2009-2010 General Membership
Meeting Event Details
General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The ABC's of EBD
Presented by: Daniel Pihlstrom, DDS
Course Description
Keeping up with the current evidence let alone incorporating it into your practice is a daunting task. This course will outline basic concepts in Evidence Based Dentistry (EBD) and highlight specific tools used in the Kaiser Permanente Dental Care Program you can use immediately to make your practice more evidence based. Topics include resources in EBD, caries and periodontal disease risk assessment, and practice based research.
BIO - Dr. Pihlstrom received his DDS from the University of Minnesota in 2000 and completed a General Practice Residency at Oregon Health & Sciences University in 2001. He joined Permanente Dental Associates in 2001 and currently serves as an Associate Director for Evidence Based Care and Oral Health Research. Dr. Pihlstrom maintains a clinical practice in general dentistry and has served as an Executive Committee member for the DPBRN since 2005.
5:30 Social 6:30 Dinner and Meeting. Cost $30. REGISTER ONLINE or call MDS
Located: MDS at ODS Plaza, 10505 SE 17th Ave. Milwaukie, OR 97222
General Membership Meeting
Friday, March 19, 2010
* This is a Friday two part meeting. Morning and afternoon sessions.
Blood, Spit and Fears
A Painless OSHA Update (a.m. course)
Presented by: Laney Kay, J.D.
8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (continental breakfast included) Cost: $30
After attending this course, participants should be able to: Understand the importance of standard precautions and the use of PPE in the dental office. Recognize the importance of the CDC’s infection control guidelines and training for the dental health care worker. Identify strategies that can prevent occupational exposures to blood and body fluids, ALL without being put to sleep!
Medical Emergencies (p.m. course)
Presented by: Erik M. Richmond, DMD
Noon - 4:00 p.m. (lunch included) 4 CE credits. Cost: $30
Course Description: By the end of the course the attendee will have; A thorough understanding of the most common medical emergencies in the dental office. A algorithm of prevention and treatment for these most common emergencies. Have the resources to assemble an in office emergency kit. Have the resources to lead an office meeting to teach other office staff members how to prevent and treat the most common medical emergencies.
BIO: Laney Kay, JD of Entertaining Training, LLC. is a nationally known speaker and writer on technical and regulatory topics and women’s issues. Her expertise is in taking very complex, and/or incredibly boring, topics and making them both fun and informative. She has taught courses ADA meetings, Dental Conferences, national, state and district meetings, study clubs and in individual offices all over the country.
BIO: Dr. Richmond graduated with honors from OHSU School of Dentistry in 1990. He attended the University of Michigan for his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training, from 1991-1995. Dr. Richmond lectures several times a year. He has lectured throughout the state on the topic of treating Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office for local dental societies and professional groups.
MEETING LOCATION
ODA Building 8699 SW Sun Place Wilsonville, OR. 97070
REGISTER ONLINE or call MDS at 503-513-5010
General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Saving Space
Presented by: Mark Mutschler, DDS, MS
Course Description
A clinically oriented discussion of this intersection between orthodontics and pediatric dentistry; topics covered will be palatal expansion, band-loop space maintainers, and lower lingual arches (including regaining some lost space).
BIO
Dr. Mark Mutschler, DDS, MS grew up in Southern California and spent 11 years at UCLA with degrees or credentials in: undergraduate Biology (magna cum laude), Education Graduate School (secondary science credential and taught science in 10th and 7th grades), Dental School (honors), Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, and Graduate School (master’s degree in Oral Biology). Between Dental School and specialty training, Dr. Mutschler completed a General Practice Residency at the Long Beach VA hospital.
He is honored to be in the dental honor fraternity OKU, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Mark happily finished school in 1994 and moved to Portland, where his in-laws lived, ready to start clinical practice and earn a little money instead of paying tuition.
He taught Pediatric Dentistry to dental students at OHSU for two years upon arriving in Portland and has practiced Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics in Portland for the past 15 years and in Oregon City with Dr. John Engle for the last 3 years.
Dr. Mutschler has been a Board Member, the Editor, and President of Multnomah Dental Society.
MEETING LOCATION
McMenamins, Edgefield 2126 S.W. Halsey St. Troutdale, OR 97060
5:30 social 6:30 dinner/meeting.
REGISTER ONLINE or call MDS at 503-513-5010
General Membership Meeting
Friday, December 3, 2010
Registration for this course is open. To print out this registration form click here: DEC 3,2010 REGISTRATION FORM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Volunteers needed.
Its time again to begin planning for the annual day of dental access known as GIVE KIDS A SMILE. The intent of the program is to mobilize the nation's dentists, to provide free oral health care services to thousands of low-income children across the country.
We need dentists (general as well as specialists), dental asistants, and hygienists. If you are interested in participating please contact Lora Mattsen, MDS Executive Director, lora@multnomahdental.org with the following info:
Name & Degree, Phone Number, Fax Number (if available), Address, and indicate; Dentist, Hygienist, Assistant or Student.
The Western Society of Periodontology Presents
Dental Implants: Current Concepts and Future Perspectives For the Entire Dental Team
Presented by: Kamran Haghighat, B.D.S., M.S.
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
For more info on the course and how to register through the Society of Periodontology Click here
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