SP-31 Pediatric Trauma: The Endodontist Must Be the Quarterback

Najia Usman, DDS Dr. Najia Usman graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 1995 with her DDS. After completing a one-year general practice residency at the Cleveland Clinic she furthered her interest in endodontics by completing a two-year endodontic residency at Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon in 2002. She was awarded her Diplomate Status by the American Board of Endodontics in 2009. Dr. Usman has been in private practice since 2002. Though she practices full-scope endodontics, she has cultivated an interest in the endodontic management in trauma, pediatrics and resorptive lesions. She has organized and lectured in dental trauma symposiums. She has lectured and clinically taught dental students, endodontic and pediatric residents. She has lectured nationally and locally to study clubs on topics such as Endo-Perio, Atypical Facial Pain, Regenerative Endodontics and Pulpal injuries after Oro-Facial Trauma. Her study The Influence of Instrument Size on Debridement was published in the Journal of Endodontics (Feb 2004, vol 30, 110-112) has been cited over 260 times. She is an associate clinical professor at the CASE School of Dental Medicine and hold a resident teaching appointment at the Cleveland Clinic. She has held several leadership positions in organized dentistry at the state and national level for the American Dental Association and the American Association of Endodontics. She is the proud mother of 4 children ages 20-30 and has been married to and shares a private multi-specialty practice with Dr. Faisal Quereshy OMFS for 30 years. They reside in Cleveland, Ohio.