Professional Development

Certification

• IADR (06/2016)
• GA/CS/MGA Evaluation (05/2016)
• AADR (03/2016)
• Adhesion in Operative Dentistry (03/2016)
• Pediatric Oral Health Research -Trauma, Imaging, Endodontics, Genetics (03/2016)
• How to Examine and Record Oral Odor-Methods in Depth (02/2016)

Classes

• Nitrous Oxide–Oxygen Inhalational Sedation: Managing Pain and Anxiety Management of Medical Emergencies: An Update, 2nd Edition California Dental Practice Act, 5th Edition Infection Control: A Review and Update, 2nd Edition GA/CS/MGA Evaluation Implant Site Development II Implant Complications and Autologous Growth Factor (01/2019 - 11/2019)
•   General Anesthesia, Conscious Sedation evaluation (05/2018)
• Your Invention from Great Idea to Patent: "The Journey", Three-dimensional Printing and Bioprinting for Tissue Engineering, Microbiology/Immunology: Streptococci, BiofilmsandDental Caries, Precision Oral Cancer Medicine, Periodontal Pathogenesis I, Dental Anesthesiology Research I, New Era of Caries Detection, Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis: Clinical Needs and Current Animal Models, Evolutionary Foundations for Dental Research and Practice, Dental Anxiety; Emergency Department Use; Oral Health in Immigrant Populations,Oral Premalignant and Malignant Lesions and Risk Factors,Substance Use; Older Adults; Medical Comorbidities, Implant-Tissue Interface: Current Challenges and Opportunities, Tooth Decay and Liver Decay: The Nexus of Physicians and Dentists, (03/2018)
• California Dental Practice Act (06/2017)
• Infection Control: A Review and Update (06/2017)
• Pain Management for the Dental Professional (06/2017)
• Sedation and Airway Management in the Dental Office (06/2017)
• Safety Enhancement & Infection control (09/2016)
• Oral Medicine & Pathology I (06/2016)
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery I (06/2016)
• Synaptic Brain Dysfunction (06/2016)
• Dental Plaque Control I (06/2016)
• Periodontal Regeneration & Wound Healing (06/2016)
• Microbiology/Immunology-Oral Immunology & Inflammation (06/2016)
• TMJ Biology & Occlusion (06/2016)
• Designed Chemical Synthesis and Assembly of Uniform-sized Nanoparticles for Medical Application (06/2016)
• Geriatric Oral Health, Health and Occlusion (06/2016)
• Anesthesia, Pain Control & Sedation: Efficacy, Toxicity & Special Care Patients II (06/2016)
• Pediatric Oral Health Research: Restorative Materials, Orthodontics, Caries, Special Populations & Genetics (06/2016)
• Regenerative Endodontics (06/2016)
• Orofacial Pain (06/2016)
• Implants in Prosthodontics-Data from Clinical & in-vitro Studies (06/2016)
• Genetral anesthesia/Conscious sedation/MGA Evaluation (05/2016)
• Adhesion to Indirect Restorations and Orthodontic Appliances (03/2016)
• Caries Risk Factors and Prevention (03/2016)
• Curbing Global Obesity Epidemic: From Science to Policy (03/2016)
•  Erosion, Demineralization/Remineralization (03/2016)
• Infection/Immunity and Dental Stem Cells, Regenerative Protocols & Endodontics (03/2016)
• Periodontal Disease, Tooth Loss and Pregnancy (03/2016)
• Why is Jack More Likely to Become Department Chair Than Jill? (03/2016)
• Outcomes of Prosthodontic Treatments (03/2016)
• Adhesion in Prosthetic Dentistry, Endodontics & Orthodontics (03/2016)
• Cariology Research-Clinical & Epidemiological Studies II (03/2016)
• Biological Effects of Materials for Endodontic Therapies (03/2016)
• Race, Health and Justice in the Genomic Age (03/2016)
• Tooth Development (03/2016)
• CPR (11/2015)
• How to Examine and Record Oral Odor-Methods in Depth (11/2015)
• Drug Diversion and Best Practice Prescribing Controlled Substances (10/2015)
• Management of oral ssurgery complications (06/2015)
• Sedation and airway management in the dental office (05/2015)
• Managing medical Emergencies in the dental office (05/2015)
• Nitrous oxide (05/2015)
• California Dental Practice Act (04/2015)
• Inflammation in Atherogenesis-A Translational Tale (03/2015)
• Universal Adhesives (03/2015)
• Adhesive Interface Stability: Role of Proteases and Ultrastructural Interactions (03/2015)
• Resin Composites-Contraction Stresses, Depth of Cure and Polymerization (03/2015)
• Adhesives and Composites (03/2015)
• Diagnosis of Oral Disease (03/2015)
• Looking for the Origins of Human Morality: Evidence from the Scientific Studies of Babies (03/2015)
• Bone Grafting Materials and Methods (03/2015)
• Endodontics and Light Transmission (03/2015)
• Ceramic Bonding (03/2015)
• Next Steps for the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) - Educational Method: Symposium (06/2014)
• Updates on Surveillance of Periodontitis in the United States - Educational Method: (06/2014)
• HPV Infection - Oral Sex - Oral Cancer: A Public Health Concern at Chairside (06/2014)
• Mechanisms that Regulate Local and Systemic Impact of Periodontal Inflammation (06/2014)
• Caring for the Uncared: Research Findings on Self-Perceived Stigma by HIV Positive Individuals, Patients with Mental Health & Addiction, the Frail Elderly, and the Working (06/2014)
• Infection Control (06/2014)
• Bond Strength to Caries Affected Dentin; Desensitizing Agents (06/2014)
• Leaving Caries – Unacceptable, Inevitable or Desirable? (06/2014)
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery II (06/2014)
• Periodontal Disease and Systemic Diseases (06/2014)
• Adhesives Bond Strength; Factors That Affect Bond Strength; New Adhesives and Devices (06/2014)
• Oral Microbiology II (06/2014)
• Overcoming the Disciplinary Divides: Tackling Complexity with a Transdisciplinary Prism (06/2014)
• Next Generation Imaging in Dentistry: From Pulp to Cortex (06/2014)
• Distinguished Lecture Series: Pamela Robey - Stem Cells in Tissue (03/2014)
• Bonding and Adhesion Interfaces (03/2014)
• Curing Lights and Other Optical Equipment (03/2014)
• Infection Control in Dental Medicine (03/2014)
• "Drug Diversion and Best Practice Prescribing Controlled Substances” and “Acute Pain in Your Dental Practice: Opioid Risk Assessing and Effective Pain Management”. (10/2013)
• CPR (08/2013)
• N2O Sedation-Guide to Pain & Anxiety Management (06/2013)
• California Dental Practice Act (06/2013)
• Managing Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office (06/2013)
• pain management for the dental professional (05/2013)
• Nitrous Oxide (05/2013)
• updates in patient education and reporting (09/2012)
• Infection control (06/2012)
• Causes of bad breath and new developments on breath research (03/2012)
• Infection control (03/2012)
• Post system (11/2011)
• Implant prosthodontics complications and their prevention (06/2011)
• Early Third Molar Removal (06/2011)
• faculty and student presentations: faculty advance seminar (06/2011)
• N2O Sedation-Guide to pain and anxiety management (05/2011)
• Managing medical emergencies in the dental office (05/2011)
• California dental practice act (05/2011)
• Infection control-california regulations (05/2011)
• pain management for the dental professional (05/2011)
• Nitrous Oxide (05/2011)
• International Association of Dental Research/American Association of Dental Research (03/2011)
• Tooth whitening overview: Clinical and research perspectives (02/2011)
• Taking Mini Dental Implants to the Next Level (06/2010)
• Taking Mini Dental Implants to the Next Level (06/2010)
• Research day (03/2010)
• GA/CS/MGA Evaluator Caliberation Course (03/2010)
• IMTEC Sendax Mini dental Implant system (03/2010)
• Bad breath:Causes and Diagnosis (02/2010)
• The Color of Esthetics: from research to applications (02/2010)
• Faculty advance seminar:clinical case Presentations (09/2009)
• Clinical Intravenous sedation (08/2009)
• California Dental Practice Act (06/2009)
• Infection Control-California regulations (06/2009)
• Faculty advance-clinical reports (06/2009)
• Tobacco Seessation and the Dental Team (09/2008)
• What is new in Endodontics (06/2008)
• Comparison of Visual Shade Guide Results to Colorimeter Data.37th American Academy of Dental Research annual meeting & exhibition, Dallas, Texas (04/2008)
• Recent Advances in Tooth Bleaching (02/2008)
• A 26 year case study of tooth wear (09/2007)
• BLS Healthcareprovider CPR/AED (08/2007)
• California dental practice act (04/2007)
• Infection control (04/2007)
• Clinical Research at LLUSD; faculty advance seminar (12/2006)
• A perspective in Esthetic Dentistry and Prosthodontics (06/2006)
• Caries risk assessment: A standard of practice for caries prevention (06/2006)
• IADR(84th general session & exhibition of IADR) (06/2006)
• Loma Linda symposia Track (04/2006)
• The Interface of Psyche and Soma:A stepped Approach to Postoperative Pain Control (04/2006)
• Causes, Diagnosis, and  Treatment of halitosis (02/2006)
• Adhesives, Bonding, Composites (02/2006)
• Myths and Facts in the Quest for Whiter Teeth (11/2005)
• Advances in Dental Materials:Truth, Myths & consequences (10/2005)
• BCLS/CPR"C"-Health Care Provider (08/2005)
• The productive hygiene Department (06/2005)
• Definitive Case Presentation and Increased Case Acceptance (06/2005)
• Your practice good to  great (05/2005)
• Diagnosis of caries and risk assessment (03/2005)
• Causes, Diagnosis, and  Treatment of halitosis (02/2005)
• Recent Advances in role of Chronic Inflammation in oral and systemic health (11/2004)
• Periodontics (10/2004)
• Update on dental bonding agents (05/2004)
• Science based clinical dentistry (04/2004)
• California Law & infection control (01/2004)
• Wilson Fixed/Removable Seminar Workshop (09/2003)
• California Law (05/2003)
• Soft & Hard Tissue Legion of Oral Cavity (04/2003)
• Endodontics for GP (03/2003)
• The Joy of Dentistry (03/2003)
• Spacemaintainers Sassouni plus Cephalometrics (05/2002)
• Infection Control (04/2002)
• Ask the specialists of oral maxillofaical surgery (03/2002)
• Introducing Orthodontic Aligners into your practice (03/2002)
• Clinical users of Twilight Accelerated Teeth Whitening systems and soft lissed Application (12/2001)
• Educator''s Conference (11/2001)
• Orthodontic Summit (10/2001)
• Orthodontic Success (10/2001)
• Sports Dentistry (05/2001)
• Medical Emergency (04/2001)
• Management of Children (03/2001)
• TMJ disorder (03/2001)
• Orthodontic Summit (10/2000)
• Health Care Provider CPR (08/2000)
• Endodontics (07/2000)

Post-doc Training

• Clinical Intravenous sedation (08/2009)
• Clinical Dental Research (06/2005 - 08/2005)

Seminars and Conferences

• Keynote Address; Different Impacts on Masticatory Function, Pharmacology/Therapeutics/Toxicology I, Tooth Pain: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Bone Mechanical Stimulation and its Therapeutic Applications, Orofacial Pain and Jaw Dysfunction, Dental Anesthesiology Research in Local Anesthesia & Analgesia, TMDs, Removable Denture Studies I, The Gut - Its Role in the Development of Obesity and Diabetes, Orofacial Pain, Adhesion to CAD/CAM Restorative Materials, Oral Pain: Effects of Stress, Food PreferenceandMotor Skills, Orthodontics Research: Clinical Science, Evolution's Bite: Using Teeth to Reconstruct Diets of Human Ancestors, Orthodontics Research: Imaging and Diagnosis II, Pain Signaling: Role of Neurotransmitters, Immune System & Molecular Pathways   (07/2018)
• American Association for Dental Research (03/2018 - 05/2018)
• International Association for Dental research research conference (06/2016)
• American Association for Dental Research research conference (03/2016)
• 45th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADR Los Angeles, Ca. (03/2016)
• How to Examine and Record Oral Odor-Methods in Depth Given continuing education (02/2016)
• International Association of Dental Research 93rd IADR, 44th AADR, 39th CADR, (03/2015)
• What Causes Oral Malodor-How It Affects Our Body (02/2015)
• Next Steps for the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) - Educational Method: Symposium (06/2014)
•  HPV Infection - Oral Sex - Oral Cancer: A Public Health Concern at Chairside (06/2014)
• Mechanisms that Regulate Local and Systemic Impact of Periodontal Inflammation (06/2014)
• Updates on Surveillance of Periodontitis in the United States - Educational Method: (06/2014)
• Distinguished Lecture Series: Helena Cronin - Sex at Work: The Truth About Male-Female Differences (06/2014)
• Caring for the Uncared: Research Findings on Self-Perceived Stigma by HIV Positive Individuals, Patients with Mental Health & Addiction, the Frail Elderly, and the Working Poor (06/2014)
• Infection Control (06/2014)
• Bond Strength to Caries Affected Dentin; Desensitizing Agents (06/2014)
• Leaving Caries – Unacceptable, Inevitable or Desirable? (06/2014)
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery II (06/2014)
• Periodontal Disease and Systemic Diseases (06/2014)
• Adhesives Bond Strength; Factors That Affect Bond Strength; New Adhesives and Devices (06/2014)
• Oral Microbiology II (06/2014)
• Distinguished Lecture Series: Usuf M.E. Chitke - Overcoming the Disciplinary Divides: Tackling Complexity with a Transdisciplinary Prism (06/2014)
• Next Generation Imaging in Dentistry: From Pulp to Cortex (06/2014)
• Color and Appearance I (03/2014)
• Color and Appearance III (03/2014)
• Distinguished Lecture Series- The Transition From Acute to Persistent Pain After Orofacial Nerve Injury (03/2014)
• Tooth Pulp, Pain Control, and Oral Cancer (03/2014)
• Inflammation and Response (03/2014)
• Adhesion to Restoring Materials & Cements (03/2014)
• International Association of Dental Research (03/2013)
• International Association ofDental Research (06/2012)
• dermal fillers for peri-oral esthetics (05/2011)
• Botox for esthetics and dental therapeutics (03/2011)
• Tooth bleaching symposium: quest for whiter teeth-trend and traps (11/2010)
• The 2010 one day blueprint to extraordinary success (10/2010)
• How to successfully prepare articles for submission to the int. J Ortho. (08/2010)
• How to properly use orthoCAD digital models (08/2010)
• International Association of Dental Research/American Association of Dental Research (07/2010)
• AADR(39th annual meeting & exhibition of IAADR) (03/2010)
• 87th IADR & 38th AADR (04/2009)
• IADR(86th general session & exhibition of IADR), Toronto, Canada (07/2008)
• California Dental Association (05/2008)
• Effect of Three Essential Oils on Volatile Sulfur Compound Production in Phorphyromonas gingivalis.The 7th International conference on Breath Odor Research. (08/2007)
• International Society of Breath Odor Research (08/2007)
• Attended Nobel Biocare, world Conference 2007, Las Vegas, NV to present "Shear Bond Strength of Esthetic Resin Cements for Cementation of Alumina Coping Material to Human Tooth Dentin" (05/2007)
• Completion and passed examination for the "Working With the IACUC" course on research training. (04/2007)
• Completion and passed examination for the "Working With Swine in Research Settings" course on research training. (04/2007)
• IADR(84th general session & exhibition of IADR), louisiana (03/2007)
• Attended workshop at Philips Oral Healthcare, Snoqualmie, WA. to speak about "Tooth color measurement; Visual and Electronic" (11/2006)
• Organization Where Science matter IADR Brisbane, Australia. IADR, 84th General Session (06/2006)
• Atteded IADR(84th General Session, Brisbane, Australia) to p[resent "A Survey of Social Behavior related to Bad Breath" (06/2006 - 07/2006)
• Organization Where Science matter CDA Anaheim, CA CDA 2006 Scientific Convention (04/2006)
• Organization Where Science matter School of Dentistry/LLU LLU 46th Alumni Student Scientific Convention (02/2006)
• International Association of Dental Research/American Association of Dental Research (03/2005)
• Organization Where When Science matter 83rd General Session & Exhibition of the IADR 34th Annual Meeting of the AADR 29th Annual Meeting of the CADR Baltimore, MD March 9-12, 2005 Comparison of Oral Odor between Vegetarians and Non-Vegetarians (07/2004 - 06/2005)
• 6th International conference on breath odor (04/2004)
• International Association of Dental Research/American Association of Dental Research (03/2004)
• IADR (06/2003)
• AADR (03/2003)
• Table Clinic (04/2002)
• IADR/AADR (03/2002)

Special Projects

• Proof reading for The Gift of Literacy  for publication (05/2017 - 06/2017)
• The Key aspects on Bad Breath (02/2014)
• Student research symposium (02/2013)
• Student research presentations 2011 (03/2011)
• Dental Boot Kamp Level 1 (12/2009)