2025 Oral Medicine Conference

Location

Virtual webinar via zoom

Learning Objectives

• Learn about implications of common medical conditions on the delivery of dental treatment.
• Recognize the complexity of restoring dento-alveolar anomalies.
• Increase awareness of syndromes that may impact the dento-alveolar anatomy.
• Review principles of safe use of lasers in dentistry and oral medicine
• Understand considerations in the dental management of patients with cognitive disorders.
• Recognize the role of dentistry in the care of patients with complex medical backgrounds.
• Apprehend the new developments in imaging of oral and dental tissues.

Educational Objectives

• An overview of contemporary oral medicine for the general practitioner with emphasis on dental management of medically complex patients. Key topics will include dental rehabilitation of patients with dento-alveolar anomalies, unique aspects of dental care in diabetes patients, the implications of respiratory diseases on the dental treatment, management of patients with cognitive or neurologic conditions, advances in dental and oral imaging techniques.
• Likewise, the conference will provide a review about principles of safe use of laser in the dental practice. The course will allow participants to take an exam for Basic Laser Safety.

Conference Chair

Sharon Elad, DMD MSc
Professor and Chair, Division of Oral Medicine
Principal Consultant, Hospital Dentistry
Eastman Institute for Oral Health
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Meet the Speakers

Stephanie M. Munz, DDS, FSCD
Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Walter H. Swartz Endowed Professor of Integrated Special Care Dentistry
Associate Chair, Hospital Dentistry
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Past President, Special Care Dentistry Association 
Ann Arbor, MI

Milda Chmieliauskaite, DMD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Director, Oral Medicine Graduate Program
University of Washington School of Dentistry
Seattle, WA

Miriam Robbins, DDS MS
Director, Care Center for Persons with Disabilities
Professor of Clinical Oral Medicine 
Professor of Clinical Restorative Dentistry
Department of Oral Medicine
Penn Dental Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Praveen Arany, BDS MDS MMSc PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology
School of Dental Medicine
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Anusha Vaddi, BDS, MDS, MDSc
Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Assistant Professor, Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Richmond, VA

Sharon Elad, DMD MSc
Professor and Chair, Division of Oral Medicine 
Principal Consultant, Hospital Dentistry
Eastman Institute for Oral Health
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Past Oral Medicine Conferences

Join us as we celebrate the Oral Medicine Department at UR Medical Center.

• 2014 – Oral Medicine Conference - A Three Continent Perspective
• 2015 – Oral Cancer and Pre-cancer - Diagnosis & Screening
• 2016 – Oral Medicine - Bridging Dentistry and Medicine
• 2017 – Oral Medicine & Advanced technology session in the Centennial Celebration
• 2018 – Imaging Sciences in the Hands of the Dentist
• 2019 – Lasers in Oral Medicine and Dentistry
• 2020 – Oral Medicine - Science and Practice in Healthy and Medically Complex Patients
• 2022 – Oral Medicine - Practical Updates in Oral Medicine and Laser Applications
• 2023 – Oral Medicine - Research, Clinical Application, and Beyond
• 2024 – Oral Complications in Cancer Patients – Challenges and Solutions