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Volume 4
Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN: 2471-805X
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JOINT EVENT
Pediatric Critical Care 2018 &
World Pediatrics 2018
October 18- 20 , 2018
October 18- 20, 2018 Warsaw, Poland
&
6
th
International Conference on
25
th
World Pediatrics Conference
Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Common dental emergencies
T
he goal of this lecture is to increase your understanding of common dental emergencies, which are seen frequently
in physician offices, clinics, remote areas, emergency rooms and about anywhere patients present for healthcare. You
should feel comfortable treating most dental and related infections and trauma. In this lecture we will review dental anatomy,
including the dental formula, review causes of facial and dental pain, look at dental trauma, understand the common causes of
odontogenic pain, review peridontal problems and present appropriate treatment options.
Biography
Alan Hodgdon is a Fellow of theAmerican College of Emergency Physicians and ClinicalAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, School
of Medicine. He previously served as the Executive Medical Director of an Emergency Medicine Enhancement Project located in Doha, Qatar. The projects' broad goals
were to improve emergency care in the two major hospitals of Qatar and in the prehospital system. He attended the University of Pittsburgh Residency in Emergency
Medicine. Following completion of his residency, he began work as an emergency physician at UPMC Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh. He completed a Master’s Degree
in Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. Dr. Hodgdon is actively involved with global medicine and travels overseas frequently. He has written
extensively and was a contributing editor to Emergency Medical Clinics of North America, writing the chapter “Dental and Related Infections”.
hodgdona@upmc.eduAlan K Hodgdon
University of Pittsburg, USA
Alan K Hodgdon, J Pediatr Care 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C4-013