3-D Imaging for the General Practioner

AGD Podcast Series host Wes Blakelee, DMD, MAGD, talks with Setareh Lavasani, DDS, MS, FGDIA, a Board-certified oral and maxillofacial radiologist. During the podcast, they discuss 3-D imaging and what general dentists need to know.

Dr. Lavasani is a Board-certified oral and maxillofacial radiologist. She is a full time associate professor and director of Oral Radiology and Advanced Imaging at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine in Pomona, California. She received her specialty certificate and master’s degree in Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Lavasani is a 2019 honoree of the of Americas’ best dental specialists under 40 called “40 under 40” and the international elite group of "Leading Ladies in Dentistry". She has presented lectures and hands on courses in more than 100 national and International scientific meetings and is a frequent presenter at the California Dental Association (CDA), and UCLA School of Dentistry AEGD residency program.

Dr. Lavasani has been invited to contribute to present lectures, mini residencies, and hands on CBCT courses at the American Dental Association annual meetings, Harvard, UPenn, UOP, UCSF, Loma Linda, UT San Antonio, and Loyola University schools of Dentistry. Dr. Lavasani is the co-author of multiple textbook chapters including the first interactive digital Oral Radiology textbook; “Fundamentals of Oral Radiology” which is available in iBooks. She is a member of board of directors at the Global Dental Implant Academy (GDIA) an Associate editor for the Journal of The Lebanese Dental Association (JLDA) and a distinguished reviewer for the OOOO (Quad O) journal. She is an active member of multiple standing committees at the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, Organizing committee at AAOMR, America’s Dental Educator’s Association (ADEA) and the incoming 2022 member of Board of Directors at the Tri-County dental society in Los Angeles, CA. www.slavasanidds.com, @slavasanidds.