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Oral Pathology Surgical Services Department Chair Dr. Paul Luepke. “And another part of that has been Dr. Hashimoto’s teaching approach with the pre-docs. He has earned their respect, he is approachable and always willing to take the time to answer their questions in-depth.” Stover and Hashimoto want to advance the endodontic area as a valuable resource for the most current methods and techniques in endodontics, both for current and former students. Stover would eventually like to see the area offering continuing education for alumni, accessible onsite or online. Luepke adds that the two directors have raised the bar on standards for the pre-doctoral program, requiring more complex procedures such as molar root canals to increase the students’ confidence and comfort level in practice. Hashimoto says the goal is to give predoctoral students as much endodontics experience as possible. “We want them to complete more cases, treat more teeth,” he says. “And we are working to formalize the requirement for students to do an entire root canal procedure on their own, under supervision, from start to finish. It’s so important that we do all we can to try to save teeth. And general dentists have got to be comfortable with it, because they’ll be doing the majority of it.”
With the only two oral and maxillofacial pathologists in Wisconsin on the MUSoD faculty, Marquette Dental School is the hub of oral pathology expertise in the state. Associate Professor and Director of Oral Pathology Dr. Ezedin Sadeghi and Professor and Associate Dean for
While Sadeghi stresses that future dentists need exposure to and familiarity with oral pathology, the field is small with a limited number of training programs in the country. Sadeghi shares his own expertise as a frequently consulted expert who has published case reports for the WDA Journal each month for
Academic Affairs Dr. Denis Lynch have a combined 74 years of experience in the diagnosis and study of diseases of the mouth. “Our main task here is to teach students how to diagnose and manage a simple lesion, like a canker sore, all the way through to a serious lesion, like oral cancer,” explains Sadeghi, who trained at the University of Minnesota and has been on the Marquette faculty since 1978.
the past 10 years. This exposure makes his a sought-after opinion, and professionals from around the state regularly e-mail images and questions to him for help with diagnoses. “With email and digital images, I can get back to them and help them right away,” he says.
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