Isabel Mello, DDS, MSc, PhD, FRCDC
Lecture
This is a travel program that takes place in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Together with partnering schools in the ACDE (Association for Continuing Dental Education), the University of Washington Office of Continuing Dental Education is offering a Travel & Learn experience to Vietnam and Cambodia, plus the opportunity to earn 9 CDE hours on “Diagnosis and Management of Complications Following Traumatic Dental Injuries”, presented by Dr. Isabel Mello. Please see the below for details on the itinerary, class and locations. Info on the class is listed below as well.
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Please use registration code UWASH2027V for University of Washington
Space is Limited – and is expected to sell out quickly.
Course Description
Diagnosis and Management of Complications Following Traumatic Dental Injuries
Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) and their complications can be overwhelming for patients, caregivers and clinicians. This evidence-based series of presentations will approach different sequelae of TDI in the premanent dentition, such as pulp canal obliteration, discolouration, pulp exposure, pulp necrosis and resorption. Diagnosis and management of these complications, as well as the importance of a multidisciplinary approach that involves general dentists and specialists will be demonstrated through a series of clinical cases.
Day 1 Topics (3 hours)
- Introduction to TDI
- Prevention of TDI
- Resources for diagnosis and management of TDI
- TDI types
- Immediate management of TDI
- Performing clinical and radiographic examinations
- Importance of thorough documentation
- Diagnosis and treatment of the hard dental tissues and the pulp
- Management of the exposed vital pulp
Day 2 Topics (3 hours)
- Introduction injuries of the periodontium
- Clinical examination, imaging and documentation
- Utilizing the Dental Trauma Guidelines in the diagnosis and management of injuries of the periodontium
- Management of the necrotic pulp in young patients-apexification and revacularization
Day 3 Topics (3 hours)
- Tooth Avulsion
- Tooth reabsorptions: types, diagnosis and management
- Diagnosis and management of canal calcification
- Diagnosis and management of tooth discoloration of pulpal origin
Course Objectives – As a result of attending this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize the range of complications that can arise from severe TDI
- Highlight the importance of using Dental Trauma Guidelines
- Identify when endodontic treatment is required for each complication
- Understand the importance of multidisciplinary approach when treating TDI and identify when referrals to other different specialists is needed
- Apply concepts covered in the lecture in the clinical cases presented
Instructor
Isabel Mello received her DDS degree from the Federal University of Alfenas, Brazil. She completed her residency and Master of Sciences in Endodontics at the University of Sao Paulo and later defended her PhD in Dental Sciences on a joint program between the University of Sao Paulo and the University of British Columbia. She is the Division Head of Endodontics at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, and has received several teaching awards throughout her academic career. Dr. Mello has lectured nationally and internationally, is an active researcher, and has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals. She is a board-certified Endodontist and a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. She is also a reviewer for the Journal of Endodontics and other journals. Dr. Mello serves as consulting staff in the Dentistry Department at the IWK Children’s Hospital in Nova Scotia and maintains a part-time practice in the region.
Travel & Learn and Course Logistics
DATE:
March 12-21, 2027 (please note you will need to leave North America by March 10 to be able to reach the destination by March 12)
LOCATION:
Vietnam and Cambodia
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is designed for dental professionals and lovers of travel and history
TIMES:
Please see itinerary for an overview of what happens on which days. More details to follow.
TUITION:
$9,450 per person for land travel and hotel, based on double occupancy
$595 for CDE class – 9 hours of CDE
CREDITS:
9 hours
REGISTER HERE
Please use registration code UWASH2027V for University of Washington
Itinerary
- Visa and Fast Track Immigration
- Transfer to Hotel 5* Sofitel Legend Metropole Cyclo ride though Old Town
- Dinner at Madam Hien
- Overnight at 5* Sofitel Legend Metropol
- Meals—D
- Breakfast at hotel
- Historical Hanoi Highlights by Vintage Jeep
- Lunch at Koto
- CE Lecture (3 hrs)
- Dinner will be a Hanoi Street Food Tour by Vespa
- Overnight at 5* Sofitel Legend Metropole
- Meals – B,L,D
Founded in 1010 during the reign of King Ly Cong Uan, Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam. Located in the Red River Delta in the center of North Vietnam, it is the political, economic, cultural, commercial and tourist centre of the country. Hanoi is a city of timeless grace—a grand old dame of Asia, aging with style. Today Hanoi’s centre is a quixotic blend of Parisian grace, and Asian pace, an architectural museum piece evolving in harmony with history.
Transfer to Halong Bay and board 5*Indochine Lan Ha Grand (all-inclusive private charter). Each cabin features premium interiors and a private balcony. Guests enjoy a range of high-end facilities, including a refined restaurant, a panoramic sky bar, a full-service spa, and an 1,100 m² sundeck with an outdoor Jacuzzi.
Activities include:
- Dark and bright cave adventure
- Swimming in the bay
- Cooking demonstration
- Kayaking
- Three Peaches Islet
- Discover Viet Hai village by biking
- Night fishing
- CE Lecture (3 hrs)
- We say good-bye to Halong Bay with an amazing dinner in a cave
- Fly to Danang
- Transfer to 5* Intercontinental Hotel
- Time to relax and enjoy the beautiful resort Option to have “tailor-made” clothing
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight 5* Intercontinental Hotel
- Meals—B, D
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Hoi An walking tour
- Cycle (or vehicle transfer) to local organic farming community
- Lunch at local home
- Afternoon at leisure in Hoi An or at the hotel
- Dinner at leisure
- Overnight 5* Intercontinental Hotel
- Meals—B, L
Hoi An, the highlight of the area, is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its building and street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Village of Hope Orphanage Oral Hygiene Clinic (3 hrs CE) and Visit—we will also be building bikes to donate to the children
- Lunch at Bep Cuon
- Afternoon at leisure
- Dinner at The Field Restaurant
- Overnight 5* Intercontinental Hotel
- Meals—B, L, D
- Breakfast at the hotel followed by CE Lecture
- Transfer to Danang Airport with lunch along the way
- Fly from Danang to Siem Reap
- Visa and Fast Track Immigration Transfer to 5* Raffles Grand Hotel
- Dinner at FCC Restaurant
- Overnight 5* Raffles Grand Hotel
- Meals—B, L, D
Ankor Wat, The Lost Heritage is set deep in the jungles of Cambodia. A thousand fairy tale temples testify to the splendor of an ancient empire that endured for 600 years. Journey to the spell-binding capital of the Khmer Empire, a collection of sky-scraping temples, colossal carvings and vast reflecting pools, a place without equal anywhere on earth and among the most breathtaking structures in Asia, if not the world.
- Sunrise at Angkor Wat
- Breakfast at hotel and time at leisure
- Afternoon tour to Angkor Thom
- Farewell Dinner at Kravan Temple
- 5* Raffles Grand
- Meals—B, D
- Breakfast at hotel Angkor
- Silk Farm
- Transfer to Airport
- Meals—B
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This Travel & Learn class is booked through Cruise and Travel Partners and will have a different cancellation policy. Please see the website for details.
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