OasisLMS

This lecture will cover emerging oral habits and product trends and how these items affect the oral tissues. Recent publications from prominent dental organizations include new data, which may help provide evidence-based guidance for practitioners encountering these items.

• Understand trends and general pathophysiology of marijuana and e-cigarettes with regard to oral tissues.
• Become familiar with new oral hygiene trends and counsel patients on their possible uses.

Speaker: Curtis G. Dugas, Capt, USAF, DC

Subject: 158 Tobacco Cessation

Credits: 1

Method: Lecture

Audience: Dentists

Speaker Bio: Curtis G. Dugas, Capt, USAF, DC currently serves as the 96th Dental Squadron chief of periodontics and assistant professor for the one-year advanced education in general dentistry program. He received his dental degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Dental Medicine (2018), his bachelor's degree in music performance from the University of New Orleans (2008) and a master's degree in arts administration from the University of New Orleans (2012). He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh periodontics residency program (2021) and holds diplomate status with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He has presented research internationally and has been directly involved in a lecture series for the University of Pittsburgh periodontics and hygiene departments as well as the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists Association (2020).

Additional Information
This course is sponsored by Region 17.