The Importance of Integrated Treatment Planning
Speaker
Paresh Shah, DMD, Cert. Esthetic Dentistry, has been in private practice in Winnipeg, Canada since 1992. He graduated from the University of Manitoba Dental School in 1991 and completed a General Practice Residency at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg after graduation in 1992. Prior to dentistry, he received a B.Sc.(Microbiology) in 1983 and an M.Sc.(Physiology) in 1987 from the University of Manitoba. Subsequently, he completed a Certificate of Proficiency in Aesthetic Dentistry from the University of Buffalo(SUNY) in 2007.
Dr. Shah has served as a clinical mentor in the Post-Graduate Program in Esthetic Dentistry at the University of Minnesota from 2001-2009 and is currently an instructor at the University of Manitoba Dental School in the department of fixed prosthodontics. He is on the editorial board of Teamwork Journal and the Canadian Journal of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics. He is co-founder and co-director of a Seattle Study Club affiliate in Winnipeg.
Dr. Shah lives in Winnipeg with his wife Priti and daughter Serena.
Disclosure: Dr. Shah has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Description
This presentation will highlight several principles that are essential for the practitioner to consider in treatment planning an interdisciplinary case. Identifying the criteria to determine the need for multiple disciplines will be explained through clinical case examples. This presentation will include clinical conditions commonly found in everyday practice. Participants will be shown a simple but effective set of parameters that can be used immediately in their treatment planning process
Educational Objectives
- Learn simple criteria to distinguish between a routine restorative case and an interdisciplinary case
- Learn how to leverage your interdisciplinary team to optimize outcomes
Contact
For information, please contact Penn Dental Medicine Continuing Dental Education at:
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu