Asking engaging questions and using documentation and tracking techniques can motivate clients to better health with treatment consent and compliance.

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• Increase awareness and understanding of the value of applying a systematic reproducible sequence to attain a thorough assessment resulting in improved client care

• Analyze tissue and recognize the value of shape, consistency, texture, colour, size and bleeding, and the relationship to debridement required

• Improve ability to co-discuss and co-discover client indications of treatment required and treatment plan acceptance

• Contribute to areas of opportunity for clinicians as client educators and build momentum for the quest of ongoing knowledge to elevate skill

Explore strategies that will assist in completing comprehensive and accurate documentation.

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• Learners will acquire an increased knowledge of strategies on how to fulfill the requirements that the CDHO deems essential in completing comprehensive, accurate documentation within the client’s chart for each client interaction

• Create together a framework (with prompts) that will aid the learner in applying the knowledge gained in the recording 

• An increased ability to formulate a dental hygiene diagnosis statement and a dental hygiene care plan statement with goals and expected outcomes

• Learners will be able to identify the requirements of intervention documentation in orthodontic and general practice

Learn how to care for clients with persistent bleeding points as a result of residual and burnished calculus, by providing definitive periodontal therapy.

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• Identify the potential causes for persistent inflammation and bleeding points

• Understand the challenges of morphology

• Develop techniques for detection and removal of burnished calculus

• Identify and utilize an individualized combination of hand, power and subgingival air flow debridement interventions to successfully impact disease

Enhance skills to educate clients on their oral condition and assist in creating a long-term vision designed to preserve and protect their dentition — and oral health.

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• Identify risk factors leading to deterioration of tooth structure

• Discuss the effects of xerostomia, systemic diseases, chronic medical conditions, medication, diet and erosion on tooth enamel and tissue

• Implement strategies to address and prevent the loss of enamel, dentin and cementum

• Become proficient at preventing, preserving and reconditioning enamel, cementum, dental and oral mucosa

• Create an approach that educates clients on the value of protecting their teeth and gums and improves client compliance

• Integrate dental aids and medicaments to promote healing and protect dentition for the long term

Heighten your awareness to: identify the distinct challenges of our orthodontic clients through their treatment journey.

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• To identify clients who would benefit from orthodontic treatment 

• To review the process of care for the orthodontic client

• To understand the challenges for clients in orthodontic treatment. 

• To examine the opportunities and options for support and prevention

• To examine instrumentation challenges and options for client therapy

• To identify post-orthodontic treatment options through a thorough re-assessment of your client

Discover how to enhance your treatment modalities, whether you are providing care for clients who enjoy excellent oral health or those with chronic oral disease.

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• Understand the similarities and differences of peri-implant and periodontal tissue

• Examine and compare the clinical management protocols for treatment of teeth and implants

• Develop critical thinking skills and strategies for complex treatment planning

• Increase knowledge of innovative treatment modalities that will assist in the clinical management of your client

Educate your clients on the importance of maintenance and self-care to protect their implants.

• Learn to  Assess, Identify, and Monitor as a critical part of implant care

• Examine risk factors that can affect the success of implants and how to detect early problems such as Implantitis

• Understand the implications of implant-induced decay

• Using an evidence-based approach and case studies, address why implants fail

• Review implant maintenance protocols and how to develop a self-care program with systems and products to help combat implant failure

Utilize cutting edge comprehensive biofilm management with airflow debridement technology to dismantle biofilm communities.

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• Understand the basics of biofilm and its management

• Connect the role of airflow debridement to successful biofilm management

• Differentiate between supragingival and subgingival removal technology

• Identify steps to integrate airflow debridement into clinical protocols

Increase your understanding of dental anxiety, fear, and phobia. Create dental anxiety management strategies with your client to assist in achieving improved oral health.

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• Increase your ability to assess and identify patients experiencing dental anxiety, fear and phobia

• Increased awareness of creating an environment that is trusting and comfortable for our patients to receive oral care

• Understand the need for reward and recognition

• Recognize the importance of thorough documentation

Channeling your skills and energies to effect change and achieve positive outcomes for your clients.

This program has 2-focus options Periodontal therapy or Implant therapy

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• Increased understanding of the change process

• The ability to recognize the 8 components of the change process

• To identify barriers to increased oral health for your client

• Create strategies to effect change in behavior and/or treatment options

• Recognize the achievement of a goal and the need for celebration