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Minimally Invasive Dentistry: Patient Behavior Change – When and how do you decide to restore and provide definitive treatment? | July 13, 2022

Date of Presentation: July 13, 2022

Type: Past Presentation  

Program: Oral Health  

In this series of presentations, Dr. Sean Kelly, Dental Support Center Clinical Consultant at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, reviews Minimally Invasive Dentistry concepts, discuss patient caries risk assessments, discussing behavior changes to improve patient dental health, and when and how to decide when to restore teeth and provide definitive treatment. Then, Dr. Sean Kelly discusses a de-identified patient case.

The one-hour Oral Health ECHO virtual clinics offer clinicians an opportunity to present cases, receive recommendations from peers and an interprofessional team of specialists working in Indian Country, engage in a didactic presentation, obtain CDE, and become part of a learning community. Together, we will manage patient cases so that every patient gets the care they need.

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Dr. Sean R. Kelly

Dr. Sean R. Kelly, DDS, MsC, served as a Commissioned Corps Officer within the Indian Health Service of the United States Public Health Service from 2003 to 2017. Starting as a Staff Dentist for the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority Dental Clinic, Sean became the Dental Director in 2008. Sean graduated from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry with Cum Laude honors in 1990. In 1991 he completed the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at the University Of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill. Prior to the USPHS, Sean served over 11 years in the United States Navy Dental Corps.

Sean has worked with numerous other tribes throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with the “Baby Teeth Matter Collaborative” directed by the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center and the Arcora Foundation. The group has actively pursued and successfully found ways to improve access to dental care and reduce general anesthesia treatment referrals for children 0-5 years of age through implementing minimally invasive dentistry and case management models of care. In 2020 Dr. Kelly joined the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center as Clinical Consultant.

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Date added: July 13, 2022