Pre-Symposium Workshops

Ahead of the Global Symposium, the Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD) is offering three immersive Pre-Symposium Workshops designed to equip dentists with advanced clinical, diagnostic, and digital skills for caring for athletes at every level. From sideline readiness and team dentist responsibilities, to cutting-edge mouthguard science and full-arch digital trauma restoration, these sessions deliver practical, high-impact training for today’s sports dentistry professional.

For additional information about Symposium costs, please visit the link here.

Workshop 1: Bridging the Gap, click here. 
6CEs
Measuring Muscle Physiology in Sports Dentistry
There are hundreds of types of mouthguards or sports appliances out there. Every day a specialist wakes up one day and says “EUREKA”… a new mouthguard!  What if we can provide more than just a “GUARD”? What if we can incorporate the aspect of PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT into the mouthguard? Phonetic Bite? CR Bite? Muscle Facilitation Test Bite? Dynamic Decompression Bite? K7 Bite Nm Bite? Chan Bite? Anterior Jig Bite?  Learn more in the upcoming Bridging the Gap workshop.
 
Workshop 2: Digital Full Arch Dentistry, click here.
4CEs
Learning Digital Full-Arch Dentistry is a comprehensive lecture and hands-on course designed to guide clinicians through the complete digital full-arch workflow. The session covers essential terminology, foundational concepts, and best practices for photogrammetry and intraoral scanning, along with critical clinical records, lab communication strategies, and final prosthetic considerations.
Workshop 3: ASD Sports Dentist Certification Course

Are you a team dentist? Do you have athletes in your practice? Are you
prepared to manage trauma?

The Academy for Sports Dentistry is providing the Sports Dentist
Certification Course to encourage dentists to be prepared in the field of
Sports Dentistry. Two essential primary components will be the focus:
preventing trauma and managing trauma when it occurs.
This online and hands-on course will prepare you for both topics. The
online portion includes 6 presentations which must be completed prior
to the hands-on portions. The hands-on portions will take place at the
2026 ASD Global Symposium in San Diego on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
Scanning, 3D printing, mouthguard fabrication, and suturing, will be
covered.