Thursday, October 23, 2003 TODAY
School of Dentistry news
Endodontic faculty present annual review of endodontic biology course
For 20 years, the endodontic faculty has presented an annual two-day review course on the biological aspects of endodontic diagnosis, treatment, and outcome assessment. This year the course, which attracts about 100 participants every year, was held September 21 and 22 at the Hilton Hotel in San Bernardino.While the review course was originally planned and designed for candidates preparing for the certification examinations of the American Board of Endodontics (ABE), it has also become popular with other dentists including endodontic specialists who enjoy being updated on the basis for practicing this discipline of dentistry.
The faculty for the review consists of School of Dentistry faculty along with invited presenters; this year the School was represented by Charles Goodacre, DDS, MS, dean; Steve Morrow, DDS, MS, associate professor, endodontics; James Simon, DDS, professor (Dr. Simon has faculty appointments at both LLU and University of Southern California); and Lane Thomsen, DDS, MS, department chair, oral diagnosis, radiology, and pathology.
The invited speakers were Shimon Friedman, DMD, from the University of Toronto, Canada, and Ashraf Fouad, DDS, from the University of Connecticut. Also participating was Keith Krell, DDS, MS, from the University of Iowa—he represented the ABE and gave Board candidates and the endodontic residents from the four Southern California endodontic programs: LLU; USC; University of California, Los Angeles; and VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach), an update on the certification process and helpful hints about how to prepare for the examination.
Planning and presenting these types of courses are time consuming and require considerable effort, but it has been worth it for these many years, according to Leif K. Bakland, DDS, professor and chair of endodontics, who, along with Dr. Simon, began these programs and has been involved with them since the beginning.
“It is always nice,” says Dr. Bakland, “to have a colleague come up during a meeting to tell you how much these review courses helped in preparing for the American Board of Endodontics Boards.”
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