Sleep, Gerds, Bruxism, Erosion, What’s the connection, What’s the prevention?

Overview

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This Course is a Live Webinar and will be live-streamed:

7:30 pm ET, 6:30 pm CT, 5:30 pm MT, 4:30 pm AZ, 4:30 pm PT

Bio:

 

Dr. Gene Santucci is an Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative

Dentistry at the University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry (UOP), in San Francisco, CA.

He holds a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology and Counseling from the University of the

Pacific. He has balanced dental education with private practice for over 30 years.

 

Dr. Santucci is Co-Director of the Dental Sleep Mini-Residency Program at UOP as well as Content

Coordinator for Sleep Medicine Curriculum at the dental school. He was a faculty member in their

prestigious complex and esthetic rehabilitation program and is Course Director for the second year

integrated preclinical restorative course teaching a curriculum that includes esthetic dentistry, occlusion

and implants. He was a member of and author on UOP’s Task Force Report regarding sleep medicine

course content, in dental education.

 

He has presented nationally and internationally on the topics of Dental Sleep Medicine, ADHD in

Children and Sleep Related Disorders, Occlusion, Aesthetics, Temporomandibular Disorders, Dental

Photography, Functional Anatomy of the Gnathostomatic System and Fabrication and Delivery of

Night Guards.

 

Dr. Santucci has contributed to text books on the topics of: Headache and Facial Pain as well authored

the chapter on The Patient Examination in an Esthetic Dental Practice in the 2010 text, Esthetic

Dentistry in Clinical Practice from Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. This book has been published in 4

languages. Additionally he has contributed to numerous articles and abstracts in referred journals:

Simplified Clinical Technique for Routine Indirect impressions using a Dry Field Illuminator, Evaluation

of Digital Impressions( Cadent-i-Tero Scanner) versus Conventional Impression Techniques,

Multifactorial Facial Pain, Differential Diagnosis, Sleep Medicine in Dental Education, A Taskforce

Report 2015.

 

Dr. Santucci is a Fellow in the American College of Dentists, a Diplomat in both the Pierre Fauchard

Academy and American Academy of Integrated Pain Management. He holds membership in the

American Dental Educators Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Academy of

Dental Sleep Medicine, California Sleep Society, American Association of Oral Systemic Health,

American Dental Association, California Dental Association and Catapult Education.

He is also the past president of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry Alumni Association and the OKU

National Honor Society Delta Delta Chapter.

Dr. Santucci’s goal is to encourage all dental professionals to become the first line of defense for

children and adults in the evaluation, treatment or referral of patients with various types of sleep

disturbances ranging from snoring to obstructive sleep apnea. Those of us in the dental profession can

be responsible for many positive changes in people’s health. We can have an impact on children who

are not performing to normal school standards, as well as adults who have medical issues involving

co-morbidities such as diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and gastric distress.

Course Contact: Support.cezoom.com

Course Categories: Preventative Dental Services,Occlusion / Bruxism / Problems with TMJ

Provider Approval: Nationally Recognized (AGD-PACE) Academy of General Dentistry Program approval for Continuing Education

Educational Type: Live

Educational Method: Lecture

Prerequisites : N/A


Sponsor(s): None

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None

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