CDE: [The Center for Persons with Disabilities Presentation Series] Advocacy , Policy and Treatment of Children and Adults with Disabilities

Virtually presented 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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Description

Oral Health is the most unmet health care need for children and adults with disabilities. How has our profession allowed that to happen and what can we do to fix this problem. If not you, who will improve access to and quality of c are for this most medically and dentally underserved population. This lecture will help dental professionals address these issues.

Objectives

• Address barriers to care, including behavior guidance and medical immobilization/protective stabilization.

Speaker

Steven Perlman DDS, MScD, DHL (hon), is a Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. For the past 40 years, he has devoted much of his private practice as well as his teaching, to the treatment of children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. Dr. Perlman is a past president of the academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities, the Massachusetts Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities, A fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Diplomate of the American Board of Special Care Dentistry.