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Speaker Biography Dry Mouth and Associated Complications Saliva is critical for maintenance of good oral health. Key actions of saliva include: 1) buffering to prevent an acidic oral environment which predisposes to dental demineralization, 2) supply of calcium and phosphate, key substrates for dental remineralization, and protein secretion that enhances the local defenses against infection. Dry mouth can develop due to salivary gland hypofunction or due to pathological dysfunction of the glands. Full or half day 1. To learn about history taking and diagnostic procedures to recognize dry mouth 2. Identify risk groups and clinical changes that are helpful in the diagnosis of dry mouth 3. Understand the prevention and management procedures for patients with dry mouth BIOGRAPHY CESAR AUGUSTO MIGLIORATI, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. 875 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38163 901 448-2613 migliorati@uthsc.edu DEPARTMENT: Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Medicine Undergraduate: 1. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil – DDS – August of 1968 – July of 1972 Graduate/Professional School: 1. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - MS, Stomatology – 1977-1978 Thesis: Immunocytochemistry of immunoglobulins in the periapical granuloma 2. University of California, San Francisco - MS, Oral Biology – August of 1981- March of 1984 Thesis: Phenotypic identification of mononuclear cells in oral precancer and cancer with monoclonal antibodies 3. University of Sao Paulo-School of Dentistry - PhD, Department of Stomatology – 1997 - 2002 Thesis: Oral Candidiasis in HIV infected patients in the era of protease inhibitors. Internship/Residency: 1. University of California, San Francisco - Post-Doctoral Fellow Oral Medicine – 1981-1984 BOARD CERTIFICATION: 1. American Board of Oral Medicine – 1988 to date | |||||||||||||||||||
