International Dental Seminars

Our Mission

To define and offer continuing education courses that enhance and accelerate the knowledge and skills of all oral health care providers. Our programs designed for the general practitioner, the specialist, the dental hygienist and the dental auxiliaries.

Our Goal

To access, identify, develop and implement continuing dental education programs that are timely and informative. These programs serve the needs of the general practitioner and specialists, and are designed to enhance the technical and professional skills they need.

Our Speakers

All of our faculty have university appointments, are experts in their fields with clinical experience, and most are nationally known authors.

Featured Speakers

Stanley F Malamed, DDS
Dr. Malamed is a graduate of the New York University College of Dentistry. He is a Dentist Anesthesiologist, Emeritus Professor of Dentistry, Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. He completed a dental internship and anesthesiology residency at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Malamed has authored more than 150 scientific papers and 16 chapters in various medical and dental journals and textbooks in the areas of physical evaluation, emergency medicine, local anesthesia, sedation and general anesthesia. Additionally, Dr. Malamed is the author of three widely used textbooks, published by C.V. Mosby Inc.: Handbook of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office (7th edition 2015); Handbook of Local Anesthesia 6th edition 2012); and Sedation -A Guide to Patient Management (5th edition 2010).

Anna Pattison, RDH, MS
Anna Pattison, RDH, MS received her BS degree in Dental Hygiene from the University of Southern California and her MS in Dental Hygiene from Columbia University. She was an Associate Professor at USC for over forty years, has served as Chair of the Department of Dental Hygiene and is an internationally recognized speaker on Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation. She is co-author of Periodontal Instrumentation and has contributed to the last seven editions of Glickman’s and Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene and is currently the Co-Director of the Pattison Institute. In 2005, she received the Pfizer-ADHA Excellence in Dental Hygiene Award, the USC School of Dentistry Alumnus of the Year Award and in 2006 she received the California Society of Periodontists Award. In 2010 she was inducted into the USC School of Dentistry Hall of Fame.

John Sottosanti, DDS
John Sottosanti DDS was the Co-Founder, Moderator, and Chair of the University of Southern California Periodontal Symposium for 25 years. He has been a featured speaker multiple times for the annual meetings of the California Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Periodontology. His original research on periodontal treatment has appeared in major textbooks and dental journals. He has a practice limited to periodontics in San Diego, California.

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.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP

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