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The Fellowship Award merits an FAGD after the DDS in your credentials. This is a way to level up in your dental profession and also gain respect by your peers and clients as it grows your knowledge and experience with 500 hours of CE.
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Sunday, October 12, 2025
8:00am to 12:00pm
Dr. Mark Porco
Forensic Odontology for the Dental Professional: It’s Not Always a Grave Situation
4 lecture CE
AGD subject code 130 (electives)
Do you ever see the headlines of some disaster and wonder how or why some of the victims are identified by dental records? Dr. Porco will discuss the various disciplines in the forensic sciences, with emphasis on Forensic Odontology. This will include a brief history lesson, case presentations, “testing” of your forensic skills, and then followed by how this applies to your dental office and every member of your dental team.
This course will discuss multiple forensic cases from the coroner’s office. It will be shown how the identifications were made through dental records. The need for keeping accurate dental records will be made apparent. The presentation will culminate by answering the question of why this work is vital to the coroner’s office and the families involved.
#ForensicDentistry #forensicdentistry #ForensicOdontology #forensicodontology
Sunday, October 12, 2025
8:00am to 12:00pm
Dr. Mark Porco
Forensic Odontology for the Dental Professional: It’s Not Always a Grave Situation
4 lecture CE
AGD subject code 130 (electives)
Do you ever see the headlines of some disaster and wonder how or why some of the victims are identified by dental records? Dr. Porco will discuss the various disciplines in the forensic sciences, with emphasis on Forensic Odontology. This will include a brief history lesson, case presentations, “testing” of your forensic skills, and then followed by how this applies to your dental office and every member of your dental team.
This course will discuss multiple forensic cases from the coroner’s office. It will be shown how the identifications were made through dental records. The need for keeping accurate dental records will be made apparent. The presentation will culminate by answering the question of why this work is vital to the coroner’s office and the families involved.
#ForensicDentistry #forensicdentistry #ForensicOdontology #forensicodontology
