Part of the UT Health San Antonio.
As an orthodontist-scientist with years of experience as an attending faculty of prominent academic orthodontic programs, I am aware that there is a substantial unmet need to identify mechanisms of clinically relevant but under-diagnosed conditions of craniofacial bones, which clinicians often encounter in dental practice settings as lesions occurring in load-bearing structures such as the temporomandibular joint and dentoalveolar process. Our current understanding of craniofacial bone diseases lags behind congenital craniofacial bone anomalies or inflammation-induced periodontal diseases. In recent years, bone-making stem cells – skeletal stem cells – have been gaining attention as a central regulator of skeletal development, diseases, and regeneration. Using our expertise in vivo genetic lineage-tracing studies in mice, our research program has substantially contributed to unraveling the uniquely plastic and local nature of skeletal stem cells. I currently aim to establish skeletal stem cell plasticity as a central mechanism of craniofacial bone formation and diseases. My goal to update the blanketed classifications of craniofacial bone formation to a more functional classification centered on skeletal stem cells and their inherent plasticity as a driving mechanism of craniofacial bone formation and diseases. I envision that craniofacial skeletal stem cell plasticity provides a potential therapeutic target for craniofacial bone diseases.
It is the policy of the UT Health San Antonio Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Relationships of spouse/partner with proprietary entities producing health care goods or services should be disclosed if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member will be shared with the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation.
Continuing Dental Education Staff members have nothing to disclose.
Check-in: 5:30 PM
Program time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
UT Dentistry COHR
8210 Floyd Curl Dr
San Antonio, TX 78229
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Hours: 1
Program Times Updated to 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The course lecture is from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM with reception to follow from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM