Audio Recording

Diagnostic Pearls In Oral Medicine
Michael Siegel, DDS, MS, FDS RCSE


The World Health Organization has predicted that dentists will assume the role of “Oral Physicians” in the 21st century. This course will cover the nuances of medical history taking, extraoral and intraoral physical diagnosis, current American Heart Association and American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons premedication recommendations, bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis, physical diagnosis and pattern recognition, and radiographic changes of the periodontal ligament space. The format of this presentation is case-based and will encourage audience participation.

Learning objectives:
Participants will be able to:

• Critically evaluate a patients medical history.
• Recognize extraoral and intraoral signs of systemic disease and the dentists role in co-managing these conditions with the patient's physician.
• Prescribe antibiotic premedication for patients based on the literature and only for those dental p