Winter 2027 CE Training Day for the Entire Dental Team - Zoom Webinar

David Hancock, DDS, FACD

Dr. Hancock was born and raised in an academic family. He attended the University of Arizona for his undergraduate education and Northwestern University Dental School, completing his degree in 1976. In July of that year, he began private practice in Scottsdale Arizona. His private practice areas of interest were general and complex restorative dentistry, dental occlusion and TM disorders. In January 2020, after 43 years of private practice, Dr. Hancock joined the faculty at Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine—Arizona as an assistant professor. He is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the American Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry, the AES, the International Association of Dental Research/American Association of Dental Oral and Craniofacial Research and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the ADA Consensus Oversight Committee, and Working Group 9; and serves on many committees within these organizations. He is currently the past president of the Academy of Dentistry International. Since 2018, he has served ADI and ADI USA as program chair for annual meetings and continuing education. He is past president of the American Equilibration Society and is American Collete of Dentistry, Arizona Section Chair. Dr. Hancock is honored to hold fellowship in the American College of Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry International, the International College of Dentists and the Pierre Fauchard Academy.

John A. Molinari, PhD

Dr. Molinari is Professor Emeritus at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, where he served for 32 years as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Director of Infection Control. After leaving the University, he was Director of Infection Control for The Dental Advisor in Ann Arbor, Michigan. There he was involved in research evaluating new infection control technologies and products. Dr. Molinari has published over 600 scientific articles, reports, text chapters, and abstracts in the areas of microbiology and immunology and continues to lecture nationally and internationally on topics dealing with infectious diseases and infection control. He is co-author of the text Cottone’s Practical Infection Control in Dentistry and served as a consultant for the CDC, ADA Council on Scientific Affairs, Council on Dental Practice, and regional hospitals. Dr. Molinari was also Chairman of the State of Michigan Governor’s Risk Reduction and AIDS Policy Commission and a member of the Michigan Board of Dentistry. In addition, he was the Infection Control section editor for The Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, a member of the Editorial Board for The Journal of the American Dental Association and contributed a monthly column for Dental Economics. 

Donald Nixdorf, DDS, MS

Dr. Nixdorf is Professor and Division Director at the University of Minnesota in the Division of TMD & Orofacial Pain. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta, The Ohio State University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Minnesota. As a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain (ABOP), as well as the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology (NDBA), he maintains a specialty Orofacial Pain practice at the University of Minnesota focused on the diagnoses and management of chronic TMD pain, headaches, and neuropathic pain condition within multi-disciplinary settings. Dr. Nixdorf’s research has focused on the classification, diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment perspectives of TMD and neuropathic facial pain with over 100 published articles. 

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 its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members must 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 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 before the speaker’s presentation.

Continuing Dental Education Staff members have no relevant affiliations or financial interests to disclose. 

Drs. Hancock and Nixdorf have no relevant affiliations or financial interests to disclose.

Dr. Molinari is a consultant/speaker for Hu-Friedy Group. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.