Friday, September 15, 2000

Theme 1: Non-resorative approaches

 
7:00 am
Registration
m
 
7:45 am
Introduction and Welcome
Dan Sneed
 
8:00 am
Current concepts of dental caries and its prevention: The role of third-party insurers
Maxwell H. Anderson
 
8:55 am
Risk assessment
Kenneth J. Anusavice
 
9:45 am
Break
m
 
10:00 am
Remineralization
Laurence C. Chow
 
10:55 am
Replacement Therapy for the Prevention of Dental Caries
Jeffrey D. Hillman
 
11:50 am
Potential for vaccines in the prevention of carious lesions
Michael W. Russell
 
12:40 pm
Panel discussion: What questions need to be answered to move our knowledge further through research? How do third parties impact treatment decisions? Do dentists evaluate caries risk effectively? What specific solutions are provided through probiotics?
Nairn Wilson, Moderator
 
1:00 pm
Lunch
 
2:00 pm
Research and Training Programs on Biomimetics at NIDCR/NIH
Eleni Kousvelari
 
2:55 pm
Assessment of current approaches to dental education
Mark A. Latta
 
3:50 pm
Ways underserved population could benefit from new approaches

Charles R.Hook

 
4:45 pm
Panel discussion: What are the barriers to improving education of new dentists? What are the barriers to changing dentist's practices? How can dental educators be encouraged to include non-restorative approaches in curricula? Is a non-restorative approach more cost effective for the economically disadvantaged? What specifically is being done to remove roadblocks to advancement of non-restorative techniques?
Henry Young, Moderator

Saturday, September 16, 2000

Theme 2: Metallic restorative materials and historical standards

 
7:00 am
Registration
m
 
8:00 am
Performance standards for competitive dental materials
E. Steven Duke/ Jeffery A. Platt
 
8:55 am
Mercury, its impact on the environment and its biocompatibility
John W. Osborne
 
9:45 am
Break
 
10:00 am
Gold as a historic standard and its role for the future
Cleveland T. Smith
 
10:55 am
Research into non-Hg containing metallic alternatives
Frederick C. Eichmiller
 
11:45 am
Panel discussion: What is the future for dental amalgam? Can alternative materials meet historical standards? Can non-Hg containing metals provide practical, economical, alternatives?
Moderator, TBAm
 
12:00 pm
Lunch  

Theme 3: Conservation Dentistry Through Adhesion and Non-Metallic Materials

 
1:00 pm
Adhesives and cements to promote preservation dentistry
Bart Van Meerbeek
 
1:55 pm
Recent commercial composite formulations
M. Mike Suzuki
 
2:45 pm
Break
m
 
3:00 pm
Indirect resin and ceramic systems
Anne Peutzfeldt
 
3:55 pm
Various forms on inonomers
Reinhard A. Hickel
 
4:45 pm
Panel discussion: Are present, non-metallic restorative alternatives viable as replacements for amalgam? How do these materials preserve and protect dental hard tissues?
Dr. Frank Caughman

Sunday, September 17, 2000

Theme 4: Future materials and biocompatibility

 
7:00 am
Registration
m
 
8:00 am
Direct posterior composite restorations
Didier Dietschi
 
8:55 am
Future polymers
Jack L. Ferracane
 
9:45 am
Break
 
10:00 am
Future ceramic systems
Jean-Francois Roulet
 
10:55 am
Biocompatibility of restorative materials
Arne-Hensten Pettersen
 
11:45 am
Panel discussion: How can future materials be developed to promote conservation and prevention? How can future materials overcome previous shortcomings? To what degree are biocompatibility issues considered for future materials?
Dorothy McComb
 
12:00 pm
Directions for future research/summary
Ivar Mjor

 

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