Sedation

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Dr. Lipon then completed a residency in dental anesthesiology at Lutheran Medical Center, a designated Level I trauma center, in Brooklyn, New York. During his senior year, he served as chief resident. He subsequently completed a residency in pediatric dentistry at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dr. Lipon is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in the specialty of pediatric dentistry. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology. He is board-certified in dental anesthesiology and pediatric dentistry in Canada.

Dr. Lipon maintains a part time clinical appointment as an attending dentist at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he trains pediatric dental residents in moderate and deep sedation techniques. He works in private practice in Edmonton, Alberta.

Over his long career, he has provided hundreds of both one and two-drug IV sedation procedures. In addition to his periodontics specialty certificate from the United States Army, he holds a master of science in oral biology from the Medical College of Georgia. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (RCDC) and a past councillor for periodontics at the RCDC.

Austin is currently semi-retired but clinically instructs part-time in undergraduate periodontics, and is involved part-time in the postgraduate periodontics program at the University of Alberta.

She retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after a 21-year career where she accumulated a vast array of memorable and valuable experiences from both professional and personal perspectives. Dr. Trache was the first female oral and maxillofacial surgeon in the Royal Canadian Dental Corps. The highlight of her military career consisted of the two tours of duty in Afghanistan, as the maxillofacial trauma surgeon at the Role Three Multinational Hospital at Kandahar Air Base.

Since leaving the military, she has been involved with the School of Dentistry as an associate clinical professor on a part-time basis before joining the faculty full-time. She is actively involved with the general practice residency (GPR) program, where she mentors the four GPR residents in clinic-based dentoalveolar surgery. Dr. Trache is also a clinical instructor with continuing dental education in the intravenous sedation program and the Alberta implant residency program. She presented lectures and workshops on maxillofacial trauma topics to various military and civilian organizations, and study clubs throughout the country.

Additionally, Dr. Trache is a member of several School of Dentistry and Alberta Dental Association committees. When not at the school, she maintains a private practice in Edmonton at Contours Oral Surgery.

After serving as a general dentist throughout Ontario and Quebec in the military, he had the opportunity to be mentored by several periodontists. It was during these mentorship opportunities where he was persuaded to return to school and pursue a graduate degree in periodontics.

In 2022, he completed his master of science in periodontology at University of Alberta and was successful in becoming a board-certified periodontist, fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology.

Presently, he is stationed at the military base in Edmonton and serves as the Western regional periodontist in 1 Dental Unit for the Royal Canadian Dental Corps. In addition, he is a part-time instructor in the graduate periodontology program at the University of Alberta. His wife (Laura) and two children (Leo and Violet) enjoy the province of Alberta and hope to serve many years to come here in Edmonton.

He then pursued dentistry at the University of Saskatchewan furthering his career with specialty training in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Abdo recently completed a fellowship in pediatric maxillofacial surgery in Melbourne, Australia focusing on managing patients with cleft lip and palate and other maxillofacial deformities.

As a KOIS Center graduate, Spear Centre Faculty member, and examiner on the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, he continues to bring extensive knowledge and high clinical standards to our community.