ACDE Webinar Series
The Association for Continuing Dental Education (ACDE), along with 37 of its member schools, is jointly providing a series of live webinars. This series features university-based key opinion leaders presenting numerous topics on multiple dates and times. Presentations are available to meet every dental professionalâs schedule and interests.
Course Description
The course focuses on the role of chronic oral/periodontal infections on chronic systemic diseases, with focus on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and the role of the oral health care team in patientsâ education and interdisciplinary management of these patients, including review of recent findings on the association of chronic oral infections and auto-immune arthritis from animal and human studies, the impact of oral microbiota and oral/periodontal chronic infections as risk factors that can aggravate or trigger autoimmune arthritis, the impact of periodontal treatment on RA disease activity, and recommendations for the collaborative management of the patient with oral/systemic chronic diseases by a health care team that includes dentists, dental hygienists, and physicians.
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Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the association between periodontal and autoimmune diseases
- Understand the role of oral microbiota as one of the possible triggers in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
- Educate their dental patients about the link between oral infections and autoimmune arthritis
- Understand the importnce of interprofessional management of patients with oral/periodontal infections and autoimmune arthritis
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This webinar will be held on Zoom.
Instructions will be sent to you by email closer to the course start date on how to access the Zoom meeting.
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Cancellations made more than 10 calendar days before the course start date will receive a full refund. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within 10 calendar days of the course start date.
Refunds will not be issued for registrants who do not attend, regardless of reason for absence.
Registrations cannot be transferred to another individual.
To cancel your registration, please follow the link and instructions provided in the registration confirmation email. If you are eligible for a refund, the refund will be processed automatically upon cancellation. Please allow 3-5 business days for the transaction to be completed.
Continuing Dental Education (University of Toronto) reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient registrations, instructor cancellation, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. In the event of course cancellation, a full refund will be issued, and registrants will be notified promptly. We are not liable for any associated losses, damages, or expenses, including travel and accommodations.
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After completing this course, a certificate of completion that indicates the number of Continuing Education (CE) points earned will be sent to you within 7-10 days by email.
Presenter
Dr Karydis is Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology and External Professor at the Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, at the Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis, TN. He earned his Dental Degree from the University of Athens, Greece, worked in private practice and served as Flight Sergeant/Dentist at the Hellenic Air Force. He completed his Masters of Science, Periodontal Residency training, and PhD in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at the University of California San Francisco, and is currently serving as Interime Associate Dean for Facuilty Affairs.
He studies the common pathogenetic mechanisms that link periodontitis with systemic conditions and the role of oral microflora in systemic diseases, with focus on autoimmune arthritis, through his collaboration with the Memphis VA Medical Center and the Division of Connective Tissue Diseases/Rheumatology at the UTHSC College of Medicine. He also collaborates with the Herff College of Engineering Bioengineering Program on guided bone regeneration and local drug-delivery with novel nanofiber chitosan membranes.