View the program schedule planned for this 2 day program, November 7 – 8, 2025.

Friday, November 7

Time Topic
8:15 am Welcome
Howard Fraiman, DMD
Dana Graves, DDS, DMSc
Foundational Concepts
Moderator:
Harold Baumgarten, DMD
8:30 am Periodontics / Periodontal Prosthesis
Yongkun Kim, DMD
9:15 am Periodontics 
Rodolfo Gianserra, DDS and Luca Landi, DDS
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am Periodontics – Orthodontics
Frank Celenza, DDS
11:15 am Periodontics – Orthodontics
Nipul Tanna, DMD, MS
12:00 pm Future of the Field – Recent Graduate Presentation
Chrysi Boutari, DDS
12:20 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Introduction of the Joel Frankel Memorial Lecture
1:05 pm Joel Frankel Memorial Lecture
Moderator: Joseph FiorelliniSam Shamardi, DMD
1:40 pm Basic Translational Science and Its Core Relationship to Penn Periodontics
Flavia Teles, DDS, MS, DMSc
2:25 pm Future of the Field – Recent Graduate Presentation
Marianthi Papaioannou, DDS
2:45 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm Perio-Endo Relationship/Connection
Frank Setzer, DMD, MS, PhD
4:00 pm Laser/Surgical Therapy
Hector Sarmiento, DMD
4:40 pm Closing Remarks

Saturday, November 8

Time Topic
8:20 am Opening Remarks
Contemporary Approaches
Moderator:
Jon Korostoff, DMD, PhD
8:30 am Periodontics
“Techniques and Technology for Periodontal Regenerative Surgery”
Leonardo Trombelli, DDS, PhD
9:15 am Periodontal Prosthesis
Oscar Gonzalez-Martin, DDS, PhD, MSc
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am Dental Care for Persons with Craniofacial Conditions
Neeraj Panchal, DDS, MD, MA and Brian Kasten, DMD
11:25 am Future of the Field – Recent Graduate Presentation
Shaked Navat Pelli, DDS
12:10 pm Future of the Field – Recent Graduate Presentation
Wael Isleem, DMD, MS
12:30 pm Lunch
1:10 pm Dental Materials
1:55 pm Management of the Gingival Environment Around the Implant Restoration
H. Todd Su, DDS, MS
2:40 pm Future of the Field – Recent Graduate Presentation
Thomas Yoo, DMD, MS
3:00 pm Management of the Gingival Environment Around the Implant Restoration
Brian Kasten, DMD
3:45 pm Closing Remarks

 

Contact

Penn Dental Medicine
Continuing Dental Education
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu