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Presenter: Enrique Varela, DDS - Associate Professor, University of Utah School of Dentistry  (Section Head, Geriatric and Adult Special Care Dentistry; Course Director, Dental Local Anesthesiology; and Director, Geriatric, Hospital, and Special Needs Pathway Program)  Audience: All Dental Professionals Format: Lecture, held as Live Virtual, via Zoom.  Starts 11AM ET / 10AM CT / 8AM PT. CDE Credits: 1.5    Course Fee: $59 for all registrants Details and to register   Contact CDM CE Office for inquiries or assistance. Caring for patients with special health care needs comes with unique challenges that the dental clinician is not always prepared for. This course is designed to help give you the perspective and skills for treating, educating, and supporting patients with disabilities. A review of  pertinent behavioral management principles and historical perspectives that will help you be successful in serving the special needs patient. ------------- Held in partnership with ACDE and 37 member dental schools as part of the 2025 Joint Provider Live Webinar Series.

Presenter: Marcus Bing, BA - Information technology expert, Monroe Data Solutions, Seattle, Washington  Audience: All dental professionals Format: Lecture, held as Live Virtual, via Zoom.  Starts 8PM ET / 7PM CT / 5PM PT. CDE Credits: 2    Course Fee: $69 for all registrants Details and to register    Contact CDM CE Office for inquiries or assistance. Managing technology is like trying to nail Jello to a tree. Every aspect of technology is created by thousands of companies located all over the world that rarely, if ever, speak to one another. The fact that systems work as often as they do is nothing short of a miracle. In a world where products routinely break for no apparent reason, maintaining business continuity can be a frustrating task. Marcus will show you the best way to manage unruly technology while protecting your data and maintaining business continuity. ------------- Held in partnership with ACDE and 37 member dental schools as part of the 2025 Joint Provider Live Webinar Series.

Bone Preservation Strategies Following Severe Traumatic Dental Injuries in Children Presenter: Isabel Mello, DDS, MSc, PhD, FRCDC - Division Head of Endodontics, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada Audience: All Dental Professionals Format: Lecture, held as Live Virtual, via Zoom.  Starts 8PM ET / 7PM CT / 5PM PT. CDE Credits: 1.5    Course Fee: $59 for all registrants Details and to register   Contact CDM CE Office for inquiries or assistance. Severe traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) in young patients can result in unrestorable teeth or replacement resorption and ankylosis with the potential for infra-occlusion in growing children. Extraction is often the treatment rendered in these cases. When permanent teeth are subsequently extracted, long-term complications are likely. The supporting bone will be lost, creating the need for additional interventions later in life when the patient is ready for a more permanent option to rehabilitate the area. In the meantime, young, growing patients have limited prosthetic options if a tooth is lost. Bone preservation in young patients is of paramount importance. When patients are ready for definitive tooth replacement (eg. implant), previous bone preservation can make the process simpler and less costly as the need for bone and soft tissue augmentation may be minimal or unnecessary. This presentation will cover a series of clinical cases where bone preservation strategies were employed when treating young patients following severe TDIs. This presentation will emphasize how multidisciplinary approach is paramount to achieve optimal results, where the endodontist needs to collaborate with periodontists, oral surgeons, orthodontists, and general dentists. ------------- Held in partnership with ACDE and 37 member dental schools as part of the 2025 Joint Provider Live Webinar Series.

Jing Fu, PhD Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine) Department of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology Program: Tumor Biology and Microenvironment (TBM) Title: Development of Novel Anti-AL Amyloidosis Immunotherapies Description: AL amyloidosis is a rare disease closely related to multiple myeloma and remains incurable. In this condition, clonal plasma cells produce excess misfolded light chains, which aggregate into insoluble fibrils that deposit in organs, leading to progressive damage and eventual death. Current anti-plasma cell therapies target the clonal plasma cells to halt the production of new amyloidogenic light chains; however, pre-existing fibrils are unaffected and continue to drive organ damage. Our group has been focusing on developing and optimizing amyloid fibril-targeting immunotherapies aimed at removing these deposits and ultimately achieving a cure. In this talk, I will present our novel approaches, including screening high-affinity amyloid-binding monoclonal antibodies, designing bispecific antibodies to engage phagocytic cells for efficient amyloid clearance, and developing amyloid-targeting chimeric antigen receptor phagocyte-based cell therapies. Stella Kang, MD, MSc Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Program: Cancer Population Science (CPS) Title: Diagnostic Imaging: Integrating Unique Data for Patient and Cancer Risk Characterization Description: With the rapid growth of advanced imaging technologies, we capture diverse quantitative features that reflect tumor biology, tissue microenvironment, and patient-specific variation. Integrating these imaging biomarkers with clinical and molecular data opens new opportunities for improving cancer risk characterization and guiding personalized care. At the same time, the complexity and heterogeneity of multimodal data demand new strategies for interpretation. In this brief talk, I will discuss how simulation and health technology assessment methods can be used to assess imaging-derived features and their integration with other biomedical data to uncover mechanisms of disease progression and risk. I will highlight areas of interest in my group for clinician and policy makers' decision making and translation of imaging technology into actionable insights.  Join Zoom Meeting https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/98062087107?pwd=ODN1TFwbtR23dO0Pk7Bq73td7fG91L.1 Meeting ID: 980 6208 7107 Passcode: 267022