12:40-13:10
University of Toronto, Canada
Biography
Dr. Michael J Sigal is Professor and former Head of Pediatric Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto where he was the Director of the MSc Graduate Specialty Program in Pediatric Dentistry for over 20 years. At the Mount Sinai Hospital, he is the Head of the Division of the Dental Program for Persons with Disabilities/ Special Needs, the largest such dental program in Canada and was for the past 15 years the Dentist-in-Chief and Co-director of the Mount Sinai Hospital Dental Residency Program, a postgraduate dental program structured in such a way as to educate the postgraduate resident in dental care for persons with disabilities / special healthcare needs.
Abstract
Abstract : Dental Care for Persons with Special Needs