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Baltimore AGD Presents

Medicine by the Numbers:
A Practical Approach to Diagnostic Lab Testing for Dentists

2L/4L CE credts - AGD 010 Basic Sciences

MARYLAND AGD VIRTUAL ACADEMY

TWO PART SERIES

Register for one or both!

PART ONE
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
6:30 p.m. BYOB Happy Half Hour & Networking
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Lecture

PART TWO
Wednesday, MAY 7, 2025
6:30 p.m. BYOB Happy Half Hour & Networking
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Lecture

Course Fees: 
Free to Maryland AGD Members
$35 for Non-members
Featuring: 
David C. Bastacky, DMD, OMFS
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Course Description:

As dentistry continues to intersect with complex medical care, understanding and interpreting diagnostic laboratory tests has become an essential skill for the general dentist. This two-part seminar demystifies common lab values and provides a clinically relevant, systems-based approach to lab interpretation.

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April 30

In Part 1, we’ll explore complete blood count (CBC), platelet counts, differentials, and coagulation studies including PT/PTT and the coagulation cascade. The session will also cover anticoagulants, their reversal agents, and a deep dive into the dental implications of various anemias and platelet disorders.

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May 7

Part 2 expands into metabolic panels (BMP/CMP), blood typing and screening, and specialized tests including HIV, hepatitis, serum pregnancy testing, urinalysis, toxicology screens, and more. Through case-based learning, we will correlate lab data with clinical findings, empowering dentists to make safer, more informed decisions in everyday practice.

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This course is ideal for general dentists looking to enhance their medical knowledge and integrate evidence-based diagnostics into patient assessment and treatment planning.

Course Objectives:

Participants in this course will gain knowledge in the following areas:

 

  • Normal lab values

  • Abnormal lab values

  • How do we analyze the numbers

  • Clinical correlation, Clinical exam

  • Medicine by the numbers

About the Speaker:

Dr. Bastacky is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who has been in private practice since 1989.  He completed his training in OMFS at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.,  in 1989.  Dr. Bastacky first completed a General Practice Dental Residency at The Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY, in 1986.  He has been in private practice in the Catonsville, MD, community since 1990.  Dr. Bastacky has a part time Academic appointment at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where he works with the general practice dental residents and the oral and maxillofacial surgery residents.  He has presented lectures locally and regionally here in the U.S. on a variety of clinical subjects pertaining to the practice of dentistry, medicine and oral and maxillofacial surgery.

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