Oral Ulcers:

What's Eating at You

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Location: The University of Utah, School of Dentistry, 530 S. Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108

Dinner: 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm   Presentation: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

CDE Hours Awarded:                                    Conflicts of Interest:

2 CDE Lecture hours                                     No Conflicts

Education Methods: Live Lecture               Required Experience:                    

AGD subject codes:  730                            Dental Practice Experience      

730                                        

External Funding:

None

Course Description:

This course will cover various etiologies for oral ulcerations, their diagnosis, and treatment. It will also cover some of the more common "lumps & bumps" found in the oral cavity and their differential diagnoses. This course is meant to be interactive, with audience participation welcomed. 

Course Objectives:

• By the end of the course, the participants will be familiar with the various etiologies of oral cavity ulcerations.
• Participants will be familiar with common medications to help treat their patients who present with oral ulcerations.
• Participants will better understand differential diagnoses and biopsy techniques for these entities. 

Guest Speaker:

Bryan Trump, DDS, MS, FICD

Bryan Trump, DDS, MS, is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial pathologist and full-time associate professor at The University of Utah School of Dentistry. Bryan grew up in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Weber State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. His DDS is from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, and he completed his Oral and maxillofacial Pathology Residency and a master’s in biomedical sciences at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry. He has established a clinical referral center focused on oral medicine at the dental school and directs Utah's first and only oral pathology biopsy service. His laboratory serves dentists throughout the Intermountain West.