CONTINUING EDUCATION
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An Update on Current Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery​
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Alan Herford, DDS, MD, FACS
Thursday and Friday, October 19 and 20, 2023

Dr. Herford is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry.  He also holds the Philip Boyne & Peter Geistlich Endowed Professorship.  Other appointments include Loma Linda University School of Medicine and he also serves as the Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Herford serves on numerous committees and Boards. In 2013 he was named a founding board member of the OsteoScience Foundation (OSCF) and currently serves as Chair of the Foundation.  He recently served as President of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS). He is a past president of the California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (CALAOMS). Dr. Herford has a strong interest in trauma and is a past Chair of the North American Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Education Council of the AO/ASIF. He currently serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors for the American Institute of Oral Biology (AIOB). He is a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Dentists, and the International College of Dentists. 
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Dr. Herford’s current interests include utilizing technological advances to improve reconstructive treatment options for patients.  Dr Herford enjoys balancing a busy work schedule with spending time with his family including his wife and four children. 
​COURSE SYNOPSIS

Technology has rapidly progressed and changed the way we practice  all disciplines in dentistry. This is especially true in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery. Treatment options have changed and provide our patients with more options. This program will focus on current management of various oral disease, including Oral Pathology lesions as well as a review of reconstructive options for missing teeth for example. We will discuss how technology gives improved results for our patients.
​​COURSE OBJECTIVE
  1. To recognize and provide a differential diagnosis of common oral lesions
  2. To discuss how technology can improve the way we treat certain diseases
  3. ​To be familiar with current options for reconstructing jaw defects
​COURSE OUTLINE
  • Common lesions of the oral cavity
  • Biopsy techniques
  • Formulating a differential diagnosis
  • Technology influence in oral parthology
  • Update on head and neck cancer
  • Options for grafting missing tissue
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Current Conservative Treatment Modalities for Medicine Related Osteonecrosis (MRONJ)
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Management of the Difficult Patient
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Carlos Moretta, DDS, MS
Thursday and Friday, October 19 and 20, 2023
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 it is 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.

 
​SYNOPSIS OF EACH COURSE

Current Conservative Treatment Modalities for Medicine Related Osteonecrosis (MRONJ)

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 populations.
Management of the Difficult Patient

Everyone has to deal with the difficult patient. This presentation will help the provider to identify difficult patients upon the first encounter and help develop strategies that will promote positive patient encounters, effective treatments, and prevention of litigation.
OBJECTIVES OF EACH COURSE

Current Conservative Treatment Modalities for Medicine Related Osteonecrosis (MRONJ)
  1. Understand the pathophysiology of MRONJ
  2. Learn the staging of MRONJ
  3. Learn treatment modalities based on the staging of MRONJ
Management of the Difficult Patient
  1. Be able to recognize the difficult patient at the time of the initial consult
  2. Determine if they will be able to meet the difficult patient's needs or if the patient would be best managed with a referral
  3. ​Learn effective tools to protect him/herself and the practice from a litigious patient