Dental Trauma: Evidence-Based Approaches for Optimal Care
Presenter: Georgia Nikoloudaki, DDS, MSc, PhD, FRCD©
Credit hours: 2
Tuition: $69
Date and time: 2025-06-07 at 11 AM ET
This 2-hour continuing dental education (CDE) course aims to provide dental practitioners with a practical, evidence-based approach to managing various types of dental trauma. The course will cover the classification, diagnosis, and management of dental injuries, focusing on best practices for immediate and long-term care. Participants will gain insights into the latest techniques and materials used in trauma management, improving patient outcomes.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Accurately diagnose different types of dental trauma, including enamel fractures, luxation injuries, and avulsions, using appropriate clinical and radiographic examination techniques.
- Develop and implement effective treatment plans for the immediate management of dental trauma in a general practice setting, including the use of splinting, replantation, and restorative options.
- Apply preventive strategies to reduce the incidence of dental trauma in patients, emphasizing patient education, the use of mouthguards, and community safety measures.
- Recognize and manage complications associated with dental trauma, such as pulp necrosis, root resorption, and infection, and understand the indications for referral to a specialist.
About the speaker:
Dr. Georgia Nikoloudaki is a full-time assistant professor in the division of Endodontics at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Canada. Dr. Nikoloudaki obtained her Doctor of Dental Surgery and Master’s Degrees in Dentistry with a specialization in Endodontics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. She then pursued her PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry at Western University where her research focused on wound healing mechanisms in the mouth. She is a board-certified Endodontist in Canada and Fellow of The Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and maintains part-time private practice limited to Endodontics at a dental specialty clinic in London, ON.
Dr. Nikoloudaki has been heavily involved in teaching dental students at Schulich Dentistry since 2015. She strives to contribute to high-quality research in the field of dentistry and to continue building on the current didactic and clinical Endodontics for future dentists. As a clinician-scientist, Dr. Nikoloudaki aims to not only share knowledge with her students, but also generate new knowledge to provide the highest quality of care for her patients and the advancement of the field of Endodontics. She has numerous scientific publications in peer reviewed journals and is supervising dental students in research projects.
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