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Doug Young, DDS
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Contemporary Treatment of a New Infectious
Disease: Dental Caries -- It's Not What We Were Taught in
School!
In recent years, much has been learned about the
balance between demineralization and remineralization of enamel and
tooth roots including several ways in which fluoride acts to inhibit
or reverse the caries process. New understanding of these mechanisms
can be put to clinical use. Dr. Young will describe and illustrate
the new thinking about fluoride and caries in the context of caries
risk assessment and the prevention or reversal of caries. The balance
between the bacterial challenge and the protection offered by saliva
and fluoride together will be described. New restorative designs
and techniques will also be discussed. Insurance and educational
issues, as well as political implications of this new way of thinking
will be explored. (Full or half day)
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Diagnostic
Sciences
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Dr. Douglas A.
Young is an Associate Professor
in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences
at the University of the Pacific School
of Dentistry. A graduate of the
University of California San Francisco,
he maintains a part-time appointment
at UCSF while lecturing widely on cariology
and the modern management of dental
caries, the new use of fluorides, and
contemporary restorative techniques.
He is currently participating in clinical
research using lasers to ablate dental
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