DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ORAL LESIONS

AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION USING AUDIENCE RESPONSE POLLING

Friday, October 16, 2015

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (3 CE hrs)

Room 106-B

For some practitioners, development of a working differential diagnosis is one of the most difficult tasks in the diagnostic sequence.  This program is designed to increase skills of both dentists and hygienists to successfully formulate a differential diagnosis to either treat or to confidently refer.

This program is an excellent learning format for dentists and dental hygienists who together diagnose and plan treatment for their patients.

Course Objectives

·       A practical and useful review of the diagnostic terminology and sequence necessary to formulate a differential diagnosis.

·       Appreciate practical methodology to help refine clinical diagnoses.

·       Formulate differential diagnosis on soft tissue and radiographic lesions.

·       Multiple clinical cases will be presented to enhance understanding and retention of material.

Recommended for…Dentists and Hygienists.

John L. Alonge, MS, DDS is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology.  He is currently in private practice in Erie, Pennsylvania.  Dr. Alonge is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Maryland, where he received his DDS as well as a MS in Anatomy.

Dr. Alonge was selected for the U.S. Air Force general practice residency program at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona and was then transferred to Hickam AFB, Hawaii where for three years he served as chief of Outpatient Oral Surgery prior to entering formal oral and maxillofacial residency training at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.  Upon completion of his surgery training in 1990, Dr. Alonge was then assigned to Wright-Patterson USAF Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio where he served as Oral Surgery Training Officer for the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program until 1994.

As a result of his years of teaching, Dr. Alonge has extensive experience in all subspecialty areas such as dento-alveolar surgery, dental implants, anesthesia, corrective jaw and facial surgery.  Dr. Alonge has lectured regionally, nationally and internationally and is on the Examination Committee for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 

Dr. Alonge is not associated with, employed by, nor consults for, any manufacturer, supplier, or retailer of dental instruments or materials.