Forensic Odontology Q & A with Dr. Derek Draft
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
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Due to the popularity of our CE webinar titled, "An Introduction to Forensic Odontology", Dr. Derek Draft has answered some questions about the realities of being a forensic odontologist. Hopefully these answers will provide those interested in the topic a more in depth understanding of what it takes to become a forensic dentist, as well as the realities of being a forensic dentist once you start looking at cases.
Some resources mentioned in this video to help you if you want to learn more are as follows:
the American Academy of Forensic Sciences at aafs.org
the American Society of Forensic Odontology at asfo.org
the American Board of Forensic Odontology at abfo.org
the University of Detroit Mercy CE program at issuu.com
the University of Tennessee at www.uthsc.edu/dentistry/educa...
the University of Texas San Antonio at www.utforensic.org/
About Dr. Derek Draft:
Dr. Draft has been practicing dentistry in Grandville for over 20 years. He splits his time between Michigan and Montreal. Dr. Draft enjoys being a general dentist because he can provide a wide range of services. From small fillings, to root canals and extractions, to very complicated full mouth reconstructions and implants, Dr. Draft enjoys being challenged on a daily basis by the specific needs each patient has. Dr. Draft is very comfortable working on patients of all ages, from the youngest teeth to the oldest teeth.
Dr. Draft credits an early fascination with building model trains to his beginnings in dentistry. He quickly developed the skills necessary to work on small objects and an excellent attention to detail. Applying these skills and a strong desire to help people, he soon geared his schooling towards the goal of becoming a dentist. He attended Hope College and graduated with his B.S. in Chemistry. From there, he was accepted to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and graduated in 1998 in the top 20% of his class.
Dr. Draft is a member of the American Dental Association, Michigan Dental Association, West Michigan District Dental Society, American Society of Forensic Odontologists, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, and the Michigan Forensic Dental Identification Team.
Dr. Draft has also received additional training at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies where he has studied Neuromuscular Dentistry.
Another of Dr. Draft's passions is using his skills to help others who are less fortunate. Dr. Draft was asked by a local non-profit Christian based organization, Partners in Compassionate Care, to help organize and start a dental clinic in Werkok, Southern Sudan. In 2008, Dr. Draft was asked to join the PCC board and traveled to Sudan on an annual basis for several years delivering much needed dentistry to a population who has survived many years of civil war, famine, and disease. Dr. Draft currently makes annual trips to Guatemala and has recently returned to Kenya for several mission trips.
In 2010, Dr. Draft was honored by the Grandville-Jenison Chamber of Commerce as the Small Business Person of the Year Award recipient.
Chapters:
0:00-0:10 Intro
0:11-1:18 What Initially Captured Your Interest About Forensic Odontology?
1:19-3:04 What's the Demand for Forensic Odontologists?
3:05-5:02 What is the Process to Become a Forensic Dentist?
5:03-6:20 What was the Course of Study Like?
6:21-8:23 How Long Did it Take for You to Become Board Certified?
8:24-9:54 What Does a Typical Day for You Look Like?
9:55-10:49 What's the Typical Time Involvement on a Case?
10:50-13:45 What Type of Assignments Require Your Involvement?
13:46-14:49 What are Some Challenges You Face?
14:50-16:10 What Coping Mechanisms Do You Use?
16:11-16:53 What Advice Would You Give for Those Interested?
16:54-18:48 What Resources Are Available to Learn More?
18:49-19:07 Outro
thanks for making this ..very informative
Thanks for the information great video🤗👍
Thank you for lots of great info..💐..
Glad it was helpful!
Hello! Do you think you can provide the links to the articles that interested you in forensic dentistry? It's a fascinating topic for sure and I'd like to learn more.
Hello , do forensic dentist have a dental assistant like other dental specialists
A dental assistant can be involved with working on forensic cases alongside a forensic dentist. The dental assistant's duties would include casework and office charting. Dental records are vital to identification cases and must be original charts and x-rays, not copies.
Howccan I contact this Forensic Odontologist for some help questions?
Hello. If you email us at contact@garrisondental.com we can connect you with Dr. Draft.
I’ve been a dental assistant since 2003. How would I get into being an assistant in forensic dentistry? Thank you
Sorry for this delayed response but we have scheduled the next airing of our Forensic Odontology webinar with Dr. Draft this morning. We recommend you sign up and attend to learn more about how you can be involved within Forensic Dentistry as an assistant. The webinar will be held on September 13th, 2022 and the link is good until then: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3511484322498624781
@@GarrisonDental Oh that’s fine. Thank you very much!! I’ll definitely attend this.
@@GarrisonDental do you have another webinar coming up? I just ran across this video and bren dental assistant for 18yrs and this sounds like an interesting aspect to the dental field I’d be interested in!
We will probably be doing Dr. Draft's forensic webinar again later in the year. To keep up-to-date, you can monitor this page on our website (garrisondental.com/learning or www.garrisondental.com/learning?type[ce_webinar]=ce_webinar&search_api_language[en]=en). We also email invitations out to those set up in our system. To get you set up, you can email marketing@garrisondental.com and we'll get you sorted.