Mamaroneck Boats & Motors
622 Rushmore Avenue
Mamaroneck, NY

Sunday, August 18, 2019 | 12:00 PM

Join Penn Dental Medicine in Westchester County

Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman C’81, D’85 cordially invites you to a reception to meet Mark S. Wolff, DDS, PhD, Morton Amsterdam Dean. Join fellow alumni and friends for brunch aboard the JAWS II, a 50′ Viking SC, in Mamaroneck, NY. Expand your professional network, and hear about the latest happenings in the School. We hope to see you there!

Penn Dental Medicine
William W.M. Cheung Auditorium

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch provided
Registration Fee: Free; Registration is required.
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CE Credits: 1.0 lecture credits

Description

This presentation will review of challenges and opportunities associated with interprofessional collaboration to improve caries management in children, with a focus on studies around development and validation of a risk assessment tool, and strategies that could be delivered in non-dental settings, such as Silver Diamine Fluoride.

Educational Objectives

• Compare challenges and opportunities available for Interprofessional collaboration for caries management in children.
• Review evidence behind caries risk tools for children.
• Review evidence behind use of SDF in children.

Speaker

Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD, is the Clifford Nelson Endowed Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics at University of Michigan School of Dentistry (U-M). She is currently co-director of Cariology courses, and cariology discipline co-coordinator at U-M. As a principal investigator, she has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry, the Delta Dental Fund, DentaQuest, and private industry amongst others. She has over 125 papers published in peer reviewed journals, such as Journal of Dental Research, Caries Research, Journal of Dental Education, Pediatric Dentistry, Advances in Dental Research, Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Journal of the American Dental Association, British Dental Journal, etc. She was the 2007-2008 President of the Cariology Group of the International Association for Dental Research(IADR), and the 2010-2011 Chair of the Cariology Section of ADEA. In 2012 she received the USA Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for her work on caries risk assessment in children.She was the 2009 winner of the IADR Cariology Research Group’s Basil G. Bibby Award in Cariology, and in 2016 winner of the IADR Burrows Memorial Award.

Disclosure: Dr. Fontana received an honorarium from Delta Dental, Colgate and American Dental Association. This presentation will contain reference to Silver Diamine Fluoride for caries arrest.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credits.

The Bellevue Hotel
200 S Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, September 12, 2019 | 6:30 PM

Join Penn Dental Medicine at the Alumni-Student Networking Event

Penn Dental Medicine alumni are invited to enjoy an evening of networking with today’s students – share your wisdom and experience with the next generation of dentists.

For more information, contact:
Office of Institutional Advancement
215-898-8951
alumni@dental.upenn.edu

Grand Étage at Hotel Grand Ferdinand
Schubertring 10-12
1010 Vienna, Austria

Friday, September 13, 2019 | 6:00 PM

Join the European Penn Endo Society in Vienna, Austria

You’re invited to attend an alumni reception in Vienna, Austria. Whether you are traveling to participate in the Biennial European Society of Endodontology or live in the area, we hope you will consider joining us.

Meet and mingle with fellow Penn Dental Medicine graduates, while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks compliments of the School. All alumni and friends are welcome!