Live Trainings

(340) Dental Pain, How Does it Happen? (* Meets Pain Management LARA Requirement)

Dr. Maha Ahmad, PhD

Dr Maha Ahmad teaches anatomy courses to dental, dental hygiene graduate students. Additional responsibilities include advising and mentoring students. She has received several teaching awards. Ahmad has many research interests including educational research, head and neck anatomy and salivary research. She received her Ph.D. in 2005 in Anatomy and Cell Biology from University of Illinois at Chicago. She joined the university in 2012.

• To provide an overview of the organization of the brain and spinal cord, cranial
  nerves, branches, structure and their functions.
• To trace and understand motor and sensory pathways.
• Integrate this knowledge into clinical situations in dentistry.

(566) HIPAA Sucks! But it Doesn’t Have To

Amy Wood

Amy Wood is a best selling Author, Speaker, Consultant, and. She has a background in Healthcare Information Technology and has spent the last decade as a HIPAA Educator, Risk Assessor, and Data Breach Consultant. Out of the hundreds of data breach investigations she has consulted on, her clients have received ZERO fines and ZERO patient lawsuits. Amy takes your boring, every day compliance course and turns it into an entertaining and educational conversation.

Let's face it - nobody likes compliance courses. They're typically boring and monotonous and it can feel like pulling teeth (pun intended!) Amy breaks through the barrier of boring compliance "geek speak” and uses real life case studies, experiences, and humor to make the information clear, easy to retain, and even enjoyable! Learn some HIPAA basics, how they have changed over the years, and what is reasonable and appropriate for your size of practice. Amy will break down what is applicable to your dental practice and give you some easy tips to get (and stay) compliant.

(148) Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

John A. Molinari, PhD

Dr. Molinari is Professor Emeritus at the University of Detroit Mercy School of
Dentistry, where he served for 32 years as Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Biomedical Sciences and Director of Infection Control. After leaving the University, he
was Director of Infection Control for THE DENTAL ADVISOR in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, where he was involved in research evaluating new infection control
technologies and products. He has published over 600 scientific articles, reports, text
chapters, and abstracts in the areas of microbiology and immunology, and continues to
lecture nationally and internationally on topics dealing with infectious diseases and
infection control. Dr. Molinari is also co-author of the text Cottone’s Practical Infection
Control in Dentistry. He served as a consultant for the CDC, ADA Council on Scientific
Affairs, Council on Dental Practice, and regional hospitals. Dr. Molinari also was
Chairman of the State of Michigan Governor’s Risk Reduction and AIDS Policy
Commission and a member of the Michigan Board of Dentistry. In addition, he was the
Infection Control section editor for The Compendium of Continuing Education in
Dentistry, a member of the Editorial Board for The Journal of the American Dental
Association, and contributed a monthly column for Dental Economics.

Infectious diseases described over the past 5 decades include those caused by newly
discovered microbial pathogens, re-emergent diseases, and infections which have
become increasingly resistant to previously successful antimicrobials. The COVID-
19 pandemic presented the latest challenge to infection control in both medical and
dental facilities. This seminar will primarily focus on discussion occupational blood-
borne, respiratory, and waterborne pathogens as frameworks for the presentation.
Also, myths which damage control against vaccine-preventable diseases will be
discussed. Measles will be used as an important example of this emerging public
health threat.