Periodontitis is the major contributor of tooth loss in dentistry. The practitioner can incorporate periodontal therapy into the overall treatment plan for quality comprehensive care. The seminar session will combine current research concepts with therapeutic techniques in a practice management format

Collect data in a time efficient, standardized manner so that delegation will be effective.

Determine the prognosis of restorative abutment teeth and develop
a diagnosis to enhance quality of care.Develop and implement a non-surgical treatment plan utilizing the technology of ultrasonic systems.

Enhance the decision making process on evaluating surgery versus non-surgery with consideration of local and systemic delivery anti-microbial therapy.

Establish a periodontal maintenance program with interaction between the dentist, hygienist, and the periodontist.

Achieve case acceptance by establishing fees and utilizing effective insurance coding.

Dentists who desire to enhance comprehensive care through a TEAM approach of periodontal care.

Dental hygienists interested in providing time efficient therapy.

Dental staff members who will broaden their interests in the overall periodontal care for the patient family.

How to develop time effective data collection systems and empower the dental hygienist as a TEAM member to make periodontics a “growth center” in your practice.

Appropriate case selection for “successful” periodontal outcomes.

Designing effective root planing appointments utilizing the technology of ultrasonic systems.

Practice management techniques to establish fees, insurance reimbursement, risk management, and referral processes to periodontists.

A workshop environment will be utilized to analyze case histories via video of patients in a private practice setting.

CEU: 6
Audience: Dentists, Periodontists, Dental hygienists, Assistants, Receptionists

With periodontitis being the major contributor for tooth loss in the practice of dentistry, the dental TEAM, including the dental hygienist, must be committed to resolving the disease process through a systems approach for effectiveness.

This seminar will provide the participant with:

1. Standardizing the collection of periodontal data in a time efficient manner to determine accurately the prognosis of restorative abutments.

2. Empowering the dental hygienist with expanded work descriptions beyond the “prophy”.

3. Developing “realistic” non-surgical therapies and the respective reevaluation with emphasis on “new” local delivery antimicrobial systems and micro-ultrasonics.

4. Establishing a quality periodontal maintenance program that enhances the restorative practice.

5. Creating positive interactions between dentists, periodontists, and dental hygienists through communication skills and continuous quality improvement.

CEU: 3
Audience: Dentists, Periodontists, Dental hygienists, Assistants, Receptionists

The dental practitioner is continually challenged in periodontal care with customizing treatment for the restorative patient. Complicating the decision process is the influence of patient esthetic expectations and economic considerations.

We will unravel the complexities by:

1. Determining patient resistance/susceptibility patterns for predictable outcomes.

2. Providing a “systems” approach to assessing prognosis for restorative abutments.

3. Enhancing esthetic results by manipulating gingivae.

4. Creating true success by positive case acceptance and establishing long-term maintenance goals.

By creating “hands-on” decision making situations, participants will have the opportunity to engage in actual patient case histories in formulating win-win techniques to the periodontal component of their practice.

CEU: 3 to 6
Audience: Dentists, Periodontists, Dental hygienists

The restorative dentist is continually challenged by procedures which result in “blind” access to subgingival margin placement. And now that we can offer a menu of esthetic dentistry to our participants, manipulation of gingival margins to obtain satisfying cosmetic results is a major component of success. Surgical procedures can assist the clinician in defining end points and provide essential biologic width.

Through an interactive seminar environment enhanced by a direct hands-on workshop, the participant will be provided with the following objectives:

1. Collect data to determine case selection and choose appropriate surgical techniques
2. Define anatomical limitations of surgical restorative access
3. Describe surgical techniques for restorative access including flap manipulation and suturing methodologies
4. Review indications for mucogingival augmentation including attached gingivae and ridge anatomy
5. Develop post-operative evaluation protocols assessing wound healing and complications

Participants will be mailed a limited instrument list on what to bring to the course upon registration.

C.E.U. 6
Audience: Dentists
Limited to 20 participants

Although the ultrasonic instrument was originally introduced as a device for removing gross supragingival calculus of tooth surfaces, it is only in the past five years that it has gained popularity as a credible approach to managing subgingival periodontal disease. Several events have occurred to elicit this response, such as:

1. Recent emphasis on periodontal care for all patients, especially with non-surgical modalities,
2. Credible research demonstrating effectiveness with ultrasonics,
3. Equipment enhancements with emphasis on tip size for anatomical negotiation in tandem with patient comfort,
4. Increased physical fatigue and ailments by therapists using traditional instrumentation, and
5. Consideration for time efficiency.

Incorporating power driven instrumentation into the periodontal component of the practice provides a time effective adjunct to definitive root planing and the deplaquing process of the periodic supportive maintenance.

Upon completion of this workshop, the participant will be able to:

1. Be familiar with the current literature justifying the use of power driven instrumentation.
2. To state the indications and contraindications for their use, including safety precautions.
3. Select the necessary instrumentation commercially available to achieve effective results.
4. Implement techniques unique to this modality, especially in the area of enhancing patient comfort.
5. Incorporate power driven instrumentation into the periodontal component of the practice.

This workshop will acquaint the dental therapist with the versatility of using ultrasonic instrumentation in periodontal root planing and supportive maintenance procedures. The course format will consist of seminars, demonstrations, and participant “hands on” activity with equipment utilization on models.

3 CEU abbreviated
6 CEU complete

Participants: Dentists and dental hygienists

This course leaves traditional root planing techniques behind and moves into a new era of providing periodontal care through technology. By incorporating a combination of both manual and ultrasonic instrumentation in tandem with antimicrobials, the participant is taken to new heights in providing a synergistic level of care.

This hands-on workshop will directly impact your patients by:

· Utilizing electronic data collection to find and sell periodontal care in a solo environment
· Introducing ultrasonic instrumentation for periodontal patients with emphasis of patient comfort and acceptance.
· Operating ultrasonics with micro-thin inserts in a sulcular arena with an array of medicaments.
· Providing ergonomic techniques to decrease physical fatigue and enhance time efficiency.
· Placing time release local delivery antibiotics in selected sites

The seminar will enhance your armamentarium in treating today’s initial and recare periodontal patient where surgical therapy is not feasible.

CEU 3 to 6

Audience: Dentists and Hygienists

30 maximum class size per session

Participants should bring protective eyewear
All other equipment supplied by manufacturers