OVERVIEW

New Jersey Dental Hygienists' Association (NJDHA) 2021 Annual Conference is organized by New Jersey Dental Hygienists' Association (NJDHA) and will be held from Oct 22 - 23, 2021.

Accreditation: Earn up to 4 CEU's

Description:
From the first minutes of our dental hygiene education, we knew the important role dental hygiene plays in health. When a dental hygienist graduates, an oath is taken to “improve the oral health of the public, to advance the art and science of dental hygiene and to promote high standards of quality care.” However, statistics such as 50% of the American adult population has some form of periodontal disease and 41,000 cases of oral cancer are diagnosed annually loom over our profession.

Modern medicine has developed and embraced clinical laboratory testing as their standard of care “to improve health and promote higher standards of care”. Instead of assuming what is ailing their patients, they test--using clinical laboratories as a partner to decipher root causes to properly treat. Why should dental hygiene be any different?

Think to the past pandemic, clinical laboratory testing has played an integral role. Patients know testing is needed. Why should the dental office be any different? With dental care, the clinical signs/our eyes do not tell the full story or what is the root cause. Our teams take radiographs every day because we know we can’t see everything when it comes to decay, consider salivary diagnostics your molecular x-ray for periodontal disease, HPV detection for oral cancer risk assessment, among others.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.