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Dentistry and Sinus Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
Category: Education

(Bilingual Presentation)

Zoom Meeting:  https://zoom.us/j/9802748698

 

Course Objectives/Overview:

  • Morphogenesis, development and anatomy of the paranasal sinuses
  • Sinusitis: Causes
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Diagnosis and treatment
  • Complications
  • Other sinus pathology
  • Oro-antral communications and fistulas

 Guest Speakers:

Edwin A. del Valle Sepulveda, DMD, JD is a Board-Certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon with over 30 years of clinical experience. After completing a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, he entered the University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine earning his DMD in 1986. He completed a Postgraduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Certificate in the University of Puerto Rico Hospitals in San Juan, PR. He also has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

For decades he has been an active member of the medical and dental community by participating in several professional organizations. He has been multi-term president of the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Puerto Rico (CCDPR) and the Puerto Rico Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (PRSOMS). For more than 15 years he has been a delegate in the American Dental Association (ADA) House of Delegates.

He is currently Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in the GPR Program of the Veterans Administration Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) in San Juan, PR.

 

Dr. Adolfo Rodriguez Nuñez  is a periodontist, civic and professional leader from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is the National Director of the Dominican Republic’s Sistema Nacional de Salud (SNS) and served as Advisor of Dentistry to the President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina. Dr. Rodriguez Nuñez is a multi term past president of the Asociación Odontológica Dominicana (AOD) and the Federación Odontológica Latino Americana (FOLA) for several years. He is a past delegate to the FDI World Dental Congress.