Periodontal and Dental Hygiene Excellence

Periodontal and Dental Hygiene Excellence is organized by The Western Society of Periodontology (WSP) and will be held on Sep 23, 2023, at Crowne Plaza New Orleans French Quarter, an IHG Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.

Description:
Finding the “Gold Crown “ in Your Practice…Utilizing the Profitability of Your Hygiene / Preventative Department
Course Description:
Dental practice owners look to achieve the best dental care and to make a profit, but they overlook one of the most valuable assets in their practice…it is their hygiene department!

Learning Objectives:
• This lecture will review the changing preventative products’ chemistries and will review how dental practice owners can profit from everyday procedures offered by hygienists or EFDAs
• Understand how nano and ORMOCER technology is impacting preventative products
• Review streamlining approaches to desensitizing for better efficacy
• Understand how to work with your dental team and patients to achieve optimal oral health

CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IMPROVE YOUR OUTCOMES An Update on Protocols, Products, and Treatment Options
Course Description:
Updated protocols assist us in determining our patient’s specific needs. As we move towards a more collaborative profession, we need to embrace these updates to identify those needs. We are presented with continuous challenges of new advances in products and technology and their use in dentistry and are in need of information to determine when and how to add them to our armamentaria. As professionals providing health services, our perception of product use along with protocols needs to be discussed with our team as well as the interdisciplinary referrals we have. The process of care (assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation, evaluation, and documentation) requires a comprehension of protocols, products, and treatment options and how they are to be utilized.

Learning Objectives:
• Modify diagnosis assistance with the team and rationale for changes in assessment forms and diagnostic tools
• Distinguish which new-to-market products should be brought into your practice
• Integrate materials and products for a variety of uses in the dental office from infection control, dental hygiene therapy, oral cancer screening, patient communication, and instrumentation
• Develop effective communication with patients and assist in the business of the dental practice
• Formulate strategies that incorporate efficient inpatient treatment for more productive scheduling

Providing Care in a Marijuana Legal World:
Course Description:
Have you thought about how medical and recreational marijuana use may impact you as a practitioner This course will discuss treatment modalities of patients using this drug. With states legalizing marijuana, it will be challenging to address just how to safely provide dentistry to our patients. We’ll talk about how to make common sense decisions on a topic that has become our new normal. We will also discuss the basic history, method of use, and myths, and provide a general knowledge of this complex and ever-changing topic.

Learning Objectives:
• Review how patients are using marijuana for medicine and recreation
• Discuss the myths and truths of medical and recreational marijuana use
• Learn the verbal skills to discuss the effects of marijuana use on the dentition and oral tissue
• Understand the contraindications in providing dentistry to patients using marijuana in a medical or recreational manor