Natoosha Nargaski (Hon)BSc, DDS, MSc (ORTHO) FRCD(C) Assistant
Professor and the Coordinator of the Graduate Orthodontics Clinic at the
University of Toronto.
This series
features university-based key opinion leaders presenting numerous topics on
multiple dates and times. Presentations are available to meet every dental health
care professional’s schedule and interests.
Orthodontics and the Family Practice Dentist
Saturday AM 5/13/2023
11 AM EST | 10AM CST | 8AM PST
This course is geared towards enabling Family Practitioners
to better serve their multigenerational family based offices. In dentistry we
often fall into the trap of looking at the ultra-focused picture of single
teeth and identifying what disease processes are occurring, but a broader focus
is also part of our purview as practitioners. It is in our armamentarium to
prevent problems before they occur, to treat teeth that are not yet present, to
guide an occlusion, to treat the whole smile which ultimately includes the
whole face and patient.
This course will examine in detail the thorough process
of screening patients, reviewing features to examine for both extra orally,
intra orally, radiographically and upon clinical exam. Diagnostic record taking
and keeping for orthodontics as well as diagnosis and treatment planning
including extra oral and intra oral analysis, functional analysis,
cephalometric analysis and timing of various treatments will be reviewed. We
will go over ways to recognize what is within the scope of practice of the
family practitioner and when to refer for a specialist opinion. For those
treatments within your scope of practice, and thus that ought to be in the
tool-house of every family practitioner, the course will also review proper
formulation of treatment objectives, treatment planning and informed consent
for orthodontic treatment.
A brief overview of interceptive orthodontic
treatment planning including a short review of appliances that can be in common
use in a GP setting will be covered. Comprehensive orthodontic treatment
planning, adult orthodontic treatment planning and retention will be touched
upon.
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be
able to:
Assess and analyze their patient base and know when an
orthodontic issue may be arising or exists
Identify when the treatment falls within their scope of
practice and how to treatment plan such cases, whether interceptive or
comprehensive treatment
Screen and determine what is out of their scope of practice
and when to seek further assistance for the patient by an orthodontist
Identify what diagnostic record keeping is required for orthodontic treatment
and, in a cursory way, how to analyze these records
Describe what is involved in proper informed consent for
orthodontic treatment.
Meet the Speaker:
Natoosha Nargaski (Hon)BSc, DDS, MSc (ORTHO) FRCD(C) Assistant
Professor and the Coordinator of the Graduate Orthodontics Clinic at the
University of Toronto. She is also the president of the Ontario Association of
Orthodontists. She has earned an (Hon)BSc degree in Laboratory Medicine and
Pathobiology from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, St.
George Campus and earned both her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and her MSc
specialty in Orthodontics from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of
Dentistry. She did a GPR at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and is
dually licensed to practice in both Ontario and Connecticut, where she
practiced after her specialty training and before returning to Toronto. She is
a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and is a member of the
Canadian Association of Orthodontists, the Great Lakes Association of
Orthodontists and the Ontario Association of Orthodontists.
PLEASE NOTE: THE ACDE LECTURE SERIES VIA ZOOM WILL NOT BE RECORDED FOR SELF STUDY. LECTURES ARE ONLY OFFERED LIVE AT THE TIME/ON THE DAY LISTED.
