Advance Dentistry and Oral Health. Predictors of In-Office vs. General Anesthesia Dental Care for Fearful Pediatric Patients. London, UK (June 2025) 

 

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Oral Health and Medical Conditions: The preterm birth checklist. Denver, CO (May 2025) 

 

Litchfield Dental Society. Barriers to In-Office Dental Treatment for Fearful Pediatric Patients. Meriden, CT (April 2025) 

 

Cheshire-Meriden- Wallingford Dental Society. Barriers to In-Office Dental Treatment for Fearful Pediatric Patients. Meriden, CT (April 2025) 

 

Behavior Health CT. The public Health Crisis of Dental Related Fear. Branford, CT (March 2025) 

 

Brooker Memorial Institute. Current Interventions for Dental Related Fear Diagnosis and Treatment. Torrington, CT (Sep 2024) 

  

World Dental Congress. The Burden of Dental Disease and Financial Costs of Patients with Dental Related Fear: Bangkok, Thailand (Feb 2024)  

  

University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry. Research, Clinical Training and Leading a Multi-faceted Dept. Minneapolis, MN (July 2023)  

  

International Association of Dental Research. Advancing Dental Fear/Anxiety Research: Conceptualizations, Assessments, and Future. SYMPOSIUM, Bogota, Columbia (June  

2023)  

  

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Advances in Dental Fear Research: Treating the Fear before Treating the Teeth. KEYNOTE SPEAKER- SCIENTIFIC SECTION, Orlando, FL (May 2023)  

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American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research. Importance of early diagnosis of fear in dental homes and the efficacy of anxiety reduction programs and digital technology in patient desensitization. WORKSHOP, Portland, OR (March 2023)  

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American Dental Education Association. Who is Afraid of Virgina Woolf, the Dentist??? SHORT TALK, Oral surgery, Anesthesia, Hospital Dentistry Group. Portland, OR (March 2023)  

 

International Academy of Paediatric Dentistry. Dental Home Anxiety and the Burden of Dental Disease. Rome, Italy (Oct 2022)  

  

University of Michigan, School of Dentistry. The Vicious Cycle of Dental Fear, Etiology, Populations at Risk, and Interventions to Eliminate Fear in Dental Homes.  Kenneth Easlick Symposium. FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Ann Arbor, MI (September 2022)  

  

International Association of Dental Research. Consequences of Early Onset Fear in  

Dental Homes, PART II. VIRTUAL HYBRID SYMPOSIUM, Chengdu, China (June 2022)  

  

International Association of Dental Research. Long- term Effects of Anxiety Reduction  

Programs in Reducing Dental Fear. SMALL TALKS, Chengdu, China (June 2022)  

  

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. A Dental Anxiety/ phobia Risk Assessment  

Tool to Identify the Anxious Pediatric Dental Patient and Modify Behavior Guidance  

Approaches. San Diego, CA (May 2022)  

  

University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Dentistry. Clinical Education and the Importance of Quality Improvement. Kansas City, MO (May 2022)  

  

University of the Pacific, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry. Early Introduction of  

Anxiety Reduction Programs Eliminate Pediatric Dental Fear. San Francisco, CA (May  

2022)  

  

University of the Pacific, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry. Academic Pediatric Dentistry, Challenges, and the Path Forward. San Francisco, CA (May 2022)  

  

American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research. Early Introduction of  

Anxiety Reduction Programs Eliminate Pediatric Dental Fear. SMALL TALKS. Atlanta, GA (March 2022)  

  

American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research. Consequences of  

Early Onset Fear in Dental Homes, PART I. VIRTUAL HYBRID SYMPOSIUM, Atlanta, GA (March 2022)  

  

American Dental Education Association (WORKSHOP). Dental, Fear, Anxiety, Phobia and Pain: Teaching New Cognitive Behavior Interventions to Ensure Patient Satisfaction and to Reduce Dental Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Philadelphia, PA (March 2022)  

  

University of Nebraska Medical Center, School of Dentistry. The future of Clinical  

Education and the Importance of Quality Improvement. Lincoln, NE (December 2021)  

 

International Association of Dental Research. An Anxiety Reduction Program as an Alternative to General Anesthesia for the Anxious Pediatric Dental Patient. VIRTUAL. Boston, MA (July 2021)  

  

International Academy of Paediatric Dentistry. Mini clinics. An Anxiety Reduction  

Program for Reducing the Need for Pediatric Dental Treatment Under General  

Anesthesia. VIRTUAL. Maastricht, Netherland (June 2021)  

  

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Breakfast Rounds. The Anxiety Reduction Program, an Alternative Tool to Reduce Dental Treatments Under General Anesthesia.  

VIRTUAL. Boston, MA (May 2021)  

  

University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry. Pre-term Birth. Patient  

Selection and Management During In-Office Dental Sedations. VIRTUAL. Los Angeles, CA (April 2021)  

  

University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry. Pre-term Birth. A Review and Intra oral Findings. VIRTUAL. Los Angeles, CA (April 2021)  

  

California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. Words of Wisdom (WOW). The Anxiety  

Reduction Program, an Alternative Tool to Reduce Dental Treatments Under General Anesthesia.  VIRTUAL. Palm Desert, CA (March, 2021)  

  

Gum Gardner’s RDH Study Club. Cerebral Palsy and Oral Health Findings. VIRTUAL. Portland, OR (February, 2021)  

  

Gum Gardner’s RDH Study Club. Asthma, Asthma Medications and Your Teeth.  

VIRTUAL. Portland, OR (February 2021)  

  

University of Pittsburgh, School of Dentistry. Leadership in Dentistry and the Path  

Forward. VIRTUAL. Pittsburgh, PA (January 2021)  

  

Oregon Health and Science University, School of Management. Capstone Project. Improving our understanding and delivery of value in healthcare at Queen’s Medical Center Rehabilitation Department. Honolulu, HI (June 2020)  

  

University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry. PREVENTISTRY: A More  

Cost-Effective Approach to Dental Disease Management. VIRTUAL. Los Angeles, CA (May 2020)  

  

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. PREVENTISTRY: A More Cost-Effective Approach to Dental Disease Management. VIRTUAL. El Paso, TX (April 2020)  

  

Medical University of South Carolina, JB Edwards, College of Dental Medicine.  

PREVENTISTRY: A More Cost-Effective Approach to Dental Disease Management.  

VIRTUAL. Charleston, SC (March 2020)  

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