CDE: [Center for Persons with Disabilities Presentation Series] ft. Mark S Wolff, DDS, PhD
05:30 PM-07:00 PM
Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar
Time: 5:30-7:00 pm EST; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 5:30 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE; Registration is still required.
CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits
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Persons with Intellectual, Physical and Developmental Disabilities: The Role of Dental Education in Policy, Education and Actions
Course Description
This presentation will discuss the role of the oral healthcare providers in active advocacy specifically related to conditions and treatments for persons with disabilities. Looking specifically at the management of dental caries, this presentation will speak about the needed therapies to provide optimal care and the social, economic and practice limitations created in
Learning Objectives
- Participants will understand the role of health facilitators/community health workers in assuring optimum oral health for individuals with disabilities
- Participants will understand the role of telehealth in assuring optimum health for individuals with disabilities
- Participants will understand evidence-based caries management protocols.
- Participants will understand the role of evidence-based caries management paradigms in assuring optimum health for individuals with disabilities
- Participants will understand how state practice acts may impede optimum health for individuals with disabilities
Speaker
Dr. Mark Wolff is the Morton Amsterdam Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and a Professor in the Department of Preventative and Restorative Dentistry. Dr. Wolff joined Penn Dental Medicine as the 12th Dean of the School. He is a celebrated teacher, globally engaged scholar, and deeply experienced clinician. Prior to joining Penn Dental Medicine, he was professor and chair of cariology and comprehensive care at the College of Dentistry at New York University (NYU) and also the College’s senior associate dean for development and alumni relations. Dr. Wolff has completed numerous international research and oral health assessment programs and has been a lifelong advocate and dental provider for individuals with physical, intellectual, and developmental disabilities of all ages. He has served as the principal or co-principal investigator on multiple benchtop and clinical research projects, investigating dental caries, novel remineralizing agents, dental erosion, periodontal disease, dental materials, and dentinal hypersensitivity. He has co-authored over 100 scientific papers, text chapters, and edited multiple textbooks. Dr. Wolff lectures worldwide and is a frequent consultant to the industry. He has been the principal or co-investigator on nearly $9.0 million in industrial and National Institute of Health-funded research. He has been a lifelong advocate and educator for individuals with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities through the lifespan.
Disclosure: Dr. Wolff is a paid consultant to the Colgate Corporation..
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University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 1.5 continuing education credits.