- Understand and appreciate why dentists are physically at risk due to occupational hazards.
- Understand the principles of cardio/aerobic exercise and how to find an individual plan to help with stress related to dentistry.
Speaker: Ralph A. Cooley, DDS, FAGD
Subject: 150 Health Medicine and Nutrition
Credits: .75
Audience: Students, Residents, Dentists, Dental Assistants
Speaker Bio: Ralph A. Cooley, DDS, FAGD, is currently the assistant dean of admissions and student services at the UTHealth School of Dentistry in Houston, after practicing dentistry for 34 years in Conroe, Texas. Cooley has been involved with organized dentistry in many capacities through the years. Currently, he is the chair of the Dental Quality Alliance, the AGD representative on the National Code Maintenance Committee, a member of the AGD Legislative & Governmental Affairs Committee, and a delegate in the AGD House of Delegates. Cooley has a passion for sports and fitness. He played baseball at Rice University and has been involved with coaching baseball for over 20 years. He maintains that passion for fitness today as it applies to dental practice and teaches the "Dental Fitness" course to dental students as well as at continuing education meetings throughout the country.