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Sunday, September 27, 2015
10:40am - 12:00pm
The Relationship between Professional Collaboration
and Treatment Outcomes
CHARLES GOODACRE D.D.S., M.S.D.
The Relationship between Professional Collaboration and Treatment Outcomes
This presentation will provide both prosthodontic and periodontal perspectives regarding the benefits that
professionals and patients can obtain when there is a team approach to treatment. A wide array of patient
treatments will be used to illustrate how immediate and long-term treatment results can be enhanced
through interdisciplinary treatment planning and treatment. The management of challenging situations and
complications will be included in the presentation.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the benefits that interdisciplinary care has upon the knowledge and understanding of the professionals
involved in collaborative patient care.
2. Describe the benefits patients can derive from professional collaboration.
3. See how treatment methods and clinical techniques have been used to improve treatment outcomes.
4. Understand how complications can be managed through periodontal and prosthodontic collaboration.
Biography:
Dr. Goodacre received his DDS degree from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in 1971. He completed
a three year combined program in Prosthodontics and Dental Materials at Indiana University School
of Dentistry and in 1974 earned his MSD degree. He served as Chair of the Department of Prosthodontics
at Indiana University and from 1994 to 2013 served as Dean of the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry.
He currently teaches in the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics at Loma Linda University
School of Dentistry.
He has received several awards such as Educator of the Year, Distinguished Lecturer, and Distinguished
Service Award from the American College of Prosthodontists; the George Moulton Award from the American
Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, the William J. Gies Award from the American Dental Education
Association; Honorary Fellowship in the Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland;
the Golden Medallion Award from the American Prosthodontic Society; the Distinguished Service Award
from the Academy of Prosthodontics; the Jerome and Dorothy Schweitzer Research Award and also the
Distinguished Lecturer Award from the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics. He is a Diplomate of
the American Board of Prosthodontics, Past-President of the American Board of Prosthodontics, Past-President
of the American College of Prosthodontists, and Past President of the Academy of Prosthodontics.
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