CE0963: We’re All Getting Older: Achieving Success in Geriatric Dentistry

Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA

Course Description:

The number of Americans over 65 is expected to almost double in the next few decades
and the number over 85 will quadruple. The Baby boomer generation is reaching 65 at a
time when people are now keeping their teeth their whole lives. The new emerging
generation of “baby boomers with teeth” will present many challenges and opportunities
for the dental profession.

This course will provide oral health professionals with tools to assess the needs of older
adults, analyze their often complex medical, physical, and social situations, and provide
optimum treatment for each individual.

Course Objectives - As a result of attending this course, the participant should be able to:

• Describe the process for assessing patients' complex medical, physical, and social situations
• List the principles for developing a treatment plan that is optimal for each individual and
  considers their individual circumstances and conditions
• Explain how the social and legal issue impact oral health and dental care delivery such as:
  the evolution of the health team, consent, elder abuse and neglect, and strategies for working
  with caregivers
• Use effective preventive practices for older adults
• List specific treatment techniques targeted to older patients

Instructor:

PAUL GLASSMAN is Professor of Dental Practice and Director of Community Oral Health at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni, School of Dentistry in San Francisco. In addition, he is a former President of the Special Care Dentistry Association, a national organization of oral health and other professionals dedicated to improving oral health for people with special needs and older adults. He is also Co-Director of the Statewide California Pipeline Program, Co-Director of the Pacific Center for Special Care and Co-Director of the California Statewide Task Force on Oral Health for People with Disabilities and Aging Californians.

Dr. Glassman has had many years of dental practice experience treating complex patients and has published and lectured extensively in the areas of Hospital Dentistry, Dentistry for Patients with Special Needs, Dentistry for Individuals with Medical Disabilities, Dentistry for Patients with Dental Fear, and Geriatric Dentistry. He has a long career working with special populations in a variety of practice and community settings. He has developed and acted as PI for many community-service demonstration and research programs designed to improve oral health for people with disabilities and other underserved populations.

Dr. Glassman also has many year of experience in developing and managing advanced dental education programs in general dentistry. He has directed GPR and AEGD programs and served on numerous committees for the Commission on Dental Accreditation. In addition, he has developed distance education programs for use in dental schools, continuing education and residency education environments.

inally Dr. Glassman has been prominent in advocacy efforts on a state and national level for health system reform to improve oral health systems for people with a wide variety of disabilities.

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University of Washington is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.	The University of Washington is an ACDE member.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
University of Washington designates this activity for 7 continuing education credits.