events
JOINT Reception at AAPD 2026
The joint reception for all Washington State pediatric dentists at the AAPD annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. The event is open to UW Alumni, Yakima Alumni, AAPD members, and Washington State Academy of Pediatric Dentistry members. Please join us on Saturday May 23 from 5-7pm for an opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues from around the country. The reception will be held in the Silver Room of Harrah's Las Vegas.
Law/Lewis Annual Lecture in Pediatric Dentistry 2025
Law/Lewis Annual Lecture in Pediatric Dentistry 2025
Each year the UW Pediatric Dentistry hosts a continuing dental education course in honor of founding Chair, Dr. David Law, and early faculty member and Chair, Dr. Thompson Lewis. These lectures provide dental practitioners with relevant information pertaining to current practice of pediatric dentistry. This year’s course will highlight various oral surgery topics that are particularly pertinent to today’s pediatric dental practice and presented by outstanding members of the UW Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery team.
Course Topics:
Pediatric Trauma: Dr. Austin Gaal
My next patient in the chair just had pediatric trauma – what to do first?”
Review brief assessment of primary and secondary surveys related to pediatric trauma.
Focus on assessment of pediatric craniomaxillofacial trauma with emphasis of dental trauma.
Discuss common treatments, organized by mechanism of injury, and cases will be used for demonstration.
Odontogenic Infections: Dr. Zahid Lalani
Sources of odontogenic infections and their spread in the head and neck area and potential complications from them.
Identify sources of odontogenic infection.
Learn about anatomic pathways for spread of odontogenic infection.
Potential sequelae of spread of odontogenic infections in the head and neck.
Complications and prevention.
Supernumerary Teeth and 3rd Molars: Dr. Melanie Lang
Medical Management, Including Bleeding Control: Dr. Kevin Lee
Preprocedural evaluation of common pediatric medical conditions.
Procedural management of common pediatric medical conditions.
Managing procedural bleeding on the office.
WPDAA Hosted Social at ravenna brewing
WPDAA Graduation Reception
This year the WPDAA is hosting a reception for the graduates, their families, UW staff/faculty, and alumni at Ravenna Brewing on Friday June 20 5:30–7 PM. We hope you will join us again this year to congratulate the graduates and catch up with friends and colleagues.
JOINT Reception at AAPD 2025
The event is open to UW Alumni, Yakima Alumni, AAPD members and Washington State Academy of Pediatric Dentistry members. Please join us on Saturday, May 24 from 5–7pm for an opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues from around the country. The reception will be held in "Directors Row J" on the Sheraton Plaza Building lobby level.
WPDAA Hosted Social following Law Lewis lecture and Pediatric Residency Graduation
We invite all alumni to join us at the Woodmark Hotel Kirkland—in The Woodmark Suite—for this event that follows the 2024 Resident Graduation.
Timing is approximately 9–11pm, post graduation.
Law/Lewis Lecture in Pediatric Dentistry: Evidence-Based Update on Pulp Guidelines for Primary and Permanent Teeth
Lecture Description
Indications and techniques for indirect pulp treatment, direct pulp capping, pulpotomy, and LSTR for primary teeth will be presented. New vital pulp therapy successful treatments for permanent teeth with spontaneous pain and irreversible pulpitis will be presented. The attendee should be able to diagnose and treat their pediatric and adult patients. This will be an evidence-based presentation.
Course Objectives
As a result of attending this lecture you will be able to:
Understand pulp pathology of primary and permanent teeth.
Choose the correct pulpal treatment.
Discuss the evidence-based recommendations for pulp therapies.
Instructor
Dr. Coll is a Clinical Professor at the University of Maryland Dental School. He was in full time private pediatric dental practice in York, PA, for 39 years. Dr Coll is a Section-Editor on pulp therapy for Pediatric Dentistry and has over 20 pulp therapy articles published in peer-reviewed journals and written four textbook chapters on pulp therapy. He chairs an AAPD workgroup that published vital and non-vital primary tooth pulp therapy guidelines and is finishing a permanent tooth vital pulp guideline with the AAE.
WSAPD - Alumni Reception at AAPD 2024
Join us for an open reception or all WA State Alumni and all WA State PDDS to socialize, network, reminisce, and support the WPDAA. Beverages and bites provided.
Kindly supported by the WSAPD.
AAPD 2024
Find out more online at https://www.aapd.org/education/aapd-2024/
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ryan Leak
What Our Goals Require Most is the Bravery to Fail
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? Chasing Failure is all about having a vision for a dream, a goal, a mission, and knowing that the road will be paved with failure, but still proceeding with conviction and passion. This is what sets those who succeed beyond measure, from those who simply exist. The fear of failure will keep you inside a box, stall innovation, and make sure you hesitate anytime you even think about taking a risk that could help you achieve goals beyond your wildest dreams. As leadership expert and our Keynote Speaker Ryan Leak shares, you don't actually have to get over the fear. Just do it scared and take really good notes.
When you're Chasing Failure, you're either going to win or you're going to learn. Hopefully, both will happen. Join us on Friday of AAPD 2024 at the Opening Ceremony as Ryan shares the blueprint for success by giving you an approach to see what the predictable failures might be, so you can circumvent those more easily, or deal with them more effectively when they arise.
Ryan Leak is an author, executive coach, and motivational speaker who gets to inspire over 50,000 people every single month, and AAPD is excited to have him as our keynote speaker for AAPD 2024! He trains over 15,000 leaders every year from Fortune 500 companies to professional sports teams and his viral Surprise Wedding story has been featured on Good Morning America, the Today Show, and other various media outlets.
He’s the author of the USA Today best-selling book, Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success. His most recent book, Leveling Up: 12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal And Professional Development is a Wall Street Journal Best Seller. He’s married to Amanda and is also the assistant coach for his son’s basketball team
2023 CE SYMPOSIUM
WPDAA is excited to announce the Third Annual Symposium!
This year’s event will be held at Woodmark Hotel & Spa in Kirkland, WA and features keynote speaker Dr. Benjamin Pliska. Dr. Pliska’s morning presentation on obstructive sleep apnea will also include a silent auction. Registration for the symposium will include a continental breakfast and luncheon.
Registrants may elect to stay for the UW Department of Pediatric Dentistry graduation, which will be held following the event and held in the same venue. Invitations for graduation will be mailed separately to registrants by the department.
The symposium tuition does not include graduation. Please join us for high quality continuing education and in-person camaraderie.
2022 CE Symposium
WPDAA is excited to announce the Second Annual Symposium with keynote speaker Dr. Dave Mathews.