Greetings to all BBSC members and friends
(Registration Information is at the bottom of the page)
I am excited to announce the speakers for our April 5-6, 2024, meeting at The Barkley Center: Emily Stein, PhD, and Mike Schuster, DDS.
This meeting is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to hear and personally get to know two of the smartest people I’ve ever met. Emily is coming back to spend a full day explaining the microbiomes of the mouth, gut, skin, and brain, as well as how they are inter-connected. All of that information will be related to how her patented pre-biotic is changing dentistry as we know it, by ushering in a much more biologically sophisticated era of oral and systemic disease treatment and prevention. And by that, I mean an easy to deploy tool that literally prevents caries, gingivitis, and periodontitis that’s inexpensive, safe, and effective. Additionally, the bacteria and yeast cannot adapt to its presence like antibiotics, while simultaneously rebalancing the microbiome of “good” bacteria.
Michael Schuster will present on day two. He will share his complete journey in dentistry, including his own frustrations, corrections, innovations, creation of The Schuster Center, his relationships with L.D. Pankey, Bob Barkley, F. Harold Wirth, Charles Sorensen, and many others. Mike will also share how he created a true health-centered / person-centered practice model via Barkley’s disease prevention concepts and Codiscovery to create three successful practices over time in addition to teaching thousands of dentists for over four decades.
You absolutely don’t want to miss out on this one! This is an open meeting, meaning that anyone interested can join us. However, I’m absolutely limited to a maximum of 40 participants. (As of this writing, the meeting is nearly 50% full).
The meeting will be held at the Barkley Center in Roanoke, Virginia. * Friday night, we will have dinner and entertainment at my home on Bent Mountain. Course tuition is $1450.00, and includes a light breakfast, and lunch both days, as well as dinner Friday night including beer, wine, and other options.
Please contact me soon for registration information, as this meeting is filling up quickly!
Flight Options:
Roanoke has a very nice regional airport with regular connections to Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, DC, and New York. We are also relatively close to Greensboro, NC which has more flight options. Roanoke is adjacent to the Blue Ridge Mountains in beautiful SW Virginia, near Virginia Tech. My home is in Bent Mountain, a small community in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and off the Blue Ridge Parkway and about 30 minutes from The Barkley Center.
Some previous meeting reviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0fu36dAr-8
I have a room block set aside for this meeting at:
https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/bobbarkleystudyclub1/
This is a very nice hotel that overlooks the Roanoke Valley. From there, it is about a ten-minute drive to The Barkley Center.
Please note: This room block is only available until March 4th, as there is a NASCAR race event nearby on the same weekend, and the hotel can’t risk not selling out all of its rooms.
Another great option (and there are many others):
The Hotel Roanoke is a restored historical landmark hotel located in downtown Roanoke, and is approximately 10 minutes from the airport, and about 15 minutes from The Barkley Center. You won’t be disappointed if your preference is a more high-end experience, and you would like to wander around downtown Roanoke which has some great shops, restaurants, and local market.
Codiscovery 1: What, When, and Why
A “deep dive” into the landmark work of Dr. Bob Barkley and Nate Kohn, PhD, where the science of learning will be explored along with its supporting neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and psychoneuroimmunology.
Codiscovery 2: Application of the CoDiscovery Concepts
Apply the CoDiscovery concepts within the team and practice, a team-centered workshop, focused on implementing new patient-centered concepts and overcoming structural, behavioral, cultural, and other barriers.
How To Create A Learning Organization:
Successful relationship-based, health-centered practices are created and co-lead by special groups of team members who are philosophically in alignment, as well as fully invested in a jointly held preferred future. This hands-on workshop takes you through the essential levels of practice development, where each step of each level will be discussed in detail, and each person will build a physical model depicting the three-dimensional nature of a learning organization and how it works.
CBD:
The science behind, and application of cannabidiol in clinical practice. This workshop is a deep dive into the science behind the confusing topic of CBD and will include a scientific literature review as well as a discussion of the neuroanatomy involved in the endocannabinoid system.
In general, people don’t have very much knowledge about CBD. This class explains, clarifies, and will help you to erase any negative connotations associated with CBD when discussing it with patients.
Leah B. Wilkins, DDS
Aiken, SCWhat a great course, full of information, fellowship, food and fun! This was a first class experience for me on the topic of CBD, and now I have an additional tool that could not only help my patients dentally, but could also potentially help them with their overall health. I highly recommend learning about CBD and it’s benefits from Paul Henny. I believe CBD is about to become very mainstream in medicine and dentistry. We learned about the science behind CBD as well as it’s mechanism of action, as well as how to lesson the stigma associated with it.
Tal Wilkins, DDS
Aiken, SC
This course was exceptional, and the dinner was world class!
Michael McDevitt, DDS, MS
Periodontist
Atlanta, GA
Everything I learned was very useful, and many of my colleagues and patients will benefit from this information. Learning about the biology behind CBD, where to source good products, and how to incorporate this information into our daily practice was very helpful!
Irina Chandler, DDS
Warsaw, VA
I would absolutely recommend this course to others! Excellent! Learning about the science behind CBD, and it’s different potential areas of benefit was very interesting!
Rodney Baier, DDS
Restorative Dentist
Visiting Faculty Spear Education
Atlanta, GA
Thank you for an excellent presentation! I now understand the roles that anandamide and 2-AG play throughout our body, as well as the role of glutamates, and how all of this influences our sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
Wes Moore, DDS
Fort Smith, AK