31st Annual Island Dental Colloquium
About This Event
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry invite you to join us for the 31st Annual Island Dental Colloquium. We are offering an outstanding educational opportunity featuring three excellent speakers. Course sessions run from 7:30 am – 11:30 am each day. Take advantage of this unbeatable travel education program combined with the beauty and excitement of Turtle Bay on the island of O’ahu. The program includes sessions on advanced adhesive restorations, diagnosis and management of traumatic dental injuries, and minimally invasive techniques for pediatric dental care. Each session is designed to enhance clinical outcomes and provide practical strategies for implementation. The course is intended for all dental professionals looking to further their education in these essential areas.
Learning Objectives
- To understand and apply adhesive dentistry principles
- To enhance clinical outcomes in composite restorations
- To implement advanced adhesive techniques for specialized restorations
- To master adhesive cementation of indirect restorations
- To assess traumatic injury to the teeth and oral soft tissue
- To discuss the management of common injuries to primary and permanent teeth
- To review treatment options for traumatic crown fractures
- To understand options for the management of dental pulp in traumatic dental injuries
- To provide time-sensitive dental management for avulsion of mature and immature teeth
- To understand the concepts and techniques for splinting traumatically injured teeth
- To understand indications for noninvasive caries management for children
- To examine clinical application protocols for application of silver diamine fluoride
- To describe clinical techniques for use of resin infiltration
- To recognize indications, techniques and benefits of peptide-guided enamel remineralization
- To identify adjuncts to noninvasive management, such as Povi-One, MI Paste, enzymatic caries removal
- To determine when and how to use 'Hall crowns' for primary teeth
- To make a holistic, whole-patient approach to the diagnosis of dental pain
- To use a systematic approach to perform predictable and efficient root canals
- To determine which teeth can be predictably treated and which should be referred
- To understand how modern techniques and psychology have improved local anesthesia, especially in the difficult cases.