The course is designed for dental professionals to develop dental programs for nursing homes and to update their skills in treating the elderly. Topics will include the physiology of aging, long-term care, rehabilitation, nutrition, dementia and mental health, among others. The course will feature multidisciplinary didactic seminars and clinical experience in a long-term care facility. Presenters include Drs. Michele Saunders, Eleonore Paunovich, Chih-ko Yeh and Carolyn Marshall, dental diagnostic science, and Dr. Thomas Marshall, restorative dentistry.
Enrollment is limited.
For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Marshall at ext. The wine and cheese reception will provide an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to meet the new dean and his wife, Gina Caliri.