CONTINUING EDUCATION
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Dental and Oral Trauma in Pediatric Patients
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Cleft Lip and Palate Care from Birth to Adolescence

Jung-Wei Chen, DDS, MS, MS, PhD
Friday, October 21, 2022

 Dr. Jung-Wei Chen earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery at the Taipei Medical University School of Dentistry.  She has since received her Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry, a Master’s Degree in Oral Biology, and her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Health Informatics.  Dr. Chen taught in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston, and then at the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry, where she is currently the Program Director.

Dr. Chen is a board-certified Diplomat and Board Examiner for the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.  She also served on the Board of Directors, Chair of Continuing Education and as Editor for the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. She also served as a Chair of the Council on Scientific Affairs of American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and Education committee of International Association Paediatric Dentistry. She is President of Pediatric Oral Health Research Group in International Association of Dental Research. She is a fellow of the ACD, ICD, ADI, IADT.  Dr. Chen’s research explores pediatric esthetic crowns, cleft lip and palate, sedation, trauma, dental-informatics and pedagogical concerns such as interdisciplinary education. In addition to her full time academic work, she maintains an extramural pediatric dentistry private practice. Dr. Chen is married and has 2 children. Dr. Chen enjoys meditation, music and ping-pong.

SYNOPSIS OF EACH COURSE 

Dental and Oral Trauma in Pediatric Patients
Pediatric dental trauma happens often in daily life. When an oral or dental trauma happens, it can be a physical and psychological shock to both parents and children; thus, it often times may make the management of the situation more difficult for the dentist managing the emergency treatment. In the pediatric dental population, the dental trauma can involve both primary and permanent dentition. The treatment protocol is very different for primary and permanent dentition. In addition, the treatment is different by the extensiveness of the hard tissue and soft tissue involvement. It is crucial to identify complications of oral dental trauma and to provide long term follow-up.  
Cleft Lip and Palate Care from
​Birth to Adolescence
Cleft lip or/and palate are among the most common birth defects in the United States. PNAM
(Presurgical Nasal Alveolar Molding) appliance treatment of the cleft lip and palate has become the
treatment of choice for many craniofacial teams including LLUCH for more than 10 years. In LLU, not
only infant early orthopedic treatment done, but also a continuous dental care has been provided to the
patients and received very satisfactory result. This lecture will provide an overview of how to take care
of cleft lip or/and palate patients.​

OBJECTIVES OF EACH COURSE

​Dental and Oral Trauma in Pediatric Patients
 1.  Review and update the exam and diagnosis of pediatric oral and dental trauma

 2.  Review and update the treatment and management of primary teeth trauma

 3.  Review and update the treatment and management of young permanent teeth trauma 

 4.  Raise the awareness in regard to the importance of trauma management

 5.  Update pediatric dental trauma medication and protocols
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​Cleft Lip and Palate Care from
​Birth to Adolescence
 1.  To understand the PNAM appliance treatment for cleft lip or/and palate patient.

2.  To know what are the dental and oral facial anomalies related with CLP patients.

3.  Dental practitioners will have more knowledge of how to treat CLP patients
 
Ortho for General Dentists:
Various interceptive treatment Objectives and Methods to consider, when providing Orthodontics as part of your repertoire of child and adult family dental services


​David Rynearson, DDS, MS
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Dr. David Rynearson received his DDS degree from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry and after practicing 10 plus years as a family dentist, an MS degree in Orthodontics from the Graduate School of LLU. He has been teaching 2 days per week at LLUSD for 30 plus years and practices 3 days per week at his orthodontic practice in Moreno Valley, CA.  He lectures to Graduate Orthodontic students as well as the predoctoral students.  He is the Course Director for Growth and Development and other courses.  He enjoys being one of the Attendings in the Graduate Orthodontic Clinic.  He has been the author/participant in over 50 orthodontic research projects including: Corticotomy orthodontics, animal, and human research studies; Cyclosporine and infant heart transplant growth and development studies.  He is also a past member of the LLU Craniofacial Team.  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a past president of the Southern California Edward H. Angle Society, of which he is their editor.
COURSE SYNOPSIS​
COURSE OBJECTIVE
This lecture will present various interceptive orthodontic treatment Objectives and Methods that are applicable to diagnosing and treating a growing child’s malocclusion.  Also, the lecture will include orthodontic treatment Objectives and Methods for diagnosing and treating the non-growing adult’s malocclusion.  The lecture presentation will present orthodontic scenarios and techniques that should be in the realm of child and adult family dental services. 
 1.  To help the family dentist recognize a child’s malocclusion and comprehend the need for   interceptive orthodontics in growing children and provide the service to correct or aid the correction of the malocclusion.

 2.  To help the family dentist recognize an adult’s malocclusion and comprehend the need for   possible minor tooth movement in adults and provide the service to correct or aid the correction of the malocclusion.

 3.  To help the family dentist comprehend the limitations of removable acrylic aligner orthodontic therapy and choose wisely the cases in which to offer aligner therapy.

Current Conservative Treatment Modalities for Medicine Related Osteonecrosis (MRONJ)
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Carlos Moretta, DDS, MS
​Sunday, October 23, 2022
Dr. Carlos Moretta is a board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. After dental school and throughout his residency, he went on multiple missionary trips including Nepal, Zambia, Mongolia, Philippines, Saipan, Peru, Haiti, Thailand, and Bangladesh to name a few. He has learned through his travels that humanity is more alike than different and that if you never leave your backyard, your world view becomes your backyard.  He is the current director of Undergraduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at LLUSD where he has been teaching for over a decade.  He feels that teaching in an academic setting is the best way to practice dentistry as the ripple effect of your instruction is far reaching and often goes global.  His desire is to inspire his students and residents to see all patients, especially those in distant lands with no access to care, through the loving, pitying eyeglasses of our Creator.
 
​COURSE SYNOPSIS​
This course will explore the relationship of necrosis of bone following extraction, and medication meant to resist osteopenia. It will provide confidence when diagnosing and planning for surgical procedure in the relevant population.
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​COURSE OBJECTIVE
1. Understand the pathophysiology of MRONJ
2. Learn the staging of MRONJ
3. Learn treatment modalities based on the staging of MRONJ