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Dinner-Lecture
Programs
2008-2009
Dinner - Lecture Programs:
6:30 P.M. Dinner, 7:30 P.M. Lecture
September 11, 2008
Location: Main Line HealthCare Center -
1991 Sproul Rd., Broomall, Pa.
Richard Steele, D.D.S.:
"Elements of the Dental
Practice Sale Practice: Transitioning Options, Mergers, and Retirement
Planning".
Dr. Steele will discuss practice evaluation, associate
relationships, and share his expertise regarding merger/retirement options.
Dr. Richard Steele graduated from the University of Maryland Dental
School in 1979 and maintained his private dental practice in Delaware County
for over 25 years. He is a past president of the Penna. Craniomandibular
Society. He successfully transitioned with Aftco several times in his career,
and after selling his practice in 2005, he decided to become an analyst with
Aftco on a full time basis. |
October 23, 2008
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Location: Bryn Mawr Hospital, Worden Hall
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Joseph R. Spiegel, M.D. and Mauritz Boon, M.D.:
"ENT
Perspectives on Craniofacial Pain and Related Disorders".
Drs. Spiegel and Boon will discuss the latest issues on
swallowing problems/dysphagia. The mutually- involved obstructive sleep apnea
problems of our patients will also be featured: conservative vs. surgical
management of the airway/throat/oropharynx/tongue. Nasal flow/turbinate and
septum surgical indications. The medical complications of reflux disease/GERD,
and associated dental findings will also be discussed. Additionally, the
subject of vocal cord problems, and neurogenic throat complaints: "What do we
do with the Globus patient?"
Dr. Joseph Spiegel is Associate Professor
of Otolaryngology (E.N.T.) at Thomas Jefferson University Medical School and
Hospital. His Ear Nose & Throat practice specializes in voice and
swallowing disorders. Dr. Mauritz Boon, of the Otolaryngology Department at
Jefferson, is Co- Director of the Voice Center. They are Diplomates of the
American Board of Otolaryngology. |
December 4, 2008
Location: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine, Evans Hall 4150 City Ave., Philadelphia, Pa
Christopher A. Davis, D.O.:
"Joint and Ligament Pain
Control and Stabilization: Prolotherapy Protocol for Injuries".
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Dr. Davis will review the theory and scientific basis of
prolotherapy injection treatment, with its clinical indications;
Musculoskeletal pain, ligament dysfunction, and normalization of injured
tissue. Application to the Temporomandibular Joint and healing potential, as
well as TMJ arthrocentesis will be discussed.
Dr. Davis is the medical
director of the Sports Science center in Springfield, Pa. A graduate of
P.C.O.M., Dr. Davis is a Diplomate of the American Board of Osteopathic Family
Practice, and American Academy of Pain Management. He has lectured extensively
on Prolotherapy and has published in the field of Manual Sports Medicine. He is
a "second opinion physician" consultant for the National Football league
Players Association. Dr. Davis is consulting internist, Dept. of Medicine,
Christiana Care and Crozer-Keystone Health Systems. |
March 5, 2009
Location: Main Line HealthCare Center 1991
Sproul Rd., Broomall, Pa.
Eliot Ramer, D.M.D. and Kim Tran, D.M.D.:
"Clinical
Pearls for Soft Tissue & Periodontal/Systemic Assessment".
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Drs. Ramer and Tran will cover a number of topics of
current clinical interest to general practice:
- Velscope for Oral Cancer Detection and Brush Biopsy
Screening.
- The PerioProtect System for non-surgical periodontal
management: Integration with traditional periodontics.
- Genetic Testing in Periodontal disease and
inflammation markers.
- Periodontal/systemic disease correlations.
Dr. Elliot Ramer is a founder and past president of the
Penna. Craniomandibular Society. He is a Fellow of the International College of
Craniomandibular Orthopedics. His highly diversified dental practice is in
Broomall, Pa. Dr. Kim Tran practices with Dr. Ramer with emphasis on
restorative dentistry. She has lectured on the Cerec System for dental
prosthodontics. Their clinical approach to dental health utilizes the latest
"high tech" soft/hard tissue reconstructive techniques to comprehensive
cosmetic functional dentistry. |
April 23, 2009
Location: The Dental Esthetics Institute
976 Railroad Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
LynnAnn Mastaj, D.M.D.:
"Integration of Orthodontics,
Temporomandibular Disorders, and Functional Orthopedic Development".
Dr.Mastaj will reflect her experience as an orthodontist
in dealing with TMJ case finishing. She will show cases of "Phase II
management" in stabilizing the TMJ and finalizing the occlusion to the
therapeutic position. When is orthognathic surgery/orthodontics indicated?
Examples will be shown of complex cases including the normalization of the
airway/apnea prevention in compromised dentitions. Patient compliance issues
and need for medical integrated referrals will be explored.
Dr. LynnAnn
Mastaj has her private orthodontic practice in Bryn Mawr, Pa. She and her
husband, Ernesto Lee, D.D.S., co-direct the Institute for Dental Esthetics. Dr.
Mastaj has extensive experience in the stabilizing and finishing the jaw
relation/occlusion of complex TMJ Disorder patients. She has lectured
extensively on Orthodontic Case management and is a Diplomate of the American
Board of Orthodontics. |
June 11, 2007
Annual business
meeting
Location: Lamb Tavern, U.S. Route 1 &
Sproul Rd., Springfield, Pa.
September 10, 2009
Location: Main Line HealthCare Center 1991
Sproul Rd., Broomall, Pa.
Kem Moser, D.M.D.:
1. "Oral/Tongue Proprioceptive
Reflexes: Considerations in Partials, Splints & Oral Appliance Design".
2. "Endothelial-Cardiovascular Preventive Assessment with the Itamar
EndoPat 200 System".
| Dr. Kem Moser has been active in Prevention, Nutrition,
and Oral Health for the past 30 years of his clinical practice in Kennett
Square, Pa. A past president of the Penna. Craniomandibular Society, he is a
Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is dental medicine
consultant/clinician for the Pennsylvania Correctional System. Dr. Moser has
lectured on myofunctional therapy, and dietary influences related to ideal
growth and orthopedic development. |
| Note: All dinner meetings will be
pre-paid by society members. Dinner program is $30.00 for non-members/
guests accompanying members. Special courtesy for 1st time student
guests: Dental/medical/physical therapy/chiropratic students dinner/lecture as
a courtesy. Annual Society membership dues is $250.00,
which includes all 6 lecture meetings and dinner meals. The Society is a
non-profit organization. Applications for memberships and dinner
reservations and information can be obtained from the Societies' central
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Executive Secretary- Loretta
Fornias
Pennsylvania Craniomandibular Society
C/O
Elliot Ramer, D.M.D.
Main Line Health Care at Lawrence Park
1991
Sproul Rd., Suite 650, Broomall, Pa. 19008
Phone- 610-325-1670, Fax-
610- 325-1675
Program chairman- Stephen D. Smith,
D.M.D.
Paoli, Pa. Phone- 610-647-2755.
Programs and
Updates are posted on the internet at website: www.sdsmithdmd.com/pacranio or
search engines Yahoo, Alta Vista, Lycos, Google etc., under Penna.
Craniomandibular Society. |
About the Pennsylvania Craniomandibular
Society:
The Pennsylvania Craniomandibular Society was founded in 1990 and
chartered as a Pennsylvania non-profit educational organization. It's
membership consists of dentists, physicians (allopathic, osteopathic,
chiropractic), and physical therapists from all over the Delaware Valley.
Members have clinical practice interest and emphasis on diagnosis and treatment
of craniomandibular disorders, temporomandibular dysfunction, craniofacial
pain, head, neck musculoskeletal problems and chronic pain management. Other
topics of interest to the general membership will be incorporated as they
relate to current practice demands. The Society supports and is an affiliate
member of the American Alliance of TMD Organizations. Lectures
include member participation and annual table clinical presentations. The
Society usually has six dinner/lecture programs, September through June, with
the last meeting an annual business review and update.
The
Pennsylvania Craniomandibular
Society has been designated an approved Program Provider by the
Pennsylvania Constituent of the Academy of General Dentistry. Each meeting
provides for 3 hours AGD CERP/PACE Continuing Dental Education
maintenance credits for Fellowship and Mastership, Academy of General Dentistry
Sponsor # 82521. The current term of approval extends from
4/20/2005 to 4/20/2009. We welcome new members!
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President: Gary Miller, D.C.,
Springfield, Pa
Immediate Past President: C. Gorson, D.D.S.,
Philadelphia, Pa
President-Elect: Terry Ann Hurtt, D.M.D., Blue Bell,
Pa.
Treasurer: Elliot Ramer, D.M.D., Broomall, Pa.
Program
Chairman: Stephen D. Smith, D.M.D., Paoli, Pa.
Executive
Secretary: Loretta Fornias, Broomall, Pa.
Central Office:
610-325-1670 |
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