Lee Weinstein
Core Smiles Consulting, United States
Title: Silver Diamine Fluoride: A New, Old Approach to Dental Caries Management.
Biography:
Dr. Lee Weinstein, is a practicing Pediatric Dentist with over 30 years experience. He received his undergraduate education and later his dental degree at Temple University. He further pursued Pediatric specialty training and received a Pediatric Certificate from Temple/St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. He is a member of the American Dental Association, Arizona Dental Association, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and a Fellow of the American Society of Dentistry for Children. As a dental educator, Dr. Weinstein's career has spanned multiple positions including Fairleigh Dickinson School of Dental Medicine where he taught for eight years, the Pediatric Director of a GP residency at Nassau County Medical Centre on Long Island, New York; and as an attending for fifteen years in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Long Island, and most recently Scottsdale, Arizona.
Abstract:
Silver diamine fluoride has caught everyone's attention. In fact, we're willing to bet your patients have begun asking you about it. Here's what you need to know about incorporating it into your dental practice
Countless patients would benefit from conservative treatment of non-symptomatic active carious lesions. It outperforms other anti caries medicaments in killing cariogenic bacteria in dentinal tubules. Surprised.....you should not be. It was being written about back as far as 1917!
Recently, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) emerged as a new chemotherapeutic option for caries management in the United States. SDF has long been used in Japan, Australia, and Argentina in caries prevention, and the value of silver ions to treat dental caries has been known for more than a century. SDF currently is designated by the US Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for dentinal hypersensitivity in adults. The application of SDF to treat caries is considered an off-label use, similar to fluoride varnish. As with other forms of off-label use, however, clinicians should use their professional judgment when choosing SDF for caries prevention.
This course will present insights on the use of SDF and how to implement it into your practice to benefit the children