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Are your patients looking for a non-surgical way to smooth and tighten sagging skin? Learn how to smooth and tighten sagging skin, cheeks, jowls, jawline, oral commissures, nasolabial folds, marionette lines, and more!
After taking the Solid Filler Smooth PDO Threads course, you will be able to:
★ Restore your patients’ youthful appearance in a minimally invasive procedure
★ Provide immediately visible results
★ Increase the production of collagen and elastin (neocollagenesis)
★ Reverse the aging process
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Cost of product is not included in course tuition.
Model Patients
For the best educational experience, please bring your own model patients. Model patients are not provided.
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This Is The Most Comprehensive Solid Filler Smooth PDO Thread Training Course Available!
This course is for beginners in facial esthetics or clinicians who have been trained with PDO threads in the past.
Forget everything you have ever seen or learned about PDO threads. This is state of the art advanced training like you have never seen before! With the new exclusive AAFE protocols, solid filler smooth PDO threads are comfortable and highly effective like never before. The AAFE has re-trained many professionals who have taken other PDO courses – don’t waste your time and money – take the AAFE course and learn the best techniques that will get you the best esthetic and therapeutic outcomes for your patients!
Patient areas of treatment with exclusive AAFE protocols include long term collagen building, treatment for skin rejuvenation, acne scars, smooth crepey skin, vermillion border pop, radial lip lines, safe glabellar frown lines, cheek enhancements, nasolabial folds, oral commissures, marionette lines, neck lift, and much more!
“The AAFE PDO Thread course was EXCELLENT! I’m excited to start offering this right away. It’s great to have new skills and lots of enthusiasm from staff and patients!” Dr. Caron Glickman
Come and learn the latest AAFE exclusive techniques learned from AAFE international faculty in Europe and Asia where solid filler smooth PDO threads have been performed for many years and see the new products available for the best treatment outcomes in total facial esthetics.
The AAFE Solid Filler Polydioxanone (PDO) smooth thread therapy exclusive protocols provide a non-surgical, minimally invasive material and technique to generate the patient’s natural collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid production offering a natural looking youthful volumization of the face lasting up to 1-2 years. This treatment provides immediate visible result that gets better over time. PDO absorbable sutures have long been used in dental surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery for re-approximation of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues for over 30 years.
The diagnosis, treatment plan and documented use of PDO sutures for re-approximation of soft tissue is well within every healthcare provider’s scope of practice as these are sutures regularly used in dental and medical practices. These PDO suture threads meet all the requirements of safety and efficacy established by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for suturing.Solid Filler PDO smooth thread therapy provide an immediate visible lift, smoothing and bio-stimulation of collagen production through neocollagenesis giving the patient lasting results for up to 12 – 24 months depending on the patient’s lifestyle. This treatment provides neovascularization providing skin rejuvenation and bio-stimulation, increase in facial volume, better lip and smile lines, enhances skin tone, skin and pore tightening. Solid fillers smooth PDO threads can be used alone or combined with botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, solid filler PDO threads, and platelet rich plasma (PRP) with very few contraindications, side effects, and no to minimal down time.
Now every clinician has an excellent treatment option for patients with collagen loss in the middle to lower face which adversely affects the lip, smile and jaw lines from an esthetic and functional perspective. Patient areas of treatment including long term collagen building, treatment for skin rejuvenation, acne scars, smooth crepey skin, vermillion border pop, radial lip lines, safe glabellar frown lines, cheek enhancements, nasolabial folds, oral commissures, marionette lines, neck lift, and much more!
Course Objectives
Patient assessment, evaluation and consultation for solid filler smooth PDO threads
Indications and contraindications for solid filler smooth PDO thread therapy
In depth instruction in the anatomy, neurophysiology, musculature and circulatory system of the oral and maxillofacial areas
Patient evaluation for the best dento-facial esthetic and therapeutic outcomes
Learn proper sterile technique for the use of injectable smooth solid fillers
Safety and risk issues for solid filler smooth PDO thread therapy
Integrating solid filler smooth PDO thread therapy into therapeutic and esthetic treatment plans.
Learn the best treatment techniques including proper tissue depths, patient mapping and preparation for the best oral/maxillofacial therapeutic and esthetic outcomes
Create beautiful vermillion borders and treat radial lip lines with smooth solid filler threads
Cheek enhancements and neck lifts with solid filler smooth PDO threads
Successfully treat the glabellar “danger zone” with smooth PDO threads where you would never place HA fillers to eliminate deep frown lines
Smooth, tighten and lift nasolabial folds, marionette lines, jowls and the corners of the mouth using smooth solid filler threads
Smooth crepey skin, skin rejuvenation, acne scar treatment with neocollagenesis to grow new collagen for long lasting amazing results
How to avoid, manage, and treat possible adverse reactions and complications
Live patient training including comprehensive diagnosis (ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes), treatment planning, and delivery of solid filler smooth PDO thread therapy
Fee strategies for solid filler smooth PDO thread therapy
Combining solid filler smooth threads with other injectable therapies
All necessary office forms and informed consents needed to begin treating patients immediately
Observe many patients during the day
One on one mentored instruction as you work hands-on with your patient
Course Objectives: At the completion of this course, attendees should be able to:
Evaluate how to diagnose and treatment plan to achieve the best possible esthetic and therapeutic outcomes
Demonstrate clinical proficiency on live patients with the proper materials, techniques, and instrumentation necessary to deliver solid filler smooth PDO thread for smoothing and volumizing
Use solid filler smooth PDO thread therapy in practice
Course Agenda
Course Schedule (Schedule may vary by location)
SCHEDULE
Registration
12:00 PM
Course begins on time, please be prompt.
Course begins
12:30 PM
Course ends
4:30 PM
Continuing Ed. Credits CME/CE
Continuing Medical / Dental Education Information For Healthcare Professionals
THIS ACTIVITY IS JOINTLY PROVIDED BY MEDICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES AND AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FACIAL ESTHETICS.
Credit hours posted are when both botulinum toxin course and dermal filler course are taken together even though they are two separate courses. Hours will be rewarded only for the actual courses taken by attendee.
For full faculty biographies and full faculty disclosures click here: AAFE Clinical Faculty
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants involved in the care of patients.
Dentist Credit
The American Academy of Facial Esthetics is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The American Academy of Facial Esthetics designates each of these individual activities for 8 continuing education credits per course.
The American Academy of Facial Esthetics is designated as an approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship, Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 4/1/2019 to 3/31/2023. Provider ID# 321332
Physician Credit
Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Certification Board recognizes and accepts continuing education 8 contact hours from activities approved by AMA, ACCME, ANCC, AANP.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 ANCC nursing contact hours. Nurses will be awarded contact hours upon successful completion of the activity.
Physician Assistant Credit
Medical Education Resources has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 8 AAPA Category 1 CME Credits. Physician Assistants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 8 Interprofessional continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
It is the policy of Medical Education Resources to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing education activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Education Resources (MER) and American Academy of Facial Esthetics – AAFE. MER is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Any dentists, physicians, osteopaths, acupuncturists, chiropractors, nurses, physicians assistants, and nurse practitioners and any other medical or dental professionals whether they can inject or not may attend at full tuition and not as a team member.
Additional medical and dental professionals or team members who show up the day of the course will be charged appropriately. Healthcare professionals who may not legally deliver or inject Botulinum Toxin and dermal fillers according to their professional licenses are not allowed to inject patients at this course under any circumstances. Medical and dental auxiliaries may only assist their doctor according to the extent allowed by their professional licenses.
Product Cost
Cost of product is not included in course tuition. Additional material costs include $620 per vial of Botulinum Toxin, $317-$677 per box of dermal filler, and/or $10 – $50 per solid filler PDO thread. Prices are dependent on brand requested and are subject to change at any time. Products bought at the course are for use at the course only. Attendees may bring their own products but must show proof that they are original and authentic. A list of other necessary supplies will be provided for you to bring to the live patient course.
COURSE PHOTOGRAPHY AND/OR VIDEOTAPING
By entering the AAFE course, you understand that you may be photographed, filmed, or videotaped and you hereby give the American Academy of Facial Esthetics LLC the unqualified right to take pictures and/or recordings of you and grant the perpetual right to use your likeness, image, photo (collectively, “image”), without compensation, for broadcast or exhibition in any medium and to put the finished pictures/recordings to any legitimate use without limitation or reservation. You hereby waive, release and forever discharge the American Academy of Facial Esthetics LLC from and against any and all claims or actions arising out of or resulting from any use of your image. The American Academy of Facial Esthetics LLC shall not be obligated to use, and may elect not to use, your image.
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The American Academy of Facial Esthetics is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
The American Academy of Facial Esthetics is designated as an approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship, Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2027. Provider ID# 321332