WEST COAST CHECKUP - West Coast Dental Association

Friday, August 6 thCurrent Concepts In Oral Medicine:Diagnostic Pearls - 3 CE credits9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Michael A. Siegel, DDS, MS, FRCSEdThe World Health Organization has predicted thatin the 21st century, dentists will assume the role of“Oral Physicians”. This course will cover medicalhistory, physical diagnosis, current American HeartAssociation and American Association of OrthopaedicSurgeons premedication regimens, Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis, physical diagnosis andpattern recognition and radiographic changes of theperiodontal ligament space.Current Concepts In Oral Medicine:Common Oral Lesions - 3 CE credits1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Michael A. Siegel, DDS, MS, FRCSEdThis course will examine commonly encountered oral softtissue pathology to include candidiasis, allergies, aphthousulcerations and lichen planus.Michael A. Siegel, DDS, MS, FDS RCSEd is Professor andChair of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Collegeof Dental Medicine and Professor of Internal Medicineand Dermatology, College of Osteopathic Medicine atNova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Dr. Siegel is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons(Edinburgh), a Diplomate of the American Board of OralMedicine, a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry,a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, and aFellow of the American College of Dentists. He holds aMasters degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Hewas recently included in the International Who’s Who inMedicine. Dr. Siegel has lectured internationally and haspublished extensively in the field of Oral Medicine to includea textbook on diagnosis and management of common orallesions. Dr. Siegel is a section editor of the Journal of theAmerican Dental Association, serves on the editorial boardsof Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology the Journalof Interdisciplinary Dentistry and Inside Dentistry. He isalso a journal reviewer for 15 international and nationalprofessional publications. He is a past President of theAmerican Academy of Oral Medicine, a past President ofthe American Board of Oral Medicine and a past Chairmanof the American Dental Association’s Council on ScientificAffairs. He is currently the Chair of the Council of Facultiesat the American Dental Education Association. He is anative of Baltimore, Maryland. He has a part-time specialtypractice limited to Oral Medicine in the Fort Lauderdale area.Saturday & Sunday, August 7 th -8 thOcclusion in Everyday Dentistry - 3 CE credits/day9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Dr. Glenn M. KidderLearn how to communicate how esthetics, occlusion,and function are so intimately related. Explorehow to quickly create a more stable occlusion andbeautiful smile and maintain it long-term. Learn howto convince your patients the need for appropriatetreatment and to pay for such services with sincereappreciation.Dr. Glenn M. Kidder has served on the visiting faculty atthe Pankey Institute in Key Biscayne, Florida for the past18 years. He has served at the second level course whichdeals primarily with TMJ dysfunction, occlusal disease,splint therapy, equilibration and esthetics in restorativedentistry.A 1980 graduate of LSU School of Dentistry, he is inprivate practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His practiceis limited to the treatment of temporomandibular joint andocclusal disorders. He is a Diplomate with The AmericanBoard of Orofacial Pain, a Fellow in The InternationalCollege of Dentistry, a Fellow in The Academy of GeneralDentistry, A Fellow in The Pierre Fauchard Academy, aFellow in The American Academy of Orofacial Pain, anda 28 year member of the American Equilibration Society.He is past president of the Greater Baton Rouge DentalAssociation, and was instrumental in the start up ofthe Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic which hasprovided over $3.5 million of free medical and dental careto the working uninsured.12 West Coast District Dental Association • May 2010