P-1 - You Did What to Whom and They Want How Much?!

Thursday, April 3, 2025

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST

Location: Hynes Convention Center, Floor 2, Room 207

Earn 1.5 CE Credits

Speaker(s)

John S. Olmsted, D.D.S., M.S.

Adjunct Professor
UNC Chapel Hill and Iowa
Summerfield, North Carolina

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Handouts
Katherine Panikian, JD (she/her/hers)

Chief Risk Officer
Eastern Dentists Insurance Company (EDIC)
Westborough, Massachusetts

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Handouts

Session Host(s)

Tevyah J. Dines, D.MD

Owner
Dines Endodontics
Wellesley, Massachusetts

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

John S. Olmsted, D.D.S., M.S.: No financial relationships to disclose

Katherine Panikian, JD: No financial relationships to disclose

Tevyah J. Dines, D.MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Dr. John Olmsted and Katie Panikian, JD, CPCU, ARM will present case studies of several real endodontic malpractice cases to the audience. They will highlight endodontic procedures that became issues for dentists, and also endodontic procedures that developed problems for endodontists. A discussion will follow each case, giving the audience a chance to discuss the risk management issues involved in each case. The audience will then be asked to act as a jury, reaching a verdict on the case, and a dollar amount on a judgment. The audience will then be given the real-life verdicts and awards.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how errors in record keeping, diagnosis, treatment planning, and endodontic treatment will affect the claims handling and legal process.
List the cost in terms of judgments rendered against dentists/endodontists through the discussion of reallife malpractice case examples.
Outline the steps of risk management.