2025 MINI RESIDENCY IN GERIATRIC DENTISTRY
Date:
Spring 2025, 3 Day Program (Friday – Sunday), Dates TBA
- Two days of lectures
- One day of clinical observations in long term care facility
Instructors:
Dr. Chris Wyatt, BSc, DMD, Dip Pros
Dr. Nicholas Tong, BHSc, DDS, MSc
Course Details will be confirmed shortly.
Topics include: key concepts in geriatric medicine and its relevance to dentistry and oral health, frailty and its impact on oral health, medical risk assessment in older adults, dementia friendly dentistry, management of common ethical and legal issues, safe prescribing for older adults, difficult extractions, patient management and managing difficult behaviours, safe patient transfer techniques, designing and delivering dental services for long term care facility residents, and so much more .....
Location:
The University of British Columbia (lectures) and long term care facility in Vancouver (clinical observation)