academy of General Dentistry, the Baden-Powell Council, B.S.A. and is a member of the Catapult Your Practice Editorial Board.
Dr. Comisi is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, and holds Fellowships in the Academy of Dentistry International, the American College of Dentistry, the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the International College of Dentistry.

Technology and new innovations in dental care are of keen interest to Dr. Comisi. His investigations into the practical applications of these products and services helps his audience get a better perspective on what works and what needs further improvement.

Lecture Topics
Caries Management: Theories, Procedures and Reality

The infective process of dental decay has been a primary focus of the modern dental practice. Mountains of dental literature exist to help explain this process and yet our patients still struggle with this controllable disease. What do we as dental professionals do to help our patients cope and manage this disease process? What procedures, techniques and materials can we use the slow down the process and perhaps reverse it? We know that the management of periodontal disease is a factor, but how can we make this aspect become more predictable? How do we stop "one step forward, two steps back" game?

This course will focus on the successes uncovered and developed by Dr. Comisi, and his dental team over the last twenty five years.

  • Learn how to make your patient a part of the "team", intimately involved in their own care and responsible for their wellbeing.
  • Learn and implement, home care, office care and follow up that will enable you to provide the best care possible to your patient.
  • Understand the stages of caries development and factors that contribute to its acceleration.
  • Learn what materials and techniques can help you better manage the caries process.


The Glass Ionomer Revolution: It’s Place in Minimally Invasive Dentistry – A Hands on Experience

It has been said that the United States has had a glass ionomer barrier for many years. It has not been used as effectively here as it has been around the world. Perhaps this is due to unfamiliarity with the material and its varied uses.

In this course the clinician explores the remin-demin process and caries progression; preventive care considerations and diagnostics that can help aid in caries detection; minimally invasive dentistry; the realm of composites and bonding systems and glass ionomers; and their place in today’s dental care armamentarium. You will be introduced to a technique to used in the placement of direct posterior restorations called the "Co-Cure Technique", which can transform the way you approach all your direct restorations.

This hands-on course will explore Cariology, minimally invasive dentistry and how glass ionomer materials can and should be considered for use in your dental practice. The clinician will help you develop a greater comfort level for the many applications to use this versatile and important dental material in today’s dental practice.

Learn:

  • The basic science and use of Glass Ionomers and Resin Modified Glass Ionomers in your practice
  • To work with and handle various types of Glass ionomer materials to gain a comfort level for use in your practice
  • First hand experiences with concepts and applications of minimally invasive dentistry and its place in your dental practice
  • Why current bonding agents and techniques succeed or fail
  • To use glass ionomer restorative materials in conjunction with other restorative materials to better serve our patients


Develop a better understanding of the current advancements in our profession and how they can be incorporated into the dental practice to make you more productive and profitable.

 

The Sizzle and the Steak: Innovative Concepts for Today’s Dental Practice

The practice of dentistry is changing almost every day. Technology is pushing the envelope of how we deliver and market dentistry. It sometimes feels like we can never keep up, and even when we do, which concepts and devices are going to help us provide the best care to our patients without bankrupting the dental practice. How do you know what concepts make the best sense for your practice today? This course will explore many of the innovative dental care concepts available today; the technologies you need in marketing your dental practice, communicating with your patient and the techniques and devices you will want to consider using in your practice to help provide optimum dental care. The information presented will help you identify those innovative concepts that will renew your practice and set you apart from others around you.

 

This course will explore:

  • The many technologies currently used in the marketing, communicating and provision of care in today’s dental practice.
  • Preventive care considerations and diagnostics that will help aid in the caries detection process and its early intervention which can set your practice apart from others around you.
  • Adhesion dentistry: Why our popular dental bonding procedures fail and what you can do to stop it from occurring.
  • The realm of composites and glass ionomer restorative materials available – their place in "Biomimetic" dentistry


Develop a better understanding of the current advancements in our profession and how they can be incorporated into the dental practice to make you more productive and profitable.


Oral Cancer Detection: Are you seeing the whole picture?

  • The worldwide annual incidence of Oral Cancer is greater than 300,000
  • Detection of this disease has typically occurred too late to implement treatment
  • It is only through early detection that these rates can be improved

Oral cancer survival rates have not improved over the last 50 years. Why? Because we are not "seeing" the development of oral cancer until it becomes "frankly" apparent under our usual visible light observations.

To further complicate this challenge, the classic population of "at risk" oral cancer patients have changed over the last few years, and suddenly the possibility of developing oral cancer is not just limited to tobacco users and people over age 40.

Various technologies have been developed over the past 10 years and new ones are being developed. Each one aims to provide the ultimate goal: to help improve our ability to identify potential lesions well in advance of them becoming "deadly". Some are more effective than others in this fight against cancer and new technologies are being developed.

This course will review the oral anatomy, proper examination of the patient, and the challenges our profession has had in effectively identifying cancer in its earlier stages, and the various technologies currently available that can help in this identification so that you and your doctor will be able to improve the odds and help identify potential cancer lesions years before they can become cancer.


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