Dr. Sarita Arteaga
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, Connecticut 06030
860-679-26491

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Dr. Arteaga is a three-year high school graduate from St. Catharine Academy in the Bronx, New York and a graduate from New York University’s Washington Square University College with a B.A. degree in Biology (1986). After attending the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, she received a D.M.D. degree in 1990 and completed a General Practice Residency at Bronx Municipal/Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx, New York. Returning to Connecticut, Sarita was an associate in private dental practice. After an appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut, she has been teaching and seeing patients at the Health Center since 1995 and was recently promoted to Associate Clinical Professor. In the Department of Reconstructive Sciences, she is a course director for the Operative Dentistry I course and teaches in Operative Dentistry II, III and IV, as well as the Fixed Prosthodontics pre-clinical course and clinic coverage for students in the third and fourth year dental school classes. She attained a Mastership from the Academy of General Dentistry, and is a member of numerous dental associations, including the Hispanic Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry, National Dental Association, and American Dental Education Association. Sarita is currently the President for the Hispanic Dental Association and has served on the Board of Trustees as well as participated on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee (2004, 2005, 2006), the Silent Auction Committee and the Recruitment and Retention Committee. She is a faculty advisor for the Student National Dental Association/Hispanic Student Dental Association at the University of Connecticut School Dental Medicine. She also serves on the Admissions Committee. Dr. Arteaga takes an active community role, performing screenings at the Head Start program in Waterbury and Meriden, the Special Olympics and South Park Inn Homeless Shelter in Hartford. She is a Sunday school teacher at her church: New Life Christian Church in Waterbury. At Connecticut Dance Theater in Watertown, Sarita has taken dance classes and served on the Board of Directors from 1997-2007. She serves on the Board for Pilgrim Pines Conference Center, an Evangelical Covenant Facility. Sarita is married to Dr. Chris Carrington and has 2 children, Elena (age 13) and Isaiah (age 10).

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Lecture Topics


Shade Selection Technology

Purpose: To present various shade selection technology available for chair-side use and methods to communicate shade selection with the dental laboratory.

Objectives: Be able to understand the use of shade selection technology available for laboratory procedures.

Be familiar with the proper communication protocol with laboratories regarding esthetic restorations.

Understand the selection of shades regarding esthetic chair-side procedures.


Restoration of the Endodontically Treated Tooth


Purpose: To present the principles of restoring endodontically treated teeth


Objectives: Advantages & Disadvantages of different types of post and core systems
Indirect & Direct Methods

 

Tooth wear

Purpose: To gain an understanding of:

  • Definition and Diagnosis; Erosion, Abrasion, Attrition
  • Prevalence & Incidence Factors
  • Chemical, Biological, Behavioral
  • Assessment & prevention
  • Clinical Management & New Products
  • Restorative Therapy


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