30 2024 Fiesta NMDA June 6–8, 2024 New Mexico Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider New Mexico Dental Association designates this activity for the continuing education credit(s) noted. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/cerp. Please be advised about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when incorporating techniques and procedures into your practices, especially when the course has not provided a clinical experience in the technique or procedure to ensure that participants have attained competence. Thursday, June 7 Ticketed Events/Workshops Special Events Lectures Friday, June 7 Tech Expo Presented by Patterson 8am–5pm, Friday 6/7 LOCATION: NM BALLROOM SOUTH & PROMENADE, COLORADO TYPE: SPECIAL EVENT Eat & Learn Breakfast: A Dentist and a World Citizen: Confessions of a Traveling Dentist Dentists Administrators Dental Hygienists Dental Assistants 7–8:30am, Friday 6/7 LOCATION: GARDEN ROOM TYPE: REGULAR SESSION CEU: 3 DESCRIPTION: In a fast-changing world, we treat more patients from different countries and different cultures. Dr. Gail Willow has lived and worked on three different continents. She will share her experiences of some of the many countries she has visited while traveling and working abroad. OBJECTIVES: • Attendees will learn techniques to help understand cultural differences thus creating better treatment outcomes. Gail Willow, DDS Dr. Gail Willow has over 30 years of practicing dentistry in several different countries. She has experience treating patients in Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Singapore, and New Zealand. Her skills in communication across different languages and cultures have given her the unique ability to help bring a more compassionate and calming level to treatment. “A new cultural experience grows our own sense of being.” Her education includes a BS in Biology from New Mexico Tech, DDS from UMKC School of Dentistry, and BA in Spanish from WNMU, and just a bit of French. Airway Health and Its Benefits in Dentistry Dentists Dental Hygienists Dental Assistants 8:30–11:30am, Friday 6/7 LOCATION: ARIZONA TYPE: REGULAR SESSION CEU: 3 DESCRIPTION: This lecture will focus on the essentials of airway health and the many benefits it brings to dentistry. The material presented will cover a brief introduction to dysfunctional breathing, sleep disordered breathing, and obstructive sleep apnea. It will cover disease in both children and adults, how to screen patients for these conditions, and a discussion on current treatment options. Last and certainly not least, there will be discussion on the benefits of seeing our patients through a new lens, how it improves dental esthetics, function, and longevity of patients’ oral health and our dental work. OBJECTIVES: • The importance of dysfunctional breathing and its impact on a patient’s health. • The different severities of sleep disordered breathing and its impact on a patient. • How seeing patients through an Airway Health lens leads to better dentistry. Billie Adams, DDS Dr. Billie Adams is a graduate of Creighton University School of Dentistry. She is currently practicing general dentistry in her private practice, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her practice focus is comprehensive dental care, with an emphasis on function. Her family practice welcomes patients of all ages, and prioritizes prevention and early intervention. Over her career, she has received extensive training in full mouth reconstruction, dental implants, clear aligner therapy, sleep disordered breathing, and obstructive sleep apnea. She also has training in functional frenuloplasty, orofacial myofunctional therapy, TMJ disorders, growth guidance in pediatric patients, laser therapies, and non-surgical TAD expansion in adults. Dr. Adams’ journey in dental sleep medicine first began with adults and oral appliance therapy. Shortly after learning and understanding the impact the mouth has on a patient’s ability to breathe well, she began to wonder, “as dentists, is there more we can do and how early should we start?” This thought process turned her focus toward the population of pediatric sleep disordered breathing and pediatric obstructive sleep apnea patients. In her community, she has worked diligently to establish a multidisciplinary team, including: sleep physicians, ENTs, surgeons, and therapists, to support this mission and optimize patient care. Some of her affiliations and achievements along her journey include: an active member in the International Team of Implantology since 2012, Spear Study Club, and CDOCS. In 2013, she earned a Dental Implant Fellowship from the Rocky Mountain Dental Institute, as well as Fellowship from The International Congress of Oral Implantologists. She is also a member of ASAP (Airway, Sleep, And Pediatrics) Pathway, World Dentofacial Sleep Society, The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Academy of Laser Dentistry, and a graduate of the Tufts University Pediatric Dental Sleep Medicine Mini-Residency. She is very passionate about airway dentistry and continues to dedicate many hours developing her skill and knowledge in this area of practice. When she is not practicing or advancing her education, she is spending treasured time with her husband and two boys.
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