The Joy of Treating those with Special HealthCare Needs with Minimally Invasive Dentistry Strategies... A Paradigm shift.
With the Special healthcare needs (SHCN) population aging and increasing in numbers and need, dentistry MUST change the dynamics of dental treatment from surgical to prevention. Hospital dentistry under general anesthesia is becoming more difficult to access or find providers. Technology and chemotherapeutics have come a long way and we should employ some of the strategies to prevent disease and start treating the etiology. Learn more about some of the Minimally Invasive strategies that help SHCN and ALL patients. Transforming your dental team/office to have fun treating a population that gets underserved and overlooked can be easy and inexpensive.
Participants will learn:
- Special Health Care Needs definition and disparity of care
- Basic Caries Risk Assessment and Minimally Invasive Dentistry strategies
- How to prepare your office staff/team to treat the SHCN population efficiently and fun
Presenters:
Allen Wong DDS, EdD, DABSCD
More courses with Allen WongDr. Allen Wong has taught postdoctoral general dentistry for over 35 years in AEGD programs (Pacific and University California San Francisco) and is the director of Pacific’s Hospital Dentistry Program. He has lectured nationally and internationally in the areas of special care dentistry, rotary endodontics, implant restorations, and minimally invasive dentistry. He was active with Special Olympics Special Smiles program (ret. Global Clinical Advisor), Immediate Past President American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD) and President Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA). Past president CAMBRA Coalition (Caries Management By Risk Assessment), Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Fraternity (Delta Delta Chapter) Past president.California Dental Association Foundation Board of Director, Secretary.San Francisco Dental Society Dental Health Committee Chairman. Santa Fe Group, Fellow for IDD
Retired from 37 years of teaching with the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry as a Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences. He directed a postdoctoral residency program (Advanced Education in General Dentistry) where he taught dentists to incorporate minimally invasive, science-based dentistry strategies to patients with healthcare needs as well as those needing treatment in hospital settings.
Recently inducted as a Professor emeritus from the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry and named the Dental Department Head for Kramer Davis Health (a transdisciplinary medical/dental center exclusively for those with IDD) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Partners:
The Santa Fe Group is a 501(c) (3), action-oriented think tank with a passion to improve lives through oral health. Since its inception 25 years ago, the Santa Fe Group has been instrumental as a neutral convener, communicator, connector and catalyst to move the needle on critical issues such as oral cancer, dental education reform, children’s oral health, improved primary care access, the importance of linking medical and dental health systems, and most recently, expanding oral healthcare for our nation’s seniors. You can find out more at santafegroup.org
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