Course Descriptions

Amber Lovatos, BSDH, RDH

Superheroes of Dentistry: Community-Based Dentistry

Friday, September 16, 2022 – AM Course

COURSE DESCRIPTION: As dental professionals, we are wired with the desire to make an impact in our community, but often do not know where to begin. This course will provide the learner with strategies for implementing community outreach initiatives. It will also educate the learner on the variety of public health settings and ways to combat disparities. As well as barriers facing the community and providers seeking to make an impact. Included in this course are examples of outreach initiatives implemented to address disparities such as disabilities, geographical barriers, language, cost, and low health literacy.

Learning Objectives:

    1. The learner will be able to plan and implement community outreach initiatives.
    2. The learner will be able to describe community-based dental care.
    3. The learner will be able to identify barriers to community dental care and how to address these barriers.

 

Amber Lovatos, BSDH, RDH

You Have a Friend in Me: Mental Health in Dentistry

Friday, September 16, 2022 – PM Course

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Talks of burnout, stress, anxiety and depression have never been so widely talked about in the dental profession as it is today. With the increase of stress from the COVID-19 pandemic and increased demands of being clinical dentistry, it is no wonder so many dental professionals are leaving the profession and reporting feelings of burnout. This course will identify symptoms of burnout and ways to combat burnout in dentistry. I will take clinicians through my personal journey with burnout and what I did to reignite my passion for dentistry.
This course will also focus on mental health disorders and its impact on oral health. This course seeks to identify signs of anxiety and depression in our patient population. The goal of this course is to bring awareness to mental health issues in patients and
clinicians. The course will also provide resources and strategies when dealing with patients with anxiety and depression, and other mental health disorders.

Learning Objectives:

The learner will be able to:

    1. Identify signs of burnout in dental practitioners.
    2. Modify their care for patients suffering mental health disorders.
    3. Assess the patient’s oral health status and its correlation with the patient’s mental
      health.

 

1. Identify signs of burnout in dental practitioners.
2. Modify their care for patients suffering mental health disorders.
3. Assess the patient's oral health status and its correlation with the patient’s mental
health.

Amber Auger, RDH, MPH

Progressive Periodontal Therapy

Saturday, September 17, 2022 – AM Course

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Identifying disease at its earliest stages is essential to prevent the progression of oral and systemic diseases. Proper classification of our patient’s risk factors, and potential rate of progression enables the dental hygienist’s role to be fully maximized. This creates a practice that is in full alignment with the standard of care, results in raving patients, and a thriving practice.

Learning Objectives:

    1. Access the 2017 AAP Periodontal Classifications and review case studies.
    2. Discuss treatment recommendations based on patients stage and grade.
    3. Evaluate communication techniques to increase patient acceptance.
    4. Discover common billing errors that prevent insurance coverage.
    5. Review new and innovative ways to improve the chairside experience for both the patient and the clinician; including voice recognition technologies, instruments, and new homecare items that will optimize patient compliance.
    6. Identify best practices of power instrumentation and latest hand scaling techniques.

 

Amber Auger, RDH, MPH

The RDH ToolKit: Chairside and Homecare Innovations to Improve Patient Outcomes

Saturday, September 17, 2022 – PM Course

COURSE DESCRIPTION: How we decontaminate the oral cavity matters. The demands of fast-paced lifestyles have increased our patient’s oral diseases. In order to be effective in our chairside treatments having updated technologies is requisite. This course is designed for attendees to review the latest techniques, how they improve patient care, and how they reduce stress on the clinician.

Learning Objectives:

    1. Identify how to enhance patient care and communication through leveraging chairside technologies
    2. Evaluate the clinician and patient benefits of the technologies
    3. Review power instrumentation for the dental hygienist
    4. Discover the science behind the clinical innovations
    5. Determine how the armamentarium will fit into everyday workflow
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