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Course Description
Do you have patients who persistently struggle with bleeding 4-5mm pockets, relapse after periodontal surgeries, peri-mucositis around implants, or recurrent cavities, despite adherence to dietary and oral hygiene recommendations? How many of these patients are in your practice?
Dive into the next frontier of dental diagnostics with us. This course will provide an in-depth exploration of genetic testing, a revolutionary tool that can significantly enhance your diagnostic accuracy and treatment outcomes. Join us for this live presentation to discover how a one-time, game-changing genetic test can identify patients at high risk for caries and periodontal disease.
- Explore how genetics influence the development of cavities and periodontal disease
- Learn how to incorporate a genetic buccal swab test into your initial or recall exams, motivating patients towards more proactive prevention and engagement in their oral health
- Understand how genetic test results can inform and refine your treatment strategies, leading to more tailored and effective care for each patient
- Analyze the financial benefits of implementing genetic testing in your practice
Your Speakers:
Steven Moore, BSc, PhD
Steven Moore received his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences - Medical Genetics from University of Alberta and spent nearly four years at Harvard Medical School Research Fellow in cancer genetics. Dr. Moore has 10 peer-reviewed publication in medical genetics and several more international conference posters presentations.
Lou Graham, DDS
For the past 35+ years, Dr. Graham has practiced dentistry in Chicago, Illinois. As dentistry evolved throughout his career, he remained at the cutting edge and incorporated many of these changes into both his multi-group specialty practice and his clinical courses. Dr. Graham’s course offerings incorporate the latest diagnostic technologies into everyday treatment planning and clinical care to ensure the best options and treatments are presented to each and every patient.
Throughout his career, his goal has always been to get teeth to their 75th birthday. With such, Dr. Graham’s emphasis has always been based on trust with the patient and conservative dentistry. His courses highlight many of the restorative options in dentistry today along with an emphasis on customized approaches to periodontal care, implants, laser dentistry and treatment for the ever-expanding geriatric population.
Dr. Graham is the founder of Catapult Education, now composed of 30+ speakers including clinical evaluators of the latest dental products and technologies with over 38,000 education subscribers.
Dr. Graham is a published author and is the former Dental Director of the University of Chicago’s Department of Dentistry.