Course Description:

* The cost of this course includes access to the Dental Consultant Manual. The American Association of Dental Boards distributed this Manual to all 50 states in March of 2021. Many states use the Manual the same way the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners use it.

About The Presenter

Dr. Dovgan has been retained as an expert in the area of dental standard of care throughout the United States. He has been a continually practicing full-time dentist for over 30 years and currently practices full time in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been a board approved consultant for over 30 years, assisting in adjudicating more than 3000 dental board cases for the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners.

Dr. Dovgan is a governor approved dental expert witness for the State of Arizona for the Parsons V. Ryan class action lawsuit and his reports were accepted by the 9th district court. He is also an Attorney General approved dental expert witness for the State of Michigan for the Johannes v. Hayes class action lawsuit and his reports were accepted by the 6th district court. He was also approved in the state of Illinios for the class action lawsuit Clay vs. Dart and his reports were accepted by the 7th district court. Lastly. He was the dental expert witness for the Federal case Smego v. Mitchel in Illinois in which his reports were accepted by the 7th district court.

Dr. Dovgan has been retained as a dental expert witness in over 350 malpractice cases for both defendants and plaintiffs throughout the United States since 2010, due to his expertise in the standard of care. He has over 4000 hours of continuing education and has been a beta tester for Dentrix, a dental software program commonly used by dentists throughout the United States. He has lectured and done live patient demonstrations using both hard and soft tissue lasers. He has taught hundreds of dentists how to operate dental lasers and has published in Restorative Implant Dentistry. Dr. Dovgan has also served as a dental consultant to several dental companies.

Additionally, He is a board-approved anesthesia evaluator and onsite inspection evaluator. He had administered oral examinations and onsite inspections for anesthesia permits.