Annual Meeting 2026 - Dental Implants and Practice Management

December 4, 2026 1:30 PM - 10:00 PM (GMT)

Dr. H. Ryan Kazemi, DMD and Ms. Malika Azargoon

Friday December 4, 2026 (7.5 CE includes - 4 CE in 690 Implants and 3.5 CE in 550 Practice Mgmt)

Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa Short Pump - Richmond, VA

8:30am - 5pm with a Complimentary Social Immediately Following the course

Please join us for an incredible day of learning and connection. We will celebrate our 2026 Fellowship and Mastership Awardees and welcome the expertise of Two Great Speakers. This is a Team Event, Reserve your seats today!

From Good to Great: The 5-System Blueprint to Transform Your Culture & Increase Profitability - Ms. Malika Azargoon

Course Description: You can have strong clinical skills, a busy schedule, and a hardworking team — yet still feel like your practice is harder than it should be. In this session,  Malika Azargoon shares her signature 5-System Blueprint, a proven framework used to help transform chaos into clarity, strengthen culture, and increase profitability — without burnout. Great practices don’t run on motivation alone. They run on intentional systems. This course breaks down the five essential systems that determine whether a practice remains reactive and stressed — or becomes aligned, accountable, and sustainably profitable.

Objectives:

1. Identify the five core systems that drive sustainable practice growth.
2. Evaluate system breakdowns that impact culture and profitability.
3. Apply leadership and accountability strategies to improve team performance.
4. Create an actionable roadmap to strengthen operational and financial outcomes.

Beyond Survival: Critical Decisions That Create Implant Vitality - Dr. H. Ryan Kazemi

Dental implants do not succeed simply because they integrate. They succeed because of the critical decisions made long before placement, decisions about implant position, hard and soft tissue development, biological principles, and alignment with the restorative vision. True implant vitality is not about hardware or techniques, but about creating the conditions that allow tissues to remain stable, healthy, and resilient over time. Most implant complications arise when these principles are compromised, often leading to failure and disappointed patients. When implants are planned with intention and executed skillfully with biological awareness, they don’t just survive, they remain vital, serve patients desires, and earn long-term trust.

In this presentation, Dr. H. Ryan Kazemi introduces a new vision in implant dentistry: achieving implant vitality. He will explore the critical diagnostic, planning, and execution decisions that distinguish long-term vitality from short-term survival, insights shaped not only by contemporary understanding of implant and tissue biology, but also by two decades of managing complications and learning from them.

About our Speakers:

Malika Azargoon is the Founder and Owner of Zar Dental Consulting. Centered in the DC Metro Area, she has helped hundreds of dentists and dental teams across the country reach superior milestones for 25+ years. Affectionately known as a "Dental Therapist" and "Team Whisperer," Malika excels in team culture, practice growth and the patient journey while obtaining stellar growth and improved profitability for dental practices.

H. Ryan Kazemi, DMD lectures regularly on dental implants, bone and soft tissue grafting, and practice management. He regulary publishes podcasts, videos, blogs, enewsletters, and online articles. Dr. Kazemi's energetic and engaging multi-media presentations appeal to many clinicians and offer relevant, to-the-point, and practical information. He is also the host of ‘Unplugged’, an online program discussing current news in dentistry, product reviews, and interviews with masters in dentistry. 

Dr. Kazemi is a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He is the founder and CEO of Kazemi Oral Surgery & Dental Implants and maintains a full time oral and maxillofacial surgery practice in Bethesda, Maryland. He is also the founder and director of Facialart Dental Forum, a global dental educational platform. He received his dental degree from The University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine. He then attended a one-year general practice residency at The Albert Einstein Medical Center and subsequently completed his oral and maxillofacial surgery training at The Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC. He is a member of American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academy of Osseointegration, Academy of Sports Dentistry, DentalXP, Entrepreneur Organization (EO), and a number of other professional dental organizations. He is also a contributor and a presenter for DentalXP and Vumedi. Additionally, he served for over 20 years as consultant to DC United MLS soccer team and is a current team oral surgery for the US national soccer team and women’s professional soccer team, Washington Spirit, for the care of their athletes.

Event Cancellation Policy: Full refunds will only be given up to 30 days before the course. If the course is held as scheduled and a refund is requested within 30 days of the course, a credit will be applied to the registrants account for use toward a future VAGD program.

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