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Amalgam: A Dental “Gold Standard” And The Challenges It Presents
Educational Objectives
After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:
• Describe the history and composition of amalgam and reasons why it is loved and hated.
• Discuss the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what it means for dentistry.
• Recognize amalgam regulations, equipment and management and how it affects you and your practice.
Abstract
Amalgam has long been a standard dental material for direct restorative purposes. Its use has long had its champions and opponents.
Over the years the movement for the elimination of amalgam use in our profession has grown and as such, the percentage utilization has steadily decreased. To protect our environment, regulations have been implemented to “control” the amalgam waste created in our offices and eliminated into our water systems, landfills and incinerators. Are you aware of them? Are you prepared to comply?
This webinar will review the long history of amalgam use, the “controversy” this material has undergone, the movement to eliminate it from use, and the steps you need to implement to stay in compliance and “protect the environment”.
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Author Bio
Karen L. Comisi, DISICP CDA, RDA, FAADA
Over the past 35 years, Karen has held almost every staff position in the dental office, with the exception of dentist and dental hygienist. She has been an orthodontic dental assistant, oral surgeon dental assistant, general dentist assistant, front desk and insurance coordinator, and was the co-founder, practice administrator and CFO for Dental Care with a Difference®, PC. She is currently the practice manager at Carolina Park Family Dentistry in Mount Pleasant, SC. She is a respected key opinion leader, author, speaker, and consultant. Karen was one of the first licensed, registered restorative function dental assistants in New York State and is a founding member of the Southern Tier Dental Assistants Society. She served on the NY State Board for Dentistry from 2010-2018 and served as a board member on the Dental Assistants National Board from 2015-2021. She is a fellow of the American Dental Assistants Association (ADAA), a member of the Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedure (OSAP), and the American Association of Dental Boards (AADB).
Dr. John Comisi
Dr. Comisi practiced general dentistry successfully in Ithaca, NY for 35 years where he was President and CEO of Sleep Focused Solutions, LLC and the Founder of Dental Care with a Difference®, PC, before relocating to South Carolina in August 2017 to join the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine with an appointment as an Assistant Professor. He is now an Associate Professor and is the Course Director for the College's Operative II (adhesive and esthetic dentistry) Course and Chair of the Oral Rehabilitation Department’s Dental Materials Committee.
A graduate of Northwestern University Dental School, he received his Bachelor of Science in Biology at Fordham University. He is a respected Key Opinion Leader, author, speaker and consultant who contributes regularly to the dental literature in such journals as the Journal of Dentistry, General Dentistry, Compendium of Continuing Dental Education, Dental Product Shopper, Dental Products Report, Dental Economics, CE Cosmetic Dentistry, Oral Health Journal, Dentistry Today, Inside Dentistry, Quintessence International, the European Journal of Dentistry, the European Dental Research and Biomaterials Journal, and the Journal of Dentistry.
He is a member of the Academy of Dental Materials, the American Academy of Cariology, the American Association for Oral Systemic Health, the International and American Association of Dental Research, and a member of The Dental Biomaterials Science-Research Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr. Comisi is a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry and holds Fellowships in the Academy of Dentistry International, the American College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the International College of Dentists.
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This free Dental Learning presentation is made possible through the continued support of Solmetex, LLC. Karen L. Comisi, DISICP CDA, RDA, FAADA and Dr. John Comisi are consultant and/or speaker for the following companies and/or organizations: Dental Learning, Solmetex, LLC. Karen L. Comisi, DISICP CDA, RDA, FAADA and Dr. John Comisi may receive an honorarium as compensation from the CE Supporter of this presentation and/or from Dental Learning for the time involved in preparing and delivering this online presentation.
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