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The Integration Checklist: Does Your Office Have One?

Success for the Oral Systemic Practice

Presented by: DeWitt Wilkerson, DDS

Original Presentation Date: October 19, 2019

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Course Description:

The Integrative Dental Medicine (IDM) Checklist draws upon Atul Gawande, MD's work in The Checklist Manifesto, emphasizing the crucial role of checklists in enhancing performance and preventing critical errors across various domains like aviation, healthcare infection control, and the efficient management of Integrative Dental Medicine (IDM) practices. A systematic plan is imperative to effectively implement the wealth of knowledge acquired from annual AAOSH meetings into practical use on Monday mornings. This session furnishes participants with an IDM Checklist designed to facilitate structured planning and execution.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain an IDM Checklist to each participant, ensuring comprehensive access to the planning tool.
  • Clarify and elucidate the utilization of the checklist, ensuring a thorough understanding among all participants regarding its application.
  • Demonstrate the checklist's utility in simultaneously evaluating, diagnosing, and treating inflammation/infection, airway/breathing/sleep disorders, and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD)/occlusal issues, fostering a systematic approach to patient care and treatment protocols.

Speaker Bio:

Dewitt Wilkerson, DDS,  is the past President of the American Equilibration Society (2010-2011). He serves as the Chairman of the Dawson Foundation. He is an active member of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, the American Dental Association, and the Christian Medical/Dental Association. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida, College of Dentistry. He has formerly served as an Associate Faculty member and Special Lecturer at the L.D. Pankey Institute. Dr. Wilkerson lectures extensively at national, regional, and study group meetings across the United States and abroad.