General Information
Course: | 06-2412-22021 |
Provider: | San Diego County Dental Society |
Speaker: | Dr. Jean Wu |
Type/Category: | Live Lecture/Core |
Credits: | 6 – Lecture |
Course: | 06-2412-22021 |
Provider: | San Diego County Dental Society |
Speaker: | Dr. Jean Wu |
Type/Category: | Live Lecture/Core |
Credits: | 6 – Lecture |
Continental breakfast provided during check-in, lunch and light refreshments during breaks. (For special dietary requirements please contact our Media & Continuing Education Coordinator, Fernanda Parra, admin@sdcds.org or 619-275-7188)
Prosthodontic principles from diagnosis, sequencing and treatment execution will be shared to facilitate the best treatment outcome for the complex patient. Integrating technologies such as the clinical microscope, intra-oral scanners, CBCT, and CAD/CAM can help improve communication, precision, efficiency and contribute to more predictable results. Techniques to convert a failing dentition to a totally implant supported reconstruction will be reviewed.
Dr. Jean Wu graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Science degree in 1990 and earned a Masters in Prosthodontics in 1994 from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She completed advanced training in Maxillofacial Prosthetics studying at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wu maintained a full time Prosthodontic private practice in Australia, and was a Prosthodontist at the Royal Children’s Hospital of Melbourne. She was also a distinguished lecturer and clinical instructor at the University of Melbourne and past president of the Australian Prosthodontic Society.
After relocating to the United States in 1999, Dr. Wu earned a DDS at the University of Tennessee and was an instructor and lecturer in the Restorative Dentistry Department. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with highest honors and awarded membership of Omicron Kappa Upsilon and Richard Doggett Dean and Margarite Taylor Dean Honorary Odontological Society for her outstanding dental achievements. Dr. Wu is on the Executive Council for Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics and Immediate Past-President for Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry. She is also a member of the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association and the Orange County Dental Society. She was a Board member of the Orange County Dental Society in 2011 and Senior Delegate in 2012. Currently, Dr. Wu is Partner in the Sheets, Paquette and Wu Dental Practice and on faculty with the Newport Coast Oral Facial Institute, a non-profit international teaching and research center. She is also actively involved with several research projects on dental implants and materials, published articles in several dental journals, and Editor of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics.
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships: Dr. Jean Wu receives grant/research support from Dentsply Sirona and Surgical Microscope
SDCDS is an ADA CERP Recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. SDCDS designates this activity for up to six (6) continuing education credits.