NEW PROGRAM
Spring 2025 | Dates TBA
3-Days (Friday – Sunday)
Two days of lectures and one day of clinical observations in a long term care facility
UBC Faculty
- Dr. Nicholas Tong, BHSc, DDS, MSc
- Dr. Chris Wyatt, BSc, DMD, Dip Pros
Topics
- 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 much more!
Course details will be confirmed shortly.
Location
UBC for lectures and a long term care facility in Vancouver for clinical observation.
Waitlist
Join our waitlist and we will notify you as soon as registration for this program opens.