CONTINUING EDUCATION
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​Alan Herford, DDS, MS
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. 
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. 
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.