This course will help you prepare for the first step toward becoming a Diplomate - taking and passing the ABPD Qualifying Examination. It will be presented by leading educators and clinicians who will utilize a lecture format to review subjects and materials included in the board examination. Learn about the various domains contained in the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry examination and how to be prepared for this type of high-stakes written examination. Participation in this course does not guarantee successful completion of board exams. Course Objectives At the conclusion of the course, participants will have gained a better understanding of how to prepare for the ABPD Qualifying Exam including: • The scientific and biological principles supporting the practice of pediatric dentistry • Topical areas of the exam • Recommended reference materials • Suggested readings for exam preparation

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3 separate topics, 45 minutes each: - The Diagnostic Challenge in Pediatric Dentistry Part VI - Dr. Juan Yepes - Soft Tissue CO2 Laser Surgery for the Pediatric Dental Patient from Birth through Adolescence from Suck Swallow Breath through Sleep Disordered Breathing - Martin Kaplan - Social Media Marketing for the Pediatric Dental Office - Jarod Johnson

There are several misconceptions about soft tissue laser use for pulp application. In this learning lab I would like to give practical tips and show many of my cases on how I did pulp related procedures and minor surgeries in pediatric patients with minimal pain and needing local aesthetic shots. Learning Objectives: to understand the indications of soft tissue laser use in pulp related procedures Able to understand the laser machine settings for optimal and painless procedures work on patients using soft tissue laser with minimal pain and discomfort to the child

This lecture will discuss common drugs abused by children and adolescents, and provide the attendee with approaches in identifying and managing patients with opioid and substance use disorders in the pediatric dental practice. Logic for using, signs, symptoms, behaviors, and effects on the developing brain will be highlighted. Dental treatment recommendations, brief interventions, effective referral protocol, and resources for family members will be discussed. Be sure to listen to Part 2 of this lecture on Saturday, May 23! Learning Objectives: Describe alcohol and drug use in early adolescence with progression to opioid and substance use disorders in late adolescence. discuss the neurocognitive effects of addictive substances on the developing adolescent brain. discuss patterns, trends, epidemiology, and contributing factors to opioid and other substance use \ abuse among the child and adolescent population highlight similarities, differences, and discuss challenges of adolescents with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders. discuss how the pediatric dental practitioner and staff can identify and manage substance use and withdrawal syndrome behaviors in patients. recognize and deliver safe dental procedures for children and adolescents who are actively using alcohol and \ or other drugs; or are currently receiving treatment for opioid and substance use disorders. demonstrate and provide the pediatric dentist with brief interventions, referrals and resources for the family.

Connecting with the new generations: the New pediatric dentist’s role as a communicator during and after CoVid 19 Pediatric dentists should know more about children’s emotions and behavior than any other health professional. Today with this new pandemic, the rules have changed. We are facing, economic, physical and emotional challenges. This presentation wil focus on the problems in sight. . How de we want to handle the future. Paralysis or action. Everybody tells us how to wash, what to do to stay clean of CoVid-19, BUT, nobody how to pay attention to our emotions. We need new tools to negociate this new reality. We will provide you with a tool box to be prepared for the future. New generations of children and parents are challenging the communication techniques that have been traditionally used by pediatric dentists. Social and technological changes have had a great impact on the new generations and affect our role as health care providers. With the advent of advanced technology and this physical distancing from the pandemic, major changes are taking place challenging the role that we will play in the future of children’s’ health and wellbeing. New generations are becoming more isolated and physical and emotional communications are being jeopardized. The human aspect is being replaced by technology. Humans in the not too distant future may become expendable and replaceable. In addition, parents acquire information via the internet and question the information we provide and our techniques of communication with their children. We need to rediscover our emotions and re-evaluate our communicative techniques. In this procedure we should not forget that our great advantage over technology is our ability to connect and emotionally communicate with other people. This is something that hopefully will not be replaceable. We will illustrate the major changes major changes we will face with the new generations of parents and children around the globe and how it affects us in the way we work in our offices. We will show the importance of bonding with parents and children, moving beyond the biological aspects and venturing into the psycho-socio and cultural issues. Knowing our children and adolescents will allow us to detect potential physical or emotional hazardous behavior. The first change that needs to be made is learning how different healthcare professionals interact with children and parents in different cultures and countries. When we bond we enter a danger zone of co-dependency, so we need to learn, know and set our limits. " Do we want to be keepers of the past to preserve the future? " Can I care, still allowing the other to be separate?" " Can I leave the comfortable me and enter the ever-changing other? Are we ready to take on this challenge? If not, will many health specialties survive the Twenty First century?   Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this presentation, participants will learn how different cultures naturally assume a different way to communicate with parents and children.We will show the differences between Western individualism and the Eastern spirit of community, to adapt, adopt, mold and embrace new feelings favored from experience by our peers around the world to a greater mutual understanding of the other and its potential positive effect for the future of our profession. Pediatric dentists all over the world are experiencing economic, physical and emotional challenges from CoVid19 pandemic. We will show how to deal with them and adapt to our new reality. Technology is here to stay to make our lives more comfortable. No matter how fast technology advances, we cannot afford to lose our humanity. A full paradigm shift will be necessary. We will show what are our main advantages to survive the XXI century. Recent advances in technology and their uses and applications for behavior guidance Behavior management is a basic discipline and a major differential expertise of Pediatric Dentistry as a speciality. Behavior management has undergone several changes and modifications over time. To help children and parents, it is important to address the causes of behavioral problems faced by pediatric dentistry and to provide well-structured cognitive behavioral interventions that can optimize the outcome of behavior management. The cognitive pediatric dentistry paradigm plays a major role in behavior management, even more so nowadays, as we are expected to deliver painless dental treatment. To Prevent Dental Behavioral Management Problems, Technologies like 3D animation can be a powerful Communication Tool to shape children perceptions. These can also increase children sense of predictability and acceptability of dental treatments. Learning Objectives: Understand the Origins of Dental behavior management problems. Understand the Structure of a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Model in pediatric dental patients (4-7 years old) for the prevention and management of Behavior Management Problems. Understand how a virtual tool can be applied in pediatric dentistry behavior management

This 3 hour lecture will use real patients that can walk at any time and at any pediatric dental practice in the country with issues unrelated with teeth. Issues such as change in the color of the oral mucosa or gums, small sores in the lower lip, well defined patches on the dorm of the tongue, generalized sore gums, bad taste, halitosis, bumps in the floor of the mouth, etc. Please, come to this Sunday morning lecture with a lot of energy and your mobile device to participate in questions developed for each patient. The lecture is a practical lecture and will cover common issues that the pediatric dentist will face in a busy practice. Learning Objectives: Upon completion, participants will be able to establish a differential diagnosis for the most common soft tissue issues that can present in the oral cavity of children Upon completion, participants will be able to discuss the basis for the teratment of the most common soft tissue issues that can present in the oral cavity of children Upon completion, participants will be able to understand the reasons and criteria for referral of children with soft tissues issues in the oral cavity

Traditional operative treatment using different restorative materials, has been used for over a century to treat the dental destruction caused by dental caries. It is invasive, technique sensitive, costly, and requires significant cooperation from the patient. Many patients are unable to receive this treatment because they are too young, anxious, have medical conditions that limit their cooperation, or lack the resources to access care. The advent of new materials, concepts and products, have allowed the introduction of Minimal Intervention Approaches to manage caries lesions that allow us to give patients an alternative option. This presentation will discuss the use of Silver Diamine Fluoride, ITR/ART and the Hall Technique as Minimal Intervention Approaches in the management of caries in Pediatric Dentistry. Learning Objectives: 1. Differentiate the concepts of minimally invasive dentistry, minimal intervention approaches and personalized optimal interventions understanding the needs and advantages of these approaches. 2. Understand the scientific basis for current recommendations for SDF, ITR/ART and the Hall Technique as well as their indications, pros and cons. 3. Acquire the knowledge and techniques required to implement these approaches into clinical practice.

Join our speakers as they break down 6 topics that are aimed at early career dentists:: - Matching Child Temperament and Sedation Regimen - Dr. Sarat Thikkurissy - Common Oral Pathologies - Dr. Catherine Flaitz - Child Abuse & Neglect - Dr. Angela Sout - Hot Messes ~ Dental Erosion and Causes - Dr. Martha Ann Keels - Balancing Work & Life - Dr. E LaRee Johnson - Retirement Planning and Planning for the Future - Josh Miller