2024 Summer Virtual Summit

Trauma affects 1/3 of patients sometimes with significant sequela. It’s important to understand and properly diagnose external ankylotic resorption as a sequela of resorption and properly manage it with the appropriate monitoring and endodontic interventions.

1. Understand the relationship between trauma and its subsequent sequela..
2. Be able to diagnose external ankylotic resorption.
3. Learn the clinical objectives of the flapless decoronation procedure.

Dr. Michael Trudeau received his D.D.S. from the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, where he graduated with OKU honors. He received his certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry while serving in the United States Navy. After practicing as a general dentist in South Carolina, he returned to earn an endodontics certificate at the Albert Einstein IB Bender Division of Endodontics. He maintains a private practice limited to endodontics in Suffolk, VA.

Dr. Trudeau has lectured on many topics in endodontics including the management of traumatized teeth and restoratively driven endodontics. Specifically, he has targeted restoratively driven treatment planning, microscope-enhanced access design, and restoring endodontically treated teeth.

Dr. Trudeau is a specialist member of the Suffolk Dental Society and a founding member of the International Academy of Endodontics.  He lives in southern Virginia with his wife and three young daughters.

Malpractice can be defined as negligence in exercising the standard of care, resulting in harm to a patient. It encompasses actions and omissions of actions, e.g. failure to make a timely referral.
By way of case examples, this presentation will cover dental malpractice from complaint and through depositions and trial testimony, all from the point of view of the defense expert witness.

1. Understand the definition and scope of dental malpractice as it relates to daily occurrences in clinical practice.
2. Know the protocol by which an expert witness is expected to conduct themselves in a malpractice case.
3. Understand the courtroom climate and key goals and risks involved during trial testimony. 

Dr. Mitchell Davich is a NYC native and honors graduate of The Bronx High School of Science, Union College, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.

He is a full-time endodontic clinician who has practiced in Morristown, New Jersey since 1982. Dr. Davich is an attending at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Morristown Memorial Hospital where he serves on the Medical Executive Committee. Dr. Davich has trained more than 3 decades of general practice residents in the art and science of endodontics. With this ethos of giving back and reflecting the personal values of his family, the Davich Family has endowed an annual scholarship at Bowdoin College for an undergraduate who inspires the best in others for the common good of fellow students and the college.

Dr. Davich has co-authored a chapter in Best Practices in Endodontics. He has served in various governance positions at the state and national level, as past-president of the Tri-County Dental Society and the New Jersey Association of Endodontists. He was an AAE District II Board of Director from 2002 to 2005; and the AAE’s treasurer from 2008 to 2009 and a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Journal of Endodontics.

On the national and international level, Dr. Davich has been elected to fellowship in both the International College of Dentists (FICD) and the American College of Dentists (FACD). He is also a founding member and fellow of the International Academy of Endodontics (FIAE).

Over the years, even with advancements in technology, matching a single anterior tooth continues to be one of the most difficult tasks we face. This presentation will show a shade-matching technique that will help record color-accurate images and digitize the information for a precise and detailed transfer of information. By incorporating a known reference, numerical values can be applied to shade matching. These additional tools provide the technician and dentist with an objective assessment that will enhance shade matching when restoring single anterior teeth.

1. Introduce the gray reference card and numerical shade matching technique.
2. Learn how to take advantage of the digital values of color and appreciate how this information can enhance shade mapping.
3. Present in-office findings on the accuracy of this technique.

Dr. Adamo Notarantonio is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine (2002), where he received honors in both removable and fixed prosthodontics.

His memberships to professional organizations include the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the American Equilibration Society, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the American Dental Association.

Dr. Adamo was Accredited by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry in 2011 and received his Fellowship in the AACD in 2018. He is the current President of the AACD, Credential Examiner, and Fellowship Chairman.

Dr. Adamo is a graduate and faculty of the Kois Center. He has received his fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Dr. Adamo has been published in multiple dental journals and lectures nationally and internationally on such topics as CAD/CAM dentistry, implant dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, composite dentistry, and dental photography.

Dr Adamo is the co-founder, along with Dr Amanda Seay, of the imPRES Lecture series in Charleston, SC.

Dr. Adamo is an avid golfer and is also fluent in Italian.

This presentation will serve as an introduction to the screening and treatment for children with sleep and breathing issues. It will be a review of the sequelae of poor sleep as related to growth and development in children. A practical workflow for screening and treatment will be presented. The various team members and collaboration among specialists in a sleep team will be highlighted. Clinical cases and scenarios, that show the benefits of early detection and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in children will be discussed.

1. Learn about the effects of sleep disordered breathing in children.
2. Get familiar with the commonly used screening and diagnostic tools.
3. Learn about the team approach in treatment of sleep disordered breathing in children.

Dr. Darshan Dabir has been a practicing pediatric dentist in San Diego, CA for the last 20 years. He graduated from the dental school in Pune, India, and completed his Pediatric Dentistry residency at LSU School of Dentistry in New Orleans, LA. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and has practiced clinical dentistry for over 25 years. Dr. Dabir has been treating pediatric patients with sleep-disordered breathing for the past 6 years. He believes that dentists play an important role in screening and early detection of sleep issues in kids. He uses many technologies and collaborates with other specialties to get optimal results for patients in his practice. His goal is to help his patients get a good night's rest, so they can achieve their highest potential.

Resorption appears to be more prevalent these days. Primary focus of the lecture will be on clinical mangement and surgical repair of External Cervical Resorption (ECR) cases that otherwise would be extracted.

Learning Objectives: 

1. When to track/monitor a case. 
2. When to treat: RCT + ECR surgical repair.
3. How to do a "mini-flap" to address the external resorption and properly repair and restore the tooth.

Dr. Noguera is a board-certified endodontist, who has been in private practice for more than 30 years in downtown Washington DC. She received her undergraduate dental education from the Universidad Metropolitana in Barranquilla, Colombia. She then proceeded to further her education in the U.S.A. at the University of Maryland where she received an M.S. in Oral Biology from the Graduate School, as well as a Certificate in Endodontics through Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.

Jamaica is known to have the highest incidence of aberrant root canal anatomy in premolar teeth among the many countries where formal studies were conducted. Identifying this anatomy from traditional 2D imaging and 3D imaging helps immensely in the endodontic treatment of these teeth. With the help of digital imaging, this presentation highlights the various clinical techniques needed to be employed to successfully treat these teeth.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Understand type of aberrant anatomy in Premolar teeth
2. Learn the radiographic interpretation of premolar teeth with aberrant anatomy
3. Learn the clinical techniques to successfully negotiate this difficult anatomy.

Dr. Sashi Nallapati obtained his dental degree from the Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, India. Dr. Sashi Nallapati. Dr. Nallapati completed his postgraduate training in the specialty of Endodontics from Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Florida, USA in 2006. He is a founding member and a past president of the International Academy of Endodontics (IAE). He serves on the faculty of Nova Southeastern University, as a visiting associate professor in the department of endodontics, where he teaches postgraduate residents. Dr. Nallapati is also an adjunct lecturer and course leader for endodontics at both the University of the West Indies, School for Dental Medicine, and The University of Technology School of Dental Sciences, Kingston, Jamaica. Dr. Nallapati authored several clinical articles that were published in both peer-reviewed and clinical journals. He is a contributing author to 2 textbooks (Grossman’s Endodontic Practice, 12th edition, Best Practices in Endodontics, 1st edition). He has been in full-time private practice limited to endodontics in Kingston, Jamaica for the past 18 years.