Episode 447 · January 23, 2023

Secondary Caries: We All See Them, How Do We Shortcut Their Occurrence?

Secondary Caries: We All See Them, How Do We Shortcut Their Occurrence?

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Dr. Jean Creasey

Dr. Jean Creasey

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Dr. Jean Creasey practiced first as a dental hygienist, working in both a periodontal and general dental practices, and coordinated a school-based dental prevention program for her rural Northern California county. Later, she earned a DDS from UCSF and studied cariology under Dr. John Featherstone, who introduced her to Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA). Dr. Creasey has been utilizing CAMBRA principles in private practice for 20 years and lectures regularly on the win/win of a prevention centered practice. She now teaches part time at the University of Pacific-Dugoni School of Dentistry.

Over her career, Dr. Creasey has been very involved in community dental health projects, service in leadership in the California and American Dental Associations and philanthropic dental care. She travels regularly to southwestern Uganda where she takes small groups of volunteer dentists and physicians to work with the marginalized Batwa Pygmy population.

Episode Summary

Dental podcast: Welcome to DentalTalk. I'm Dr. Phil Klein. Today we'll be addressing the controversial question, "When we restore teeth due to caries, is it appropriate as the final step in the restorative procedure to apply a fluoride varnish?" We will explore the thinking behind this question and how it relates to the prevention of secondary caries. Our guest is Dr. Jean Creasey, a former dental hygienist who found success in dental practice by focusing on prevention first. She currently teaches Ethics and Professionalism at California's newest dental school, California Northstate College of Dental Medicine.

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