Oral Fluid Fantasyland

  • Thursday 1/25/2024
  • Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Course Code: 343TH
  • Cost: $260
  • Room Location: BCEC Room 156 B
  • Credits: 3 CE Hours
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speaker
Brian Novy, DDS is the Chief Dental Officer at the Alliance Dental Center in Quincy, Massachusetts, and holds faculty appointments at three dental schools. He served on the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs 2011-2014 and was chair of the CAMBRA Coalition.

The mouth is the tide pool of the human body, defended by a secretion that some claim to be “The ideal diagnostic fluid.” Saliva (or lack thereof) drives the disease processes that oral healthcare professionals have come to know, love, and despise, and yet our frequent interaction with this fluid most often consists of suctioning it out of our way as quickly as possible. If you struggle to help your patients who lack saliva, this course will provide you with new techniques, and will leave you drooling for more.

In this course attendees will:
  • Defend and refute the Stephan curve
  • Explain the role of salivary proteins in stabilizing the oral ecosystem
  • Mitigate the effects of xerostomia and hyposalivation
  • Discover how to care for chemotherapy and radiation patients to prevent rampant caries
This course is also offered on Thursday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, 317TH
Recommended Audience: Dentist, Hygienist

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The GC America Inc. grant has been applied to this course. Thanks to GC America Inc. for course materials.

Supplies Needed: Pen/Pencil, Favorite Cariogenic Beverage, Snacks or Candy. Speaker requests that attendees do not eat or drink for 2 hours prior to the course for accuracy of saliva analysis test results.

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