The Mirror - the Newsletter of CAPD ACDP June 2018 Mirror Merged PDF May 29, 2018 V3 | Page 11

Dr. David Rothman, “Part One: Changing Family Dynamics and the
4P’s: Psychology, Pharmacology, Physiology; Phamily (and a lot
of stress).” Friday, September 14, 08:30 to 10:00
David Rothman received his B.A. cum laude from the SUNY at Buffalo and his D.D.S. from NYU
College of Dentistry. He completed a GPR at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia,
Anesthesiology Residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and a Pediatric Dentistry
Residency at Children’s Hospital/Oakland and the University of California, San Francisco. He
was Director of the Pediatric Dentistry Residency program at UCSF and in 1989 assumed the
Chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry. He went into full time
private practice in San Francisco in 1998 and is a Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry of Case
Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine in Cleveland.
David is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric
Dentistry. He is a member of the ADA, CDA, ADSA, AAPD and the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. He chaired the
Anesthesia and Sedation Subcommittee of the AAPD and served on Committee H of CDEL of the ADA. He is past president
of the California Society of Dentistry for Children, the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
and the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. Honors include membership in the OKU Delta Delta Chapter, Pierre
Fauchard Academy, American College of Dentists and International College of Dentists. He is VP of the American Dental
Society of Anesthesiology and CSPD Foundation and is on CDA Presents and the Committee on Annual Meetings of the
ADA. He has served on the boards of the Dental Health Foundation and Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
and provided dental care with the international medical group Heart to Heart in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dr. Dennis Paul Nutter, “Behavior Management is managing pain
during procedures: It’s time to establish a uniform method of
Dr. Rothman has been published in the journals of the California Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the
procedure
assessment
in pediatric
dentistry”.
American Society of Dentistry
for Children, pain
ADSA Pulse
as well as various
component newsletters.
He lectures nationally and
Friday,
September
14,
10:30 to
12:00 behavior management, sedation, anesthesia
internationally to dental and
medical groups
in the areas
of pediatric
dentistry,
and hospital dentistry.
Dr. Nutter is a board certified pediatric dentist who received his dental degree from the University
of Southern California. He is the author of a series of journal articles, cited in AAPD guidelines
that reviewed the neurobiologic, iatrogenic and target considerations relating to good, clinical
pain practice for pediatric procedure pain. His research focus is on the behavior
assessment practices of pediatric dentists. Dr. Nutter has lectured to national audiences at the American Academy of
Pediatric Dentistry and the California Society of Pediatric Dentists on pain assessment, pain measurement and pain
justification. He is a frequent lecturer to pediatric residents and general practice residents at California dental schools, and
the U.S. Veterans Administration. He has served as an expert witness for multiple plaintiffs claiming abusive use of
restraints by corporate entities. Dr. Nutter is a Trustee of the Western Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and a Past President
of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. He lives in Vacaville, California with his wife Marcia and his BMW 1200 RT
touring motorcycle. His son Travis lives in NorthWest Arkansas.
Course Description:
Establishing a valid method of pain assessment for pediatric dental procedure pain.
1) Pain Basics.
2) Description of the Assessment Problem: Pediatric Dentists have been using two contradictory methods to assess
pediatric procedure pain.
3) What is wrong about the Authoritarian method of pediatric procedure pain assessment.
4) What is right about accepting the pain report of the child when there is evidence of tissue trauma.