Mini Residency in Pediatric Dentistry - September 2023

Meet Our Course Director

Daniela Rodrigues Silva, DDS, MS, is the Dr. Thomas K. Barber Endowed Chair, the Director of the Pediatric Residency Program, and an Associate Clinical Professor of the Section of Pediatric Dentistry in the Division of Preventive and Restorative Sciences at the UCLA School of Dentistry. She completed her dental degree at the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil; a pediatric dentistry certificate at the University of Castelo Branco, Brazil; and her certificate and master's degree in pediatric dentistry at the University of Michigan. Before her work in California, Dr. Silva served as the Residency Program Director at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. A Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, Dr. Silva is also an active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. Her research areas of interest include caries diagnosis and prevention, pulp therapy, restorative dentistry, and dental trauma.

Disclosure Summary

It is the policy of the University of Minnesota Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Relationships of spouse/partner with proprietary entities producing health care goods or services should be disclosed if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member will be shared with the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation.

Neither the speakers or the Continuing Dental Education Staff members have anything to disclose.

The following information was received from our speakers for this course. It is not assumed these financial interests or affiliations will have an adverse impact on course presentations. They simply are noted here to fully inform course participants.

Daniela Rodrigues Silva, DDS, MS
Indicated no relevant affiliations or financial interests. Speaker does not intend to discuss an off-label/investigative use of a commercial product/device.