SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE
&
THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY
Presents:

Friday, November 20, 2026 (Virtual and In-person for Friday’s Lecture)

Drugs and Dentistry:

Best Practices for Prescribing and Reducing Risk  Pharmacology

Karen Baker, RPh, MS

Saturday, November 21, 2026 (Hands-on/Lecture In-person only)

Dental Restorative and Caries Management with Esthetic Dentistry in Mind

Dr. Poonam Jain

Course:

Day One–The dental team will be updated on recent developments in dental pharmacology while providing strategies for prescribing antibiotics, analgesics and mucositis agents to ensure therapeutic success. Strategies for treating medicated and medically complex patients will also be presented and discussed.

Day 2- will be a hands-on and lecture comparing and contrasting restorative materials and techniques to restore anterior and posterior teeth in high and low caries-risk situations with esthetic outcomes.

Speaker Bio:

Karen Baker, RPh, MS Clinical Pharmacology

Karen Baker is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. She has taught clinical pharmacology at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry for 45years as Chair of the Pharmacology Department. She is a clinical pharmacist with a Masters degree in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics and is focused on patient-specific dental drug therapy. She has given well over 1500 invited lectures nationally and internationally and provides legendary handouts to enhance her entertaining and practical lectures. Dr. Poonam Jain, B.D.S., M.S., M.P.H. Dr. Poonam Jain has over 28 years of experience in dental educatioKaren Baker, RPh, MS Clinical Pharmacology Karen Baker is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. She has taught clinical pharmacology at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry for 45years as Chair of the Pharmacology Department. She is a clinical pharmacist with a Masters degree in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics and is focused on patient-specific dental drug therapy. She has given well over 1500 invited lectures nationally and internationally and provides legendary handouts to enhance her entertaining and practical lectures.

Dr. Poonam Jain, B.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.

Dr. Poonam Jain has over 28 years of experience in dental education and clinical dental practice. After receiving her M.S. and a certificate in Operative Dentistry from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, she started as and Assistant Professor of Operative Dentistry at the SIU School of Dental Medicine, SIUSDM. In that role, she taught Operative Dentistry and dental materials in the preclinic as well as on the clinic floor. Dr. Jain became Associate Professor in 2004 and Professor in 2012 at the SIU School of Dental Medicine. In 2006, Dr. Jain became Director of Community Health at SIUSDM. Dr. Jain earned her M.P.H. degree from the School of Public Health and Social Work from St. Louis University in 2011. In 2016, Dr. Jain joined AT Still University’s Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health as Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs and Advance Education until 2025. Dr. Jain has maintained a private practice of General Dentistry since 1998. In 2007, she founded Staunton Family Dentistry and focuses on General and Esthetic Dentistry with a special emphasis on prevention and whole-person care. Dr. Jain serves as a consultant for the dental industry as well as other healthcare organizations.

Course Objectives:

Pharmacology
Hands on/Lecture Cariology and Restorations/Esthetic Dentistry
Karen Baker, RPh, MS
Dr. Poonam Jain B.D.S, MS, M.P.H.
Course Objectives:
Day One:
1. Prescribe the most appropriate antibiotic or analge-sic regimens based on patient and drug characteris-tics and efficacy.
2. Recognize dental treatment considerations for safe-ly managing patients on antihypertensives, antico-agulants, weight loss drugs and immunotherapy drugs as well as other drugs for the complex medi-cal patient.
3. Avoid potentially harmful interactions between den-tal drug therapies and medical drug therapies.
4. Day Two: Compare and contrast restorative materi-als and techniques to reliably restore anterior as well as posterior teeth in high caries-risk situations with esthetic outcomes.
5. Create treatment plans for patients with dry mouth and other medical conditions requiring extensive restorative dental work.
Supplies: For the hands-on session please bring magnification eyewear; Highspeed handpiece to con-nect with 4-hole adaptor hose; Low speed with latch attachment. and extracted teeth and your favorite composite instruments and finishing/polishing and caries excavation burrs.

 

CE Credits:

(Towards AGD Fellowship or Mastership)
8 hours of oral medicine/pharmacology dentistry lecture credit for those who attend the 11/20/26 lecture only; 16 hours of oral medicine/operative/esthetic Dentistry participa-tion credit for those who attend 11/20/26 lecture and 11/21/26 hands-on. (36 hours for those who complete an in-office protocol assignment and report).
(May substitute some course credit for operative dentistry)
Email: [email protected] for information

PROTOCAL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ILLINOIS AGD.

Protocol Reporting Session
Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Virtual Session via Zoom
Call 309-657-3008 or Email
[email protected] for reservations and zoom link.
If you are participating in the Friday session virtually and have not received the ZOOM link on 6/7/26 please contact Dr. Bishop at [email protected].

When & Where:

Friday, November 20, 2026
(Virtual and In-person for Friday’s Lecture)
Saturday, November 21, 2026
(Saturday Hands-on In Person Only)

Southern Illinois University

School of Dental Medicine

Course Schedule:

FRIDAY, November 20, 2026 (Lecture: Zoom and In-person)
7:45 am Registration
8:00 am – 10:30 am Lecture in Hoag Hall Auditorium (Bldg. 283)
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break and Discuss
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch and Learn with the students
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Lecture in Hoag Hall Auditorium (Bldg. 283)
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Break and Discuss
3:15 pm – 5:00 pm Lecture in Hoag Hall Auditorium (Bldg. 283)

SATURDAY, November 21, 2026 (Hands-On: In Person only)
7:45 am Registration
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Hands-on
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Lunch & Discuss
12:30 pm – 4:30 pm Hands-on

DEADLINE:
November  18, 2026
May register for lecture only on 11/20/26
11/21/26 Hands-on Participation has limited space available

Hotel Reservations based on availability. Identify yourself as attending the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine AGD Programs. Only necessary for Thursday if attending Friday in-person rather than ZOOM.

Hotel Reservations based on availability. Identify yourself as attending the Southern Illinois Univer-sity School of Dental Medicine AGD Programs. Only necessary for Thursday if attending Friday in-person rather than ZOOM.

Great Rivers Hotel
3559 College Avenue
Alton, Illinois 62002
(618) 462-1220
Directions: Take 55 North or South to the Alton Exit #30, Route 140. (140 becomes College
Avenue)

PAYMENT

Return the completed registration form and check made out to CIAGD to:

Dr. Susan Bishop
7314 N. Edgewild Dr.
Peoria, IL 61614

For information call:
Dr. Susan Bishop
(309) 692-1796 or e-mail at
[email protected]

PARKING: Available behind Hoag Hall. No permit is necessary. Do not park in clinic lot. You will be ticketed.

PAYMENT

Return the completed registration form to:
Dr. Susan Bishop
7314 N. Edgewild Dr.
Peoria, IL 61614

Virtual Session via Zoom Call 309-692-1796 or Email [email protected] for reservations and zoom link.

If you are participating in the Friday session virtually and have not received the ZOOM link on 11/18/26 please contact Dr. Bishop at [email protected].

Presenting a program of this nature is a group effort and would not be possible without the assistance of many individuals and companies. A complete listing of contributing companies will be available at the program site.

Registration:

 

                                                                    AGD/ADA/Public Health      NON-AGD/ADA

Dentist: 2 day participation course               $695                                      $795
(limit 30 participants on 11/21/26
Dentist 11/20/26 Lecture only                         $285                                      $335
Staff (non-dentist) per day                             $50                                         $75
(must be accompanied by dentist)
SIU Instructors/Students 11/20/26                   N/C                                     $10*
Lecture only and 11/21/26 observation only.
Must be registered for seminar.
(Observation will be permitted at participation course (includes faculty/students) if course limit is
reached, but costs and attendee numbers must be approved by the course master.)
Lunch is included in all day seminar cost.
*Includes 1 year AGD student membership
Non-Members: Join in AGD and receive seminar at AGD member cost.

Return by 11/18/26 (Limited attendance for second day on 11/21/26)

Refunds are available for courses, minus $50 processing fee, will be granted if requested at least ten days prior to the start of the course     

Another fine program brought to you by the CIAGD

Click here to print the November 20 and 21 2026 flyer (1) (1).pdf 

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NEXT  CIAGD/SIUSDM SEMINAR:  ~ March 19-20, 2027 TBA