Join the New York State Dental Association for a clinically focused Black History Month program examining how interdisciplinary collaboration and culturally informed care directly impact diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient outcomes.
This 2-hour clinical CE symposium brings together a general dentist, an oral surgeon, and an endodontist to provide specialty-specific clinical perspectives on managing complex dental cases across diverse patient populations.
Through case-based presentations and clinical specialty spotlights, attendees will evaluate diagnostic challenges, evidence-based treatment options, and interdisciplinary referral considerations. Topics will include trauma-informed clinical care, surgical and endodontic considerations for medically complex patients, and risk assessment and treatment modifications influenced by social, cultural, and medical factors.
A moderated clinical roundtable will guide participants through real-world scenarios requiring coordinated care, emphasizing clinical communication across specialties, sequencing of treatment, and strategies to improve outcomes while maintaining patient trust and safety.
This program honors the legacy of Black pioneers in dentistry while equipping today’s clinicians with practical, clinically applicable tools to enhance patient care, improve treatment outcomes, and deliver equitable, evidence-based dentistry.
Open to all dental professionals seeking clinical CE credit and advanced interdisciplinary clinical insight.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate diagnostic findings in complex clinical cases where cultural, medical, and behavioral factors influence treatment planning and outcomes.
- Identify appropriate referral pathways and interdisciplinary coordination strategies between general dentists, oral surgeons, and endodontists.
- Apply trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches to patient communication and chairside clinical management.
- Assess risks and treatment modifications for medically complex and systemically compromised patients.
- Compare evidence-based treatment options across specialties and justify clinical decision-making using current literature and standards of care.
- Improve sequencing of interdisciplinary treatment to enhance predictability, patient safety, and long-term outcomes.
Conference Refund Policy-No Refunds
All conference registrations are non-refundable. Once registration and payment are submitted, no refunds will be issued for any reason, including but not limited to schedule changes, travel disruptions, illness, or failure to attend.
If the conference is canceled by the organizer, registrants will receive further instructions regarding any applicable options.
CE Certificates will be emailed within 1-2 weeks to the email registered with.
New York State Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
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