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Restoring Dentofacial Form and Function Course

Saturday, April 27 - Monday, April 17, 2023
09:00 a.m. - 05:00 p.m.

Add to Calendar 2024-04-27 09:00:00 2023-04-17 17:00:00 Restoring Dentofacial Form and Function Course Stanley Liu, MD, DDS Gary K. Roberts, DDS Restoring occlusion and the facial skeleton to ideal form and function is the foundation to treating dentofacial trauma, deformity and sleep-disordered breathing. During this case-based lecture course, Drs. Liu and Roberts will cover the foundational knowledge in dentistry, and its contemporary applications to facial trauma repair, orthognathic surgery and sleep-apnea interventions. You Will Learn To recognize signs and symptoms of dentofacial trauma patients presenting to dental clinics To participate proactively in the overall care of more complex facial trauma patients To recognize signs and symptoms of patients with sleep-disordered breathing To communicate with other dental specialists and surgeons for orthognathic surgery with airway considerations Who Should Attend This informative course is designed for dentists, specialists and allied dental professionals. Tuition: $325 Dentists; $215 Allied Dental ProfessionalsProgram: 9:00 am – 4:00 pmLocation: Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, 155 Fifth Street, SFCredits: This activity is designated for 6 units of continuing education credit. Faculty Stanley Liu, MD, DDS, is an associate professor of otolaryngology and plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is director of the Stanford Sleep Surgery Fellowship, preceptor to the Stanford Oculoplastic Surgery Fellowship and a Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellow alumnus. Dr. Liu practices the full scope of sleep apnea surgery and introduced adult maxillary expansion (DOME) for OSA with Professor Christian Guilleminault in 2015. He has given keynote talks nationally and internationally across specialties and has published more than 100 scientific articles and medical texts. Gary K. Roberts, DDS, has performed hospital dentistry and surgery at Stanford University Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital since 1995. He is also an oral and maxillofacial surgery faculty member at the Dugoni School of Dentistry. He treats a variety of oral and maxillofacial conditions as well as orofacial pain. During his extensive military service, he was one of the leading researchers on combat trauma and the pathophysiology of projectile wounds. He currently serves as a member of the CDA’s Council on Peer Review and is an anesthesia evaluator for the Dental Board of California. He speaks on a variety of topics to organizations both in the U.S. and abroad. 155 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry America/Los_Angeles public

Stanley Liu, MD, DDS
Gary K. Roberts, DDS

Restoring occlusion and the facial skeleton to ideal form and function is the foundation to treating dentofacial trauma, deformity and sleep-disordered breathing. During this case-based lecture course, Drs. Liu and Roberts will cover the foundational knowledge in dentistry, and its contemporary applications to facial trauma repair, orthognathic surgery and sleep-apnea interventions.

You Will Learn

To recognize signs and symptoms of dentofacial trauma patients presenting to dental clinics
To participate proactively in the overall care of more complex facial trauma patients
To recognize signs and symptoms of patients with sleep-disordered breathing
To communicate with other dental specialists and surgeons for orthognathic surgery with airway considerations

Who Should Attend

This informative course is designed for dentists, specialists and allied dental professionals.

Tuition: $325 Dentists; $215 Allied Dental Professionals
Program: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, 155 Fifth Street, SF
Credits: This activity is designated for 6 units of continuing education credit.

Faculty

Stanley Liu, MD, DDS, is an associate professor of otolaryngology and plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is director of the Stanford Sleep Surgery Fellowship, preceptor to the Stanford Oculoplastic Surgery Fellowship and a Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellow alumnus. Dr. Liu practices the full scope of sleep apnea surgery and introduced adult maxillary expansion (DOME) for OSA with Professor Christian Guilleminault in 2015. He has given keynote talks nationally and internationally across specialties and has published more than 100 scientific articles and medical texts.

Gary K. Roberts, DDS, has performed hospital dentistry and surgery at Stanford University Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital since 1995. He is also an oral and maxillofacial surgery faculty member at the Dugoni School of Dentistry. He treats a variety of oral and maxillofacial conditions as well as orofacial pain. During his extensive military service, he was one of the leading researchers on combat trauma and the pathophysiology of projectile wounds. He currently serves as a member of the CDA’s Council on Peer Review and is an anesthesia evaluator for the Dental Board of California. He speaks on a variety of topics to organizations both in the U.S. and abroad.