The WDA and Delta Dental of Wisconsin are pleased to offer this continuing education program.

WHEN: Friday, June 13, 2008
WHERE: Monona Terrace, Madison

Course description 

The growing epidemic of diabetes has serious implications for dentistry and health care.

This course will describe the national and regional changes in diabetes disease prevalence and how this is affecting both the private and public health care systems. The latest science related to the oral-systemic connections between diabetes and periodontal disease will be discussed, as well as the strength of both associations and cause-and-effect between these two conditions. The dental management of patients with diabetes will be presented to provide a working knowledge of how health history, glucose control and patient management can be used to control both the oral and systemic complications of this disease.

The role of oral care in disease management has already begun to change how dentistry is being perceived within the medical community. Diabetes provides a unique opportunity for dentistry to take a much more prominent role in improving the overall health of our patients.

Learning objectives

• To understand the changes occurring in diabetic disease rates and how this will affect dental care
• To learn the strength of the association and causal relationships between diabetes and periodontal disease
• To understand the biologic basis behind this relationship
• To learn how to best manage patients with diabetes within a dental practice
• To see how dentistry can play an important role in the overall management of diabetes 

CE credits: 5

All proceeds will benefit the WDA Foundation

Agenda

Cost

The cost to attend is $25 per person. One dental staff member may attend if accompanied by a dentist from that office.

Register

Click here to register online (Visa and MasterCard accepted). 

To register by phone, call Delta Dental's professional relations team at 800-836-0490 or download a registration form and mail it in with your payment.

Speakers 

William G. Kohn, DDS, Captain U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), is currently the associate director for science in the Division of Oral Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. He was the lead author in the preparation of the CDC MMWR Recommendation and Report document Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings – 2003.

George W. Taylor is an associate professor at the University of Michigan with joint appointments in the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics in the School of Dentistry and in the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health. He received his DMD from Harvard School of Dental Medicine and was a National Research Service Award Fellow in oral epidemiology, receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Michael A. Siegel, DDS, MS is professor and chairman of the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Dr. Siegel is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh, Scotland), a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine, a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and holds a masters degree in oral pathology.

Fred Eichmiller, DDS is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with degrees in dentistry and mechanical engineering. He was in private practice for five years and has had dental teaching assignments at University of Minnesota, University of Texas San Antonio, the University of Washington Seattle, Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Navy Dental School in Bethesda, Md. Prior to joining Delta Dental of Wisconsin, Dr. Eichmiller served for eight years as chief clinical research scientist and 12 years as managing director of the American Dental Association Foundation’s Paffenbarger Research Center.