Children come into our offices with their own unique set of maladies. Because they are generally free of underlying respiratory and cardiovascular disease most of their problems are infectious disease, allergies or developmental disabilities. We will discuss diagnosis and treatment of medical problems including sleep disordered breathing and discuss how to triage whether a child should or shouldn't be treated and why. We will look at children slightly differently than adults because they are amplifiers of infectious disease and whether common precautions are appropriate. And of course, we'll discuss whether tongue ties are a disability or a normal manifestation in children.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the unique nature of children and the infectious diseases they can acquire (and spread)
- Learn about immunization and vaccinations in the time of Covid-19
- Understand the special needs of the child with disabilities and how to modify and treat in your office
- Determine whom you can treat and whom you need to refer or just not treat
- Learn the physiology of children's sleep and breathing
- Correlate physiologic and behavioral changes in children with sleep disordered breathing
- Discuss the ""hot new topic"" tongue ties and whether treatment is necessary
- Look at a few of the myths of pediatric dentistry i.e doing what we were taught in dental school
D.D.S., FAAPD, FACD, FICD - San Francisco, California
Dr. Rothman received his B.A. cum laude from the SUNY at Buffalo and his D.D.S. from NYU College of Dentistry. He completed a General Practice Residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Anesthesia Residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and a Pediatric Dentistry Residency at Children’s Hospital/Oakland and the University of California, San Francisco.
