SPDDS Midwinter Meeting Attendee Registration
Friday, January 8, 2027 | 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Mark your calendar to attend the Saint Paul District Dental Society’s Midwinter Meeting. Our speaker will be Dr. Uche Odiatu, presenting, “Oral Systemic Dynamics: The Mouth Body Connection.”
This topic is vital for the whole team. Attendees will earn 5.0 CEs. In addition to the presentation, attendees will enjoy breakfast and lunch in the Exhibit Hall, where they will be able to meet with exhibitors and network with other dental professionals.
Location
Inwood Oaks Event Center
484 Inwood Ave North
Oakdale, MN 55128
Schedule
7:30 – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
8:30 – 10:15 a.m. CE Presentation, Part I
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CE Presentation, Part II
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. CE Presentation, Part III
Oral Systemic Dynamics: The Mouth Body Connection
5.0 Fundamental CEs
Course Description
Hippocrates said “All disease begins in the gut” or did he not? The phrase is attributed to him, but there is no reliable evidence that he actually said it. However, the traditional Father of Medicine did place considerable importance on digestion, diet, and the GI system. Who are the guardians of the gateway? There has never been a better time for oral health professionals to play a bigger role in our patients’ overall health. From chewing efficiency to saliva quality to the balance of oral microbes, we have access to pertinent markers for optimal health.
Our patients don’t leave their stressful jobs, poor sleeping patterns (insomnia, apnea, snoring), their physical fitness (or lack) or their eating patterns (mindless eating & evening feeding frenzies) in the car before they sit in our chair. There’s irrefutable scientific evidence that these habits can ramp up inflammation or dial it down.
Objectives:
- Discover how eating habits can dial down or ramp inflammation and how it affects your treatment outcomes
- Gain a greater understanding of which of the oral microbes are the most destructive when they gain access to the general circulation
- Learn why it’s important to identify the sleep-deprived patient (not just apnea) right away at the New Patient exam
- Understand why your sedentary patients don’t heal as well as your active living patients
- Gain greater insight into the relationship between chronic inflammation and disease and become a leader in your community
- Gain an understanding of the science of the Human Microbiome & how one can optimize our own
- Implement a new dimension to your treatment planning and develop an “Anti-inflammatory Playbook”
Dr. Uche Odiatu
Uche Odiatu BA, DMD is a professional member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a practicing dentist in Toronto. This busy health care professional and dad of four, is a Certified Personal Trainer for 21 years, Certified Yoga Instructor, Certified Boot Camp Instructor, and has given 700 plus lectures in England, Canada, the USA, the Bahamas, Denmark, Bermuda and Norway. He has been the invited guest in over 400 radio and TV shows from Alaska to Atlanta and from NYC to California. In 2023, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Global Dental Summit, was named Louisiana’s Dental Speaker of the Year, and received a Denobi Award for his contributions to the dental industry. He was also nominated for Dental Educator of the Year by DrBicuspid.
You can connect with him on Twitter and Instagram at @fitspeakers, or learn more at www.DrUche.com.
Pricing
$75/Member Dentist
$50/Member Dentists’ Team Member
$95/Non-Member Dentist
$60/Non-Member Dentists’ Team Member
$10/Student