For most clinicians, the interpretation of caries and periodontal disease is rote; the imaging features have been seen many times over many years. However, when an abnormality, perhaps not seen since dental school days is identified, the diagnostic task can be daunting. Designing an appropriate imaging examination, understanding the link between a disease process and a specific radiologic appearance, and identifying those features that are key to an accurate diagnosis, are all steps in this process.
Opening the Door to Radiologic Diagnosis: Finding the Keys
Presented by: Dr. Ernest Lam
RCDSO Expiry Date: March 31, 2028
To qualify as a Core Category 1 course, the course certificate must be issued no later than this date.
RCDSO CE Points: 3, Category 1
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Dr. Ernest Lam B.Sc. (Hons.), D.M.D. and M.Sc.
Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Toronto
Professor Ernest Lam is the Dr. Lloyd & Mrs. Kay Chapman Chair in Clinical Sciences and the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Toronto. As well, Professor Lam is the Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Graduate Program. Dr. Lam completed his B.Sc. (Hons.), D.M.D. and M.Sc. degrees at the University of British Columbia, and spent 2 years in general practice dentistry in Vancouver before attending the University of Iowa, where he completed the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology specialty program and a Ph.D. in Radiation Biology. Dr. Lam is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Dr. Lam is also currently a member of the University of Toronto’s Governing Council, and has held leadership roles in professional organizations of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in both Canada and the United States.