Putting Out the Fire: The Hygienist’s Role in Inflammatory Disease Part 1
Thursday, June 15, 2023
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM PST
Location: Room 4C3-C4
CE Credits: 1.5
Primary Audience(s): Hygienist
Additional Audience(s): Dentist, EFDA/Dental Assistant, Front Office
At some point (hopefully) all dentists and hygienists ask themselves, “Is this all there is…restoring tooth after tooth and prophy after prophy, after bloody prophy?!” If you are fed up watching disease progress, falling into never-ending pockets, and encountering constant resistance from your patients, this course is for you.
If your frontline detection of periodontal disease is a probe and radiographs, hygienists and doctors, yours is restoring one tooth at a time; this course will blow your mind! Finally, the technology hygienists deserve is affordable and easy to implement. Discover how microscopes, lasers and other advanced testing can innovate your care. Educate patients on how to improve oral health through learning how to determine risk factors, educate patients on how the mouth is connected to the body to help instill value and successfully care for oral health at home utilizing evidenced based practices.
Learning Objectives:
Periodontal disease and its role in systemic inflammation.
Caries and its role in systemic inflammation.
Function and physiologic and systemic inflammation.