Dentoalveolar Plenary: Postoperative Pain Control

Dr. Thomas Dodson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Washington School of Dentistry.
He received his dental degree from Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Masters of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his OMS training at University of California-San Francisco (UCSF). Additional post-doctoral training included a Dental Public Health residency and a NIH-funded fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology at UCSF.
Dr. Dodson believes that patients are our partners in discovery. As such, his research interests lie primarily in outcomes research. The primary goal of his research efforts is to improve patient outcomes by elucidating and promoting data-driven clinical decision-making.

Dr. McCann has been in solo private practice in Kitchener- Waterloo, ON, since 1994. He completed his dental education at the University of Western Ontario in 1985 and his OMFS residency at the University of Toronto in 1993. He practiced general dentistry in the Canadian Armed Forces between 1985 and 1989.
He has taken an active interest in the safe provision of sedation and anesthesia in the office environment. He has been the President of the Canadian Dental Society of Anesthesiology for several years. He has provided anesthesia updates to several of the Residency programs in Canada. He has been instrumental in providing continuing education programs in anesthesia for members of both CAOMS and CDSA.

Dr. Lieblich, who passed away in 2024, was a Clinical Professor in the UCONN School of Dental Medicine and worked in private practice in Avon, Conn. As Co-Chair of the AAOMS Special Committee on Parameters of Care and Special Committee on Patient Safety, Dr. Lieblich made significant contributions to setting clinical standards and ensuring patient welfare. He also served as Chair of the Dentoalveolar Section in the ParCare revision processes. In addition, he contributed to over 45 peer-reviewed papers and abstracts and co-authored Anesthesia Complications in the Dental Office. He served as a Director and President of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and President of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and he was on the editorial boards of Anesthesia Progress, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. Dr. Lieblich graduated from Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He completed his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Kings County/Downstate Medical Center in New York.

Clinical Faculty at Texas A & M College of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas TX
Attending Surgeon Baylor Scoot & White University Medical Center Dallas TX
Past President American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
National & International speaker on topics related to TMJ and Orthognathic Surgery, dental implants and non opioid oral surgery

Dr Gerry Ross practiced dentistry in Tottenham Ontario ( 1 hour north of Toronto) for 50 years. A large part of his practice has been treating Facial pain on a referral basis. He has been using surgical lasers since 1992 and Low Level lasers since 1993 . He has give over 250 lectures locally and internationally.
He has published 15 papers in both peer reviewed and noon peer reviewed journals, does peer review for 4 journals and is a member of the Editorial Board of Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. He has been a member of the Academy of Laser Dentistry since it,s inception (and a board Member 20016-2021), the North American Association of Photobiomodulation Therapy ( president 2010-2012) , as well as the Canadian and Ontaripo Dental Associations,
His special interest is Low Level Laser (Photobiomodulation) Therapy and his passion is to have this accepted as Standard of Care in dentistry.