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The 2020 Annual Conference Speakers
Dr. Brian Novy, “The Plaque Monologues” and “The Potty Mouth Predicament”.
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Nový is the Director of Practice Improvement at the DentaQuest Institute, and an
adjunct associate professor of restorative dentistry. He served on the ADA Council of
Scientific Affairs from 2011-2014, and currently acts as the chairman of the CAMBRA
coalition. The California Dental Association Foundation presented him with the Dugoni
Award for “Outstanding contributions to dental education,” and in 2009, the American
Dental Association awarded Dr. Nový and his office the title, “Adult Preventive Care
Practice of the Year.”
Dr. Man Wai Ng, “Supporting and Practical Strategies for ECC disease prevention and
management” (with Dr. Ramos-Gomez)
Dr. Ng is Chief of the Department of Dentistry at Boston Children's Hospital and holds the
DentaQuest Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oral Health and Dentistry at Boston Children’s
Hospital. She is Associate Professor of Developmental Biology (Pediatric Dentistry) at
the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Ng received her DDS degree from Stony
Brook University, her MPH degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and her
certificate in pediatric dentistry from Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard. She completed
a general practice residency at the Booth Memorial Medical Center in Flushing, NY and
a dental fellowship on the developmentally disabled at Helen Hayes Hospital in West
Haverstraw, NY. In April 2018, Dr. Ng received the Stony Brook School of Dental
Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Dr. Francisco Ramos-Gomez, “Supporting and Practical Strategies for ECC disease
prevention and management” (with Dr. Ng))
Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez is currently a Full Professor in the Section of Pediatric
Dentistry, at the University of California, Los Angeles; and Executive Director for the
UCLA Center for Children’s Oral Health. He is also Director of the Pediatric Community
Health Advance Training (CHAT) Program.
He has also served as the Director of Pediatric Services at the Family Dental Center at San Francisco General
Hospital and has pioneered protocols in early detection, early intervention and prevention of Early Childhood
Caries (ECC).
Dr. Ramos-Gomez has been a pediatric dentist for more than thirty years with specific focus and research in the
areas of early childhood caries (ECC) prevention, oral disease risk assessment, and community health with an
emphasis on underserved populations. In addition to clinically based interventions, Dr. Ramos-Gomez
conceptualized and co-founded the Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health to identify the cultural,
environmental, workforce, behavioral, and biologic factors associated with health disparities among ethnic/racial
groups in order to enhance health professionals’ ability to target children likely to be at risk for dental caries.