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Spring 2026 Dental Conference


 
North Central Iowa District 
State Dental Association  
 
Monday, March 16, 2026
 
Time: 8 am - 1 pm
 
Muse Norris Conference Center
500 College Drive
Mason City, IA
 
Continuing Education credit offered
Presenting...
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 Dr. John Zalesky,  
DMD, MBS, FICOI, FAGD 

Dr. John Zalesky received his Master’s of Biomedical Science from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Biomedical Sciences. He was awarded his DMD degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine and completed a General Practice Residency at Denver Health Medical Center. Dr. Zalesky went on to complete a second year, advanced training program, as Chief Resident at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine General Practice Residency, concentrating on Implants and Complex Prosthodontic cases. Additionally, he collaborated with Head and Neck Oncology at UC Health to create a continuing education course entitled, “Head and Neck Radiation: The Collaborative Relationship for Patient Treatment between General Dentists and Radiation Oncologists.” He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Dr. Zalesky has been published in several respected dental journals.

Currently, he divides his time between his private practice and teaching part-time as a faculty at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine. He is the Immediate Past President of the Colorado Constituent of the Academy of General Dentistry. He now resides as the Executive Director and Treasurer for Region 14 of the Academy of General Dentistry which oversees Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.  He is a Key Opinion Leader for DEKA Dental Lasers, Carestream Dental and is a speaker for Catapult Education's Speakers Bureau. Dr. Zalesky has consistently been listed as one of Colorado’s Top Dentists by 5280 magazine and was named 2023 Top 40 under 40 by Incisal Edge magazine.

Agenda

  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

    Registration & Refreshments

  • 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

    Dental Lasing: Bringing Beams of Energy into Your Practice 
    Dr. John Zalesky, DMD, MBS, FICOI, FAGD

—Break—

  • 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

    Dental Lasing: Bringing Beams of Energy into Your Practice
    Dr. John Zalesky, DMD, MBS, FICOI, FAGD

  • 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m.

    Dentist Business Meeting
    (Lunch Provided) 

Registration Information
To register, call 641-422-4358
  • Member Dentist  |  $62

    Lunch included

  • Non-Member Dentist  |  $48

    Lunch not included

  • Dental Asst./Hygienist/Office Staff   |  $48

    Lunch not included

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CEUs
    • Professionals attending: 3.0 CEHs
    NOTE: Participants must be present for the entire program to receive Continuing Education Credit.

 

  • Continuing Education providers are not required to submit course information to the Dental Board for pre-approval. It is the licensee’s responsibility to determine if the continuing education program they attend meets the requirements of their professional licensure board. As a courtesy, NIACC lists contact hours for programs anticipated to qualify for professional continuing education.

OBJECTIVES

Dental Lasing: Bringing Beams of Energy into Your Practice

While dental lasers have been around for many years, recently they have become a hot topic, piquing the interest of many dentists and hygienists. Finding a laser that fits in your practice takes education, and this program will do just that.

At the conclusion of this program, the attendee will be able to:

  • Define minimally invasive dentistry: how and why?
  • Describe the history of dental lasers
  • Explain the science of laser dentistry
  • List types of lasers in dentistry today
  • Distinguish between applications of hard tissue lasers and soft tissue lasers in everyday practice
  • Demonstrate how to supercharge your practice procedures, production, and efficiency

PM SESSION

MACdentistry: The What, When, How, and Why of Current Indirect Restorative Materials, Adhesives, and Cements

As restorative materials, adhesives, and cements continue to evolve, change, and improve, it becomes more difficult for restorative dentists to keep up with the latest advances. With increasingly higher patient expectations for long term clinical success, it is important that the dentist has an understanding and working knowledge of these materials in order to make sound decisions. This half day lecture will discuss factors affecting the selection of indirect restorative materials that will satisfy the aesthetic and functional goals of the patient as conservatively as possible. Cases will be used to demonstrate the use of these materials, bonding agents, and cements in different clinical situations.

Learning Objectives:
  • List the factors affecting material selection.
  • Differentiate between monolithic vs. layered restorations.
  • Combine aesthetics and function with emax lithium disilicate.
  • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of full contour zirconia.
  • Present the benefits of the new universal adhesives.
  • Describe which cements to use, when, and why.
  • Describe how to treat the tooth and the restoration when conventionally cementing or adhesively bonding.
  • List the long-term benefits of bioactive cements.

More info coming soon!

Presented at:

NIACC Muse Norris Conference Center
500 College Drive
Mason City, IA
 
In partnership with the North Central Iowa District State Dental Association
 

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