This popular seminar fulfills an important clinical need by providing general dentists and their clinical staff with the latest information on appropriate periodontal therapy by case type.
The participant will be able to: define goals, establish protocols, and measure results to achieve excellence in therapy; state the latest information on the association between periodontal disease and systemic disease; explain root planning techniques that minimize or eliminate root sensitivity; identify the importance of the dental hygienist as a key periodontal therapist; recognize when and how to refer patients to a periodontist and explain how to cultivate this relationship to benefit your practice.
(**non-technical course-may not qualify for State Board CE hours)
This presentation details recommended documentation techniques to support diagnostic and treatment decisions, as well as to prevent problems with dental benefit plans. On computer or paper, the patient record is your office blueprint for patient treatment, sequencing, and scheduling, insurance payment and malpractice avoidance. In today’s world it is also your single best defense against adverse utilization review by dental benefit plans.Detailed records protect you and your patients. The participant will be able to: document medical and dental histories; use record keeping for initial data collection; document a treatment plan; manage adverse utilization review and avoid malpractice; implement appropriate dental codes.
Dental Implants have become a viable treatment modality in dentistry. This seminar will help you understand the interaction of implant design, surface topography, and osseous and soft tissue healing. Subjects to be covered: how do patients benefit from dental implants; treatment planning the edentulous patient for dental implant therapy; treatment planning the single missing tooth; does osteoporosis affect the survival of dental implants; does a history of bisphosphonate therapy contraindicate dental implant therapy; does implant surface modification really make a difference or are they marketing gimmicks?
Our greatest challenges in dental practice are most often treating cases of extremely worn dentition.Hope for those patients can come in the form of an offer from the dentist and team to uncover and resolve the cause of the problems prior to offering restorative solutions.
Some topics of discussion will include: restorative success depends on an accurate diagnosis of what causes wear in the first place; how do I recognize the different causes of wear from one another; do our teeth touch when we chew, can teeth wear from normal chewing; replacing myths about tooth wear with literature based information; what is an occlusal interference and what does it interfere with?
