Expanding Your Hygiene Practice

Want to expand your hygiene practice? Want to better meet the needs and preferences of your older patients? Want to gain an important education certificate at no charge?

Then participate in our interactive webinars (seminars on the internet) on root caries prevention, which feature:

• Two 30-minute sessions conducted every Tuesday at lunch hour or every Thursday in the evening starting the week of January 11, 2010;

• How more preventive services for root caries can stimulate your practice more than any other service;

• How to integrate root caries prevention into your practice.

Here’s what others have said after participating in these webinars:

“I found the webinar to be very instructive and helpful.”
Dr. Alvin Der, Regina, Sask.

“The webinar is a wonderful tool which allowed me the opportunity to present to my team members a valuable adjunctive product, which we now incorporate into our treatment of high risk clients. The patient compliance has been amazing.”
Ms. Sandra Meger, prescribing hygienist, Fort McMurray, Alta.

How to Communicate the Value of Prevention and Elevate Your Hygiene Department

This interactive webinar will focus on a team approach to increase the productivity of the preventive side of your practice. It will provide a new prospective toward prevention and how to communicate value to your patients. You will be provided with a strategic approach to recommending prevention and communication scripts for your entire team.

These webinars are offered at no charge. Registrants who successfully complete both webinars will receive a continuing education certificate. Webinar graduates will also receive at no charge, the biweekly e-newsletter YOUR OLDER PATIENTS to provide you with an opportunity for even more education certificates.

To preview these webinars, when they are offered, and to register, please enter your professional license number below. (License information will not be stored or recorded.)

This educational opportunity is sponsored by Prevora and Germiphene

Stronger Bonds: Better Cementation Throughout the Mouth

Stronger Bonds: Better Cementation Throughout the Mouth


Presenter: Dr. Greg Gillespie
CE Credits: 1
Webinar (Release Date: 10/20/2009 )

Today we are inundated with options for cementation materials. How do we choose the proper cement for each situation? Dr. Gillespie brings you a current review of everything from resin modified glass ionomers and total etch/dual cure resin systems, to the latest in self-adhesive resin cements.

Highlights include cementation review and tips from implants to anteriors, zirconia to posteriors. A solid understanding of when to use each cement will lead to "Stronger Bonds" throughout the mouth.

Participants will be required to register on the site to receive credit and successfully complete the post-test.

Creating Better Restorations in Better Environments

Recognize, Rejuvenate, and Restore: Creating Better Restorations in Better Environments

Presenter: Dr. Edmond Hewlett, D.D.S.
CE Credits: 1
Webinar (Release Date: 11/24/2009)

This course is an overview of concepts, techniques, and products for establishing a healthier oral environment and creating more predictable and more therapeutic restorations. Learn about recognizing caries risk factors and early lesions, rejuvenating teeth with remineralization, and optimally restoring teeth by combining the best qualities of composite resin and glass ionomer in the sandwich technique.

Will require online registration to receive credit and must pass post-test.

Rejuvenating Enamel

Presenter: Amy Nieves, RDH  Credits: 1
On demand Webinar (Release Date: 12/18/2009 )

All team members are key players in caries therapy. Learn ways to remineralize and protect enamel with current remineralization technologies. MI (Minimal Intervention) dentistry is the modern "medical" approach to the management of decay. A caries management program should include the three “R’s”: Recognize, Rejuvenate and Restore. The key element of the MI philosophy of Rejuvenating Enamel will be presented.

Must pass post-test to receive credit. Online registration required for this FREE CE program

Get a Grip . . . on Cementation and Bonding

Attend this FREE live webcast and earn 1 CE credit.

In this one-hour presentation, Dr. Dennis Fasbinder breaks down various cementation systems, testing protocols and bond strength data. Having a better understanding of these concepts will enable you to simplify your cementation options.

Dr. Fasbinder will also review real clinical cases to explain best possible practices and procedures for successful cementation. Participants will have a better grasp of the indications for each category of cement and better understand the claims made by bond strength data. Click here to register.

Who Should Attend: Dentists, CDAs, CDTs, Lab Professionals,

Live Webcast Details: "Get a Grip . . . on Cementation and Bonding"

February 4, 2010 at 7pmEST / 4pmPST

Register here by February 4, 2010 to earn 1 CE credit!

Note: A recorded version of this webcast will be available on-demand for CE credit starting on February 6, 2010.

 

13 Biggest Hygiene Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Inspired Hygiene presents "The 13 Biggest Hygiene Mistakes and How to Avoid Them".

January 28, 2010 at 8:00pm Eastern

Dr. Woody Oakes and Rachel Wall RDH

This LIVE tele-class is F*R*E*E.

To register go to http://www.13hygienemistakes.com/ Be one of the first 25 to register for this call

and receive a FREE CD of the call recording!! As a thank you for registering, you'll also get a FREE subscription to the high-content, high-value "Inspired Hygiene" e-zine!

 

As soon as you’ve registered, you’ll receive the private phone number and pass code.

 

Not familiar with Rachel Wall? You can read some of here articles online.

Pit & Fissure Sealants

Pit & Fissure Sealants


Mary Ann Haisch, RDH, MS
Continuing Education Units: 2 hours Sponsored by Crest/OralB
Intended Audience: Hygienists, Dental Assistants

This course presents an overview of dental pit and fissure sealants as a safe and effective way to prevent dental caries. The course starts with a brief look at the history of dental sealants followed by the current rationale for their use. Frequently asked questions about sealants are addressed along with the presentation of guidelines for sealant use. Information about materials currently used for sealants is presented along with general instructions for the successful placement of sealants. The use of sealants in public health programs is also addressed.

You will need to register on the site to take the course, but it's Free. When you complete a continuing education course on the Dental Resource.Net, a form will come up that requests your name, address, etc. If you are a member of the AGD, make sure to fill out the field that asks for your AGD membership number (if you are not an AGD member, leave blank). When you hit submit, a copy of the "proof of completion" is e-mailed directly to the AGD and P&G. For your records, make sure to print a copy of the "proof of completion" certificate.