Dental CE Course: Hands-On Forensic Dentistry: A Laboratory Course

This course will provide the opportunity for dentists and dental auxiliaries to gain first hand knowledge and clinical experience in the field of forensic dentistry. The participants will perform various dental forensic investigative procedures working “hands-on” with dental forensic specimens.

CE Credits: 7
Attendance Limited to 14 Participants

Procedures to be performed as part of this course will include:

* Various victim identification exercises including postmortem dental charting.

* A simulated mass-disaster team exercise.

Educational Objectives

Participants should gain an understanding of, and be able to participate in, a mass disaster scenario in regard to the dental identification of victims.

Richard Weems, DMD, MS, DABFO, received his dental degree from the UAB School of Dentistry in 1977. He returned to UAB to earn a Master's Degree in Dental Radiology in 1984, and has been a full-time dental educator since that time. Currently, he is associate professor and director of Dental Radiology at UAB SOD. Dr. Weems is also a dental consultant to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and the Jefferson County (Alabama) Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office. He has investigat- ed over 200 cases involving criminal human bitemark analysis and victim identification through dental remains resulting from homicide and accidental death. He is also a member of the national mass disaster mortuary team, DMORT, and was deployed to the World Trade Center, as well as Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, to aid in victim identification. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Odontology. He was also recently elected as Section Chair of the Odontology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.