
Oral Pathology: White Lesions and Oral Ulcers - What Should You Know?
Next Upcoming Session:
Description:
Overview & Learning Objectives
Differential Diagnosis of White Lesions: Harmless or Serious? (Morning Topic)
This lecture will provide dental professionals a review of a broad spectrum of white lesions that may be encountered in the oral cavity. Numerous clinical images will be provided to give the clinician a thorough review of benign, premalignant and malignant pathologic processes. Drs. Cordell & Rosebush will review appropriate therapy and management of these lesions.
After attending this lecture, participants should be better able to:
- Recognize clinical features of a spectrum of white oral lesions including entities from benign white lesions, premalignant white lesions, malignant white lesions
- Diagnose and be familiar with how to treat a variety of common and/or significant white oral lesions
- Recognize indications for referral
The Many Causes of Oral Ulcers (Afternoon Topic)
This lecture will provide dental professionals a review of the wide variety of ulcers that may be encountered in the oral cavity. Numerous clinical images will be provided to give the clinician a thorough review of oral ulcers and their causes including traumatic, infectious, immune-mediated and neoplastic. Drs. Cordell & Rosebush will review appropriate therapy and management of these lesions.
After attending this lecture, participants should be better able to:
- Recognize clinical features of a spectrum of oral ulcers including entities from these categories: traumatic, infections, immune-mediated, neoplastic.
- Diagnose and be familiar with how to treat or manage patients with ulcers resulting from traumatic, infectious, immune-mediated and/or neoplastic
- Recognize indications for referral.
Presenter(s):

Kitrina Cordell, DDS, MS is Chair of the Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at LSU School of Dentistry (LSUSD). Dr. Cordell earned her DDS and MS in oral and maxillofacial pathology from The Ohio State University. Dr. Cordell is member of the North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology, a tripartite member of the American Dental Association, a Fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.

Molly Rosebush, DDS, MS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at LSU School of Dentistry (LSUSD). She completed her DDS at the University of Michigan and a residency in oral and maxillofacial pathology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Rosebush serves as director of the LSU Oral Pathology Biopsy Service. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
Fees:
Early Bird Registration
BY 12:00 pm / noon (CST) 4/1/22
Dentist: $310
Hygienist/Lab Tech: $185
Dental Assistant: $100
Regular Registration
BY 12:00 pm / noon CST 5/6/22)
Dentist: $340
Hygienist/Lab Tech: $215
Dental Assistant: $120
Late Registration
AFTER 12:00 pm / noon CST 5/6/22)
Dentist: $365
Hygienist/Lab Tech: $240
Dental Assistant: $145
Schedule:
Sign-In: 7:30-8:00 am (CST)
Course Starts: 8:00 am (CST)
Location:
Address
Location Information
This course will be held at LSU School of Dentistry at 1100 Florida Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana located in the Mid-City area of New Orleans near beautiful City Park and historic Bayou St. John. If you are staying at a downtown hotel in or near the French Quarter, the distance to the dental school is approximately five miles. If you are driving to the dental school, free parking is available in the patient and visitor parking lots located across from the dental school.
Experience New Orleans
New Orleans is a unique city bursting with over 200 years of history and culture. It remains America's most unique, authentic, and enthralling destination. Find out all that will be going on in New Orleans while you are in town by visiting www.neworleans.com or calling 1.800.672.6124, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Central Time.
Travel
& Hotel
:
Travel Accommodations
Please make your own airline and hotel reservations as soon as possible because New Orleans is busy with many events and conventions at this time of year. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is located approximately 30-40 minutes by taxi from both downtown New Orleans and LSU School of Dentistry. For your return flight, please allow about 90 minutes for the trip to the airport and for airline check-in.
Hotel Information
TBD
Hotel Info:

For details on how LSU CDE video conferencing works, FAQs, and troubleshooting, visit our Video Conferencing page.
NOTE: The Live-Stream Video Conference option for this course is only available to those that live 120 miles or more from the course location. Video conference registrations for this course MUST BE PROCESSED BY PHONE.
LSUCDE video courses are live-streamed via BlueJeans. CE administrators perform roll call and random check-ins via the chat window in BlueJeans. If you miss one or more check-ins it could affect your credits. Before the course you will receive three links: a link to the meeting, a link to a short test, and a link to a course evaluation. You must submit the test and evaluation in order to receive credit. The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry counts CE hours earned through LSUCDE live video conference as in-person hours.
