Location: Webinar

Contact: Cheryl Michi
Email: info@dcdental.org
Phone: (202) 367-1163

Registration closes the Monday before the event at 5pm.

Increasing worldwide percentages of older adults and their associated multiple chronic systemic diseases present many challenges to those providing oral health care. In this presentation, we will address issues such as the higher retention of teeth by older adults, the importance of assessing the patient's capabilities and functionality, the critical need for multiple ongoing prevention strategies, advanced periodontal care, early detection of root caries, appropriate selection of restorative materials, and tooth substitutes within the context of frequent findings seen with older adult patients.

Learning Objectives Session 1:

• Evaluating your patients through the assessment of their vitals, signs and symptoms, medications, and functionality to treat them safely.

• Recognizing the most common oral conditions in older adults and how to treat them.

• Understanding treatment modifications and options for older adults.

• Recognizing the value of chemotherapeutics to prevent further oral disease.

 
Continuing Education Disclaimer: The District of Columbia Dental Society 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. It is the responsibility of each participant to verify the CE requirements of his or her licensing or regulatory agency and to contact them with any questions regarding licensing. The DC Dental Society designates this presentation for 2.0 CE.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition  at ADA.org/CERP.  

About the Speakers:

Dr. Piedad Suarez Durall

Received her DDS from Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose Costa Rica. She moved to the United States to begin a certificate program in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry in 2004.  After completing this dual program in 2006, she immediately became faculty at that institution. She serves as a Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Chair for the Department of Geriatrics, Special Needs and Behavioral Science where she is also the Director of the Rosanne Mulligan Special Patients’ Clinic, with a joint appointment at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, where she obtained her Master of Science in 2019. Dr. Suarez Durall served for many years as a member Oral Health Advisory Group of the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center and the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program at Keck School of Medicine of USC.

She has lectured and published locally and internationally on a variety of topics related to the oral health needs of the medically compromised and geriatric populations.

Dr. Roseann Mulligan

Dr. Mulligan received her DDS degree from the UCLA School of Dentistry and her MS degree from the USC Davis School of Gerontology. She completed her general practice residency certification at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Mulligan is an expert in dental care for special needs patients, the older adult and people with disabilities. She is the Director of the Geriatric Dentistry Masters Degree and the Geriatric Dentistry Certificate Program at USC. Her administrative duties include developing and overseeing Ostrow’s Community Health programs. Dr. Mulligan is past President of the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disability, the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, the Special Care Dentistry Association and the Geriatric Oral Research Group of the American Association of Dental Research. Dr. Mulligan has served as the Editor of the Journal of Special Care Dentistry and has written over 100 research articles, review papers, chapters and editorials. She has received multiple awards from the Special Care Dentistry Association, the American Dental Education Association, the International Association for Dental Research and the Ostrow Friends of Dentistry recognizing her exemplary leadership and contributions in teaching, research and service in the fields of Geriatrics, Special Needs and Public Health Dentistry.