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Program Highlights
Pennsylvania Dental Association | 146 th Annual Session April 25-26 , 2014 , Hotel Hershey
Thursday , April 24 , 2014 Global Conflict CE Lecture
1:00 PM
Registration 2:00 PM
Endodontics CE Lecture 3:00 PM
Hospitality Suites TBA
Friday , April 25 , 2014 Registration House of Delegates Reference Committee Hearings Luncheon for Delegates and Alternates
Sponsored by PDAIS Reference Committee Hearings Resume Pitt Alumni Reception
Open to all Attendees PADPAC Reception
Open to all Attendees ; Sponsored in part by Demandforce Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry Reception
Open to all Attendees Hospitality Suites
Saturday , April 26 , 2014 Fun Run / Walk PDA Former Presidents ’ Breakfast District Caucuses Voting Luncheon for Delegates and Alternates
Sponsored by PDAIS House of Delegates President ’ s Reception & Dinner Sponsored in part by the Pennsylvania Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons , the Dental Society of Western PA and Thayer Dental Laboratory .
7:00 AM 8:00 AM 10:30 AM 12:45 PM
1:45 PM 4:30 PM
6:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:30 PM
6:30 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM
12:45 PM 6:30 PM
Hotel Reservation Information Reservation Deadline March 20 , 2014 *
Reserve your room at the Hotel Hershey by calling ( 717 ) 533-2171 or ( 800 ) 533-3131 and providing the group code 833629 .
Room rate : $ 226 single / double plus 11 % tax . All guest rooms are non-smoking .
* The block of rooms at the Hotel Hershey will be held until March 20 , 2014 , or until rooms are exhausted . After March 20 or once rooms are exhausted , whichever shall occur first , rooms will be assigned on a space available basis .
Expanded Complimentary CE Offerings
ICD-USA , District 3 will continue its support of PDA ’ s Annual Session by offering a complimentary CE course on endodontics . An additional course will be offered in 2014 with support from the Eastern PA and Western PA sections of The American College of Dentists and the PA Section of The Pierre Fauchard Academy . The courses are scheduled for Thursday , April 24 and are open to all Annual Session attendees and members of the sponsoring organizations .
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM — Collateral Consequences of Global Conflict In Your Dental Office Sponsored by Eastern PA ACD ; Western PA ACD and The Pierre Fauchard Academy PA Section This session will familiarize the dental leader with relationships between oral health and concepts of national security . This session also will discuss implications of traumatic brain injury sustained in conflict that may manifest themselves in area dental practices . At the end of this session participants will be familiar with the civilian dentists ’ responsibility to the Reserve Component members of the Armed Services as well as multidisciplinary management of complex restoration of wounded warriors . PDA is an ADA CERP Provider . PDA designates this activity for 2 credit hours .
About the Speaker
Dr . David A . Anderson received his DDS degree from Howard University in 1980 . Before establishing a private practice in 1983 , he completed general dental practice and prosthodontic residencies in the Veterans Administration . He received the Master of Dental Science degree in Prosthodontics from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine .
Since completing his military service in 2007 , Dr . Anderson has completed certificate programs in Conflict Resolution and Mediation , Health Care Ethics , Military Medical Ethics , Intensive Biomedical Ethics and Public Health Ethics . He received an MA degree in Bioethics and Health Policy in 2012 . Dr . Anderson has no relevant financial relationships to disclose .
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Endodontic Therapy — More Than Just Doing Root Canals ! Sponsored by ICD-USA , District 3 This program will look at currents trends in clinical endodontics and review how endodontic research enhances the understanding of clinical endodontic therapy . During this course we will study canal morphology using the latest in micro-ct techniques and discuss how this technology can be used to understand our clinical treatment . Vital pulp therapy , revascularization and the future of pulp regeneration also will be discussed . PDA is an ADA CERP Provider . PDA designates this activity for 3 credit hours .
About the Speaker
Dr . Herbert L . Ray , Jr ., completed his residency in endodontics at Temple University School of Dentistry in 1990 , where he received the Louis I . Grossman study club resident award . He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics since 1995 .
Dr . Ray and his sister , Dr . Heidi Ray , maintained a private practice limited to endodontics for 20 years . In 2010 , Dr . Ray moved to a full-time academic position as director of the endodontic residency program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine .
He is a member of the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration and holds an appointment at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine . Dr . Ray has authored several articles related to endodontic research and lectures extensively on the all aspects of clinical endodontic therapy . Dr . Ray has no relevant financial relationships to disclose .
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