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Dean Connie Drisko, DDS, was a practicing dental hygienist for 16 years before receiving a dental degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and completing a hospital-based general practice residency at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas. She received her certificate in periodontics and became a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology in 1990, was elected as a Director in 2000 and served as Chairman in 2006. She is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy and was elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon in 1988. In 2001, she was selected as a Fellow for the Executive Leadership Academic Medicine (ELAM) program and is an active member of its alumni association (ELUM). She currently serves as Chairperson of the ADEA Women's Advisory Committee and is a member of the ADEA Dean's Council.
Dean Drisko's academic appointments include serving as a Clinical Dental Hygiene Instructor at both Tyler Junior College and the University of Oklahoma prior to completing her dental education and being appointed as an Assistant and Associate Professor for Periodontics in the School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City. After ten years in Missouri, she was appointed as the Chairperson and Professor of the Department of Periodontics, Endodontics, and Dental Hygiene at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky and later as the Associate Dean for Research and the Associate Dean for Academic Planning and Faculty Development. Currently, she is Dean and Merritt Professor at the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry in Augusta, Georgia.
Dean. Drisko has published over 60 papers and monographs and presented continuing education programs on non-surgical periodontal therapy and dentine hypersensitivity nationally and internationally. She has participated in numerous symposia and expert panels on local drug delivery, non surgical periodontal therapy and dentine hypersensitivity. Her clinical research interests include local drug delivery, non-surgical therapies and oral-health systemic diseases.
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Dr. Drisko will present:
"Enhanced Non-Surgical Antimicrobial Periodontal Therapy & Periodontal Medicine"
Friday, April 17, 2009 @ 10:00 am
Contemporary periodontal therapy consists of treatment modalities aimed at arresting infection, restoring lost structures, and maintaining a healthy periodontium. The mechanical removal of bacterial plaque, calculus and toxic material is an effective means of treatment for most inflammatory periodontal diseases. Other adjunctive chemotherapeutic treatment modalities aimed at halting periodontal disease progression include use of locally delivered antimicrobials with sustained release devices, antimicrobial irrigation, systemic antibiotics and other host modulation treatment strategies.
This course is designed to update the clinician on diagnostic and risk factors associated with recurrent and refractory periodontitis. Current information regarding the influence of smoking, diabetes, cardiovascular medications and periodontal disease progression will be highlighted. Patient-specific maintenance protocols will be addressed in detail, including micro ultrasonic debridement techniques used in combination with local or systemic antimicrobial therapy.
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