Wednesday, October 3, 2007
2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
William Lundergan, DDS

Changing Concepts in Periodontics
5 CE Credits

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Dr. William Lundergan, is a professor and chair of the Department of Periodontics at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. He earned his certificate in periodontics from the University of Connecticut in 1983 and received a Master's of Education from the University of the Pacific in 1994.

COURSE OUTLINE

The current understanding of the pathogenesis of inflammatory periodontal disease will be reviewed along with the newest classification system for periodontal diseases and conditions. The identification of risk factors, microbial analysis and periodontal pharmacotherapeutics will be discussed. Possible associations between periodontal disease and systemic conditions (cardiovascular disease, pre-term low birth weight infants, diabetes and respiratory diseases) will be presented. The focus will be to relate these changes to the current general practice of dentistry.