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CE Sessions have been designed for the entire Dental Team and organized into “Tracks” to help identify the areas of interest as Clinical Practice, Education, Public Health, Professional Issues, Research & Scholarship, New Hygienists and Students. The tracks and suggested audience are only a guide. Attendees are encouraged to register for any session of interest to you.

One CE credit hour will be awarded for every attended session hour. Please note it is the responsibility of each individual to be familiar with his/her own state’s rules and regulations on what will and will not be accepted. Questions? Contact ADHA at 312/440-8926.

Track Key

	Clinical Practice
	Education
	Public Health
	Research & Scholarship
	Professional Issues
	Students/New Hygienists
	Luncheons
	ADHA Meetings

Wednesday, June 23

Evidence-Based Decision Making: Implications for Dentistry
Speaker: Mary Ann Haisch, RDH
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Fee: FREE CE Hours: 2
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: All

Information overload is a growing problem for dental practitioners and their patients. Practitioners are expected to digest new clinical data from hundreds of studies each year and patients are given new health-related information daily. The need for a systematic method of analyzing information has never been greater.

This course provides a review of the topic of Evidence Based Decision Making and the reasons why many practitioners find this method to be a practical answer to the problem of information overload. Using currently published systematic reviews on various dental products, oral hygiene products, and some clinical practice recommendations, participants will be introduced to a step-by-step approach that all members of the dental team can use for identifying the best quality research as they make informed decisions. Guidelines will be given for practitioners on how to easily incorporate EBDM into practice routines and how to locate publications & organizations that will help them maximize the time they spend gathering new information.

This course is designed for a 2 hour format and contains valuable information for any member of the dental team.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Gain an understanding of evidence-based decision making and its value to the dental professional in evaluating clinical research.
Provide a list of resources for publications & organizations that will help streamline the process of gathering information.
Establish a process for designing effective search options used in literature searches.
Using a currently published systematic review on antigingivitis products, locally applied antibiotic efficacy, clinical practice guidelines on antibiotic use in dentistry and on oral hygiene products, participants will be introduced to a step-by-step approach that all members of the dental team can use for identifying reliable, nonbiased research as they make informed decisions on oral healthcare product recommendations to patients.
Review types of research and discuss the benefits and limitations of each type.
Demonstrate to dental professionals how EBDM can be applied within the dental practice to improve patient care and treatment outcomes.

Sponsored by:

Bring the Lions to Life! Lioness Leadership for Dental Hygiene Educators
Speaker: Katherine Eitel
Time: 9:30am-12:00pm
Fee: $35 CE Hours: 2.5
Track: Education
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Much like students, lion cubs are born with instincts to hunt, propagate, lead, and thrive... they just don't know it. The primary goal of mature lionesses is to awaken those instincts to ensure the success of the pride. Bring the Lions to Life! This session will help you access the leader within, communicate and think like a leader, and inspire colleages and students around you to do the same.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Access the leader within by understanding the adult learner
• Develop junior faculty by teaching and inspiring others
• Build presentation skills and confidence
• Turn conflict to cooperation and unite your team

Sponsored by:

Improving Periodontal Health Through Orthodontic Treatment
Speaker: Robert Boyd, DDS
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Recent literature has indicated that small but significant overall periodontal liability occurs with fixed appliances during orthodontic treatment. However, studies indicate that these problems can be overcome almost completely with the use of established preventative dentistry measures employed before, during, and after orthodontic treatment. The key role of the staff will be emphasized in achieving this goal. Also, studies of fixed appliances versus clear, removable orthodontic appliances will be reviewed to determine if there are periodontal differences between these appliances. This information will be given in light of recently published studies concerning overall health and its relationship to periodontal disease.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Understand the etiology of potential damaging effects from periodontal disease
    that can occur during orthodontic treatment
• Understand the relationship between general health and active periodontal
    disease.
• Understand any differences in periodontal health between fixed appliances and
    clear, removable appliances.
• Implement an effective preventative program for orthodontic practices,
     emphasizing the key role of staff to accomplish this.

Sponsored by:

Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body--Healthy Practice
Speaker: Lisa Harper Mallonee, BSDH, MPH, RD, LD
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

As dental professionals, we are in a unique position to provide our patients with the highest degree of preventive healthcare. Thus, we need to be knowledgeable about the multifaceted world of medicine and how it affects our patient’s overall health and well-being. The basic concepts of cariology and periodontal disease progression, coupled with ongoing research and emerging information regarding diet and nutrition as it relates to oral health are imparitive to patient care. Not only will this care help us keep our patients healthier, but our practice will benefit as well!

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Discuss diet and nutrition as it relates to proper maintenance of oral health and
    overall health.
• Discuss scientific evidence presented in the literature regarding nutrition and
    oral health.
• Identify patients that require basic nutritional counseling in the dental practice.
• Identify oral sequela, which may be related to poor dietary intake.
• Relate the importance of diet to dental patients during oral health care
    appointments.
• List criteria for referring a dental patient to a physician (MD) or a registered
    dietitian (RD) for dietary consult.
• Work with nutrition professionals as multidisciplinary team members in patient
    management.

Sponsored by:

Lasers and Dental Hygiene Practice
Speaker: Janet Press, RDH
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Fee: $60 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Hands-on; Limited Seating for 25 Participants

Lasers are changing the way clinical dental hygiene is viewed and practiced. Developments in our understanding of bacteria, the immune system, and the processes of inflammation at the molecular and cellular levels have led to new concepts that lead to the need for improved therapeutics and management of periodontal infection.

This hands-on clinical simulation program will explore the value and benefit of hygiene laser-assisted therapy. We will discuss how lasers maximize clinical outcomes, and talk about the healing effect of the diode laser at the biologic and molecular level of repair and regeneration. You will learn how laser-assisted bacterial reduction meets the demands in treating both biofilm infection and the host-immuno-inflammatory side of periodontal infections through the absorption of light energy. We will take a scientific journey that will shift your clinical skills to another level of dependable and predictable treatment and healing through technologically advanced levels of patient care. Learn the specifics of laser fiber optic delivery and the delicate nature of using a laser device through this program.

Upon Completion of this Course, participants should be able to:

Understand the science of laser wavelengths and their absorption characteristics.
Discuss the key elements of laser safety.
Explain how the Diode element functions and produces the unique characteristics of laser energy
Identify how Diode laser energy interacts at all levels of the periodontal infections and why.
Interpret laser tissue interaction with its correlation to power settings and the techniques used to obtain optimum clinical results.
Discuss the healing effect of the Diode laser.
Explore new treatment approaches for periodontal therapy that also meet patient expectations of health and wellness.
Recognize the numerous soft tissue procedures performed by lasers.

This course is repeated Thursday afternoon

Sponsored by:

Lunch & Learn
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Fee: $60 CE Hours: 1.5
Track: Audience: Hygienist, Dental Assistant, Dentist

Spend the lunch time discussing special interest topics in a more personal setting. Each topic below will have 9 seats available - Seating is Limited!

Beyond the Operatory--Hygienists as Public Health Professionals
Current Perceptions of the Role of RDH's in Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Discovering Your Leadership Qualities
Finding "that" job, and landing it!
Forensic Dentistry: How to get involved
Golden Oldies-Nursing Home Dental Hygiene
Minorities in Dental Hygiene
Pharmacology Update- 20 most commonly prescribed drugs
School Based Sealant Programs
Systemic Fluoride
The Fires Raging Within:Perio/Systemic Link
Tips for Delivering Professional Presentations
Utilization of the Internet for Clinical Decision-Making
Veterinary Dental Hygiene
What's the Buzz?Get on Board the Social Engineering Sites

EmPOWER Scaling – Know Your Clinical Choices
Speaker: Jodi Deming, RDH
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $60 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Hands-on; limited seating for 32 participants

Technology is rapidly influencing clinical practice for hygienists. Knowledge of new technologies will continue to EmPOWER the clinician. When there’s confusion about what to use, it usually means many things work!

This hands-on course examines power scaling technology used in non-surgical periodontal therapy. Since most therapy is non-surgical, the dental hygienist is a primary provider for periodontal care. Are you prepared to provide your patients with the critical knowledge and precise skill they deserve?

Evidence-based guidelines will be reviewed including tip designs and power settings for successful treatment outcomes. The interaction will provide a collegial atmosphere to enhance your enjoyment and learning environment.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
   • Understand the different design features and the power source of
      magnetostrictive inserts and piezoelectric tips.
   • Appreciate the difference in technique of both magnetostrictive and
      piezoelectric technologies.
   • Recognize differences in tip designs and power settings for a clinical procedure.
   • Choose a tip based on root morphology and pocket topography.
   • Realize the advantages/benefits, disadvantages/limitations of power scaling.

Sponsored by:

Advancing Dental Hygiene Knowledge Through Qualitative Research
Speaker: Ellen Rogo, RDH, MEd, PhD
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Research & Scholarship
Audience: Hygienist

As a health science, dental hygiene must value quantitative and qualitative research paradigms to advance the scientific body of knowledge which guides professional practice and builds theory. This course is designed to enhance the professional’s understanding of the knowledge that can be generated from qualitative studies. Examples from the nursing profession will be used to demonstrate how qualitative research has advanced their scientific body of knowledge in areas such as the concept of caring, patients’ perspectives of diseases, and professional development.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Discuss and understand ADHA’s National Dental Hygiene Research Agenda.
• Create ideas for qualitative research based on the research agenda.
• Compare the differences between quantitative and qualitative research.
• Understand the qualitative approaches to research: case study, phenomenology,
      ethnography, and grounded theory.
• Value qualitative research’s role in advancing the dental hygiene profession.
• Formulate ideas for conducting qualitative research to advance dental hygiene’s
      scientific foundation of knowledge.

Sponsored by:

Mucosal Disease: Which One Is It?
Speaker: Nancy W. Burkhart, BSDH, MEd, EdD
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

Mucosal diseases are problematic for many patients and may be a cause of concern to many practitioners who treat these patients. Mucosal diseases are difficult to diagnose and manage, and usually are classified as a chronic type of disease. This course will give the practitioner important tools to make treatment more successful. Identifying, treating and maintaining the patient will be discussed, as well as the need for referral, documentation and follow up.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Present the major characteristics of pemphigus, pemphigoid, lichen planus,
     lupus, lichenoid reactions, allergic tissue responses and other chronic disorders
     commonly affecting the oral tissues
• Present clinical protocol that will assist the clinician in reducing inflammatory
     responses in mucosal diseases
• Provide emotional support techniques that will assist the patients with mucosal
     disease states and reduce stress levels for these patients
• Present health concepts to assist the patient in lifestyle changes
• Review new techniques and current educational materials that are available to
    the dental practitioner
• Discuss the importance of oral cancer screening in the dental office
• Provide important protocol for the dental exam

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Enamel Therapy: The Next Generation of Care
Speaker: Lillian Caperila, RDH, MEd
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

The dental professional is currently recognizing the need to implement an effective protocol in appropriate assessment, identification and management of dental careis The patient demographics regarding dental caries have shifted to include all age groups. As a result, the choice of therapy reflects a need to utilize non-invasive technology to improve our ability to detect and control the caries process. This course will encourage the dental team to utilize effective surveys to classify a client’s caries risk assessment. The latest ACP and ACP-driven technologies will be reviewed and discussed for the role they play in protecting the hard and soft structures of the oral cavity.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Identify the greatest risks that predispose clients to dental caries and enamel
     demineralization.
• Recognize changing trends that cause dental caries in all age groups.
• Revise current diagnostic tolls to reflect a greater understanding of caries
     detection as a bacterial and transmissible infection.
• Define minimally-invasive dentistry and use the medical model in treating a
     carious infection.
• Introduce the use of risk assessment surveys in the patient
     history/documentation (CAMBRA).
• Compare the latest current technologies used in tracking caries patters during
     routine and initial exams and evaluate the effectiveness of their results.
• Review and discuss the latest ACP-driven products and their selection criteria in
     practice.
• Compare topical fluoride treatments and discuss the value and drawbacks of
     such delivery.

Sponsored by:

Lasers and Dental Hygiene Practice
Speaker: Janet Press, RDH
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $60 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Hands-on; Limited Seating for 25 Participants

Upon Completion of this Course, participants should be able to:

Understand the science of laser wavelengths and their absorption characteristics.
Discuss the key elements of laser safety.
Explain how the Diode element functions and produces the unique characteristics of laser energy
Identify how Diode laser energy interacts at all levels of the periodontal infections and why.
Interpret laser tissue interaction with its correlation to power settings and the techniques used to obtain optimum clinical results.
Discuss the healing effect of the Diode laser.
Explore new treatment approaches for periodontal therapy that also meet patient expectations of health and wellness.
Recognize the numerous soft tissue procedures performed by lasers.

This is a repeated course from Thursday morning.

Sponsored by:

Will You Still Need Me? Will You Still Treat Me When I'm 64?
Speaker: Linda Niessen, DMD, MPH
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

For today’s adults over 50, oral health means more than disease treatment. It implies a desire to maintain youth and improve their self-esteem throughout their lives. This program will discuss the unique oral health needs of an aging population. The program will review changes associated with aging and diseases and how they affect oral health. The program will examine common medical conditions and the medications patients take that increase their risk for caries, periodontal disease and other oral problems. The program will discuss modifications of dental treatment for patients with special needs. The program will use cases to illustrate the efforts of the dental team in assisting patients to age successfully.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• List the 5 most common chronic diseases in older adults and the dental implications
of these conditions.
• Identify conditions that increase risk of caries, root caries, periodontal disease, and
oral cancer in older adults.
• Develop preventive protocols for these diseases.
• Outline the basics of the nursing home dental consult.

Sponsored by:

Using the Digital Toolbox: Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
Speakers: Cynthia Amyot, BSDH, EdD & Harold Henson, RDH, MEd
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Education
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Creativity and collaboration are now the hallmarks of today’s millennial generation. The Internet is no longer a place to retrieve information but rather a place where interactivity is becoming the standard. This workshop will discuss and explore the Web 2.0 and its implication in classroom teaching.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Discuss the importance of creating a learner-centered environment.
• Discuss the various Web 2.0 collaborative technologies.
• Explain the necessity for curricular change based upon the characteristics of today’s
students.
• Explore how the incorporation of current technology can assist educators in making
curricular changes to better meet the needs of today’s student.

Sponsored by:

New Product Presentation
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dental Assistant, Dentist

Discover NEW products and services to hit the market as 15 different companies, including 3M ESPE; Colgate; Church & Dwight; DentalEZ; DENTSPLY; GC America; Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company; Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products; Philips Sonicare; Premier Dental Producst; Procter & Gamble; Sunstar Americas ~ just to name a few, present the latest innovations for the oral health industry. Product information and samples will be given at the end of the course.

Modern Dentistry: Get on the Ball!
Speaker: Tim Caruso, PT, MBA, MS,Cert. MDT
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $90 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dental Assistant, Dentist
Limited Seating for 40 Participants! FREE Evolution Chair!

Dentistry has come a long way in the last 150 years. The evolution of anesthesia, dental techniques, materials, equipment, and approaches has come a long way from standing up with a pair of pliers and a can of ether. However, daily discomfort continues to be tolerated day in and day out. Pain appears to be an accepted part of the dental profession, and it seems to be worsening. The patients are pain free but how about the dental staff? What has dentistry done about the pain experiences by the practitioner? What has research and technology done to prevent the maladies caused by enthusiastic, over-achieving professionals? Is it possible for the modern day dental professional to counteract the ill-effects of the profession on their bodies by participating in a regular exercise routine? Can injecting a dose of dynamic sitting into the operatory facilitate improved work flow?

For years dental professionals have been constrained by the limitations of their own work environment and the negative effect on their bodies while paying a high price physically. The concept of caring for our most important instrument, our body, is invaluable and often ignored. Is exercise a regular part of your life? How do you care for your most important instrument? Does your fitness affect your function? Can a little chair side prevention enhance your career? Get up to stretch and strengthen during the hands on portion of this lecture. The speaker will lead you through a simple series of exercises on an exercise ball designed specifically for dental professionals to help combat the muscle imbalances that typically plague seated workers. Join this fun and powerful workout that will re-educate your core, improve your spinal alignment and facilitate proper working postures. Sponsored by Posture Perfect Solutions, Ltd. All participants will receive their very own Evolution Chair, valued at $149 to take home with them.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Discuss the unique musculoskeletal needs of dental professionals.
• Discuss chair side operatory exercises for daily prevention.
• Discuss the concept of dynamic sitting and incorporating the concept into the dental
     workday.
• Explore home exercise programs to supplement work stretching for the body dental
     professionals.
• Identify options for counter acting musculoskeletal fatigue & discomfort with regular
     exercise
• Identify the physiological benefits of regular exercise
• Get on the ball!

Each participant will receive a FREE Evolution Chair to take home!
Note – A Waiver Release Form will be required to be submited in advance in order to participate in this course. Download the release form here.

This course will be repeated on Friday morning.

Sponsored by:
Brought to you by Posture Perfect Solutions, Inc.

Bridging the Gap: Dental Treatment for Patients with Autism
Speaker: Karen Raposa, RDH, MBA
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

The CDC is reporting that 1 in every 150 children today is born with some form of Autism, a disease that affects an individual’s ability to communicate, socialize, and in some cases function independently on a day-to-day basis. Practitioners are finding patients who are challenged with these diseases in their practice on a more routine basis than ever before.

This course provides a review of the patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the reasons why practitioners, from a legal and professional aspect, need to better understand these unique patients. A review of how to properly assess the patient’s abilities will be conducted. Techniques for treatment and a review of technology and creativity that might be used will be explored. Case studies will be used with audience participation to illustrate proper patient evaluation in determining appropriate means for treatment. Guidelines will be given for practitioners on how to easily incorporate these special patients into their practice and make their career more rewarding than they ever imagined it could be.

Sponsored by:

Focusing on the Image: Tips for Producing and Using Diagnostic
Quality Radiographs
Speaker: Evelyn Thomson, BSDH, MS
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

Dental radiographs play a key role in the diagnosis, prognosis, management and evaluation of oral conditions and diseases. Although technology continues to produce new diagnostic aids that advance the practice of dentistry, oral radiographs have remained an essential tool for comprehensive patient care. The goal of dental radiography is to obtain the highest quality radiographic image while maintaining the lowest possible radiation exposure risk for the patient. Good radiographic images seldom happen by chance. The purpose of this course is to provide practical knowledge to effectively produce quality radiographs while minimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation.

This program is designed to provide the participant with:

Learning objectives:

A discussion of evidence-based guidelines for assessment of radiographic needs for specific patients that will allow course participants to accurately and confidently recommend radiographic services for all types of patients.
A review of the paralleling and bisecting technique theories. The advantages and disadvantages of both theories will be discussed to assist the participant in determining which technique would maximize diagnostic yield when faced with conditions presented by the patient.
Set the participant apart from the average radiographer. Discussion will include both film-based and digital imaging tips.
Practice at recognition and correction of common radiographic errors. Inappropriately altering the basic radiographic techniques often produces unique errors. Participants will have the opportunity to see how these errors compromise interpretation of periodontal diseases and caries identification. The clinician who can readily identify a poor quality radiographic image is better equipped to produce an accurate interpretation and preliminary diagnosis.
Guidelines for developing and implementing a quality assurance program for the purpose of consistently producing diagnosis-quality film-based and digital radiographic images.

The Latest and Greatest on Dental Sealants and Fluoride:
What You Thought You Knew
Speakers: Kathy Phipps, BSDH, DrPH ; Kathy Volgt Geurink, RDH, MA; Barbara
Gooch, DMD, MPH; Christine Wood, RDH, BS

Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Public Health & Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Current information on the on the evidence-based practices of fluoride varnish and sealant use will be discussed. The dental hygienists role in providing these services will be explained as it relates to the improvement of oral health to individuals and communities. Collaborative partnerships involving dental hygienists will be defined as a methodology for successful prevention of dental disease.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe linkages between dental public health and the clinical practice of
     dental hygiene.
• Identify strategies to improve the oral health of the communities in which they reside
     through partnerships with their State Oral Health Coalition.
• Utilize the latest science related to fluoride varnish and dental sealants in
     their clinical dental hygiene practices and in their involvement in community
     programs.

Saturday, June 26

Beyond Smoking Cessation: Advanced Roles for Dental Hygiene in Controlling Tobacco Use
Speakers: Theresa Anselmo, RDH, BSDH, MPH (c); Kathleen Mangskau, RDH, MPA; Monica Eichen, BS

Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Public Health
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

This course will focus on the underlying science of tobacco control, as well as practical examples of strategies in which dental hygienists could play important roles or reach unique constituencies. It will build on the considerable accomplishments of the ADHA’s Smoking Cessation Initiative, which has altered clinical standards of dental hygiene practice to include interventions with every patient—Ask, Advise, Refer. This session extends principles of the AAR approach, which has been focused on clinical practice, to the broader community and its institutions. It will offer examples of successful collaboration between constituent or component associations and tobacco control experts, program integration efforts within health agencies, and models that dental hygienists can apply in their communities

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe at least three sources of evidence-based or best practice
     recommendations for tobacco control efforts.
• Identify major accomplishments of the ADHA Tobacco Intervention Initiative
• Describe how to identify key leaders in tobacco control within states and
     communities.
• Identify major elements of comprehensive tobacco control programs.
• Identify roles for dental hygienists--and for organized dental hygiene--within
     existing tobacco control efforts.
• Discuss major principles of tobacco control advocacy and opportunities for policy
     change at the local, state, and national levels.

Sponsored by:

Do You Have a Royal Flush in Your Instrument Armamentarium?:
Exploring New Periodontal Instruments for the Dental Professional
Speaker: Judy Zack Bendit, RDH, BS
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist

Everyday, all day long, you practice your profession with dental instruments. It doesn't matter if the patients are young or old... What specific procedure is indicated in the treatment plan... Or if your scalers and curettes were designed in the 1930's or in the 1990's... Or does it???

Your selection of instruments reflects upon your level of experience, professional confidence, clinical knowledge, and most significantly, the decisions your instructors made for you when they chose your basic instrument kit in school.

But the demands on your clinical skills have increased since you were introduced to the fundamentals of instrumentation. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to examine the newest sophisticated instruments designed specifically for the contemporary practitioner.

In this fun and informal 3 hour workshop, you will review the old traditional (but tried and true) instruments, and compare their style with new instrument designs. You will have the opportunity to use a wide variety of these scalers and curettes with typodonts. Your ability to choose that Royal Flush for the unique needs of each individual patient will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of your therapeutic skills.

This "hands-on" approach to instrument design evaluation will give you the confidence, knowledge, and experience to be your own judge when deciding that perfect hand for you and each of your patients!

The activities in this workshop will inspire you in the following ways by:
Identifying instruments that you want to work with all day, every day!

Clarifying some of the confusion about "What's Hot and What's Not".
Strategizing plans to be well prepared with the most appropriate instruments for each patient and each procedure.
Becoming flexible and willing to change "old" patterns of practice by incorporating some "new" ideas into your "everyday routine".
Enhancing your self-assurance with the knowledge that you're "on top" of the latest instruments designed for providing the newest modalities of mechanical non-surgical periodontal therapy.

Sponsored by:

Tongue Tied: A Personal Journey and Triumph Over Oral Cancer
Speaker: Eva Grayzel
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Fee: $30 CE Hours: 2
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

This course offers dental professionals a unique perspective on oral cancer. Eva Grayzel, a non-smoker, was bounced amoung healthcare professionals while the ulcer on her lateral tongue become more prominent and painful. A professional proformance artist by vocation, Eva shares riveting details about her late diagnosis of oral cancer and how she found the strength to perservere through the devestating effects of surgery and radiation. Through her passion for life and early detection, Eva guarantees to impact dental hygiene professionals about careful diagnosis and patient care, offering a refreshing change from the academic perspective on oral cancer.

Sponsored by:

Modern Dentistry: Get on the Ball!
Speaker: Tim Caruso, PT, MBA, MS,Cert. MDT
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $90 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dental Assistant, Dentist

Limited Seating for 40 Participants! FREE Evolution Chair!
REPEAT from Friday Afternoon

Dentistry has come a long way in the last 150 years. The evolution of anesthesia, dental techniques, materials, equipment, and approaches has come a long way from standing up with a pair of pliers and a can of ether. However, daily discomfort continues to be tolerated day in and day out. Pain appears to be an accepted part of the dental profession, and it seems to be worsening. The patients are pain free but how about the dental staff? What has dentistry done about the pain experiences by the practitioner? What has research and technology done to prevent the maladies caused by enthusiastic, over-achieving professionals? Is it possible for the modern day dental professional to counteract the ill-effects of the profession on their bodies by participating in a regular exercise routine? ? Can injecting a dose of dynamic sitting into the operatory facilitate improved work flow?

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Discuss the unique musculoskeletal needs of dental professionals.
• Discuss chair side operatory exercises for daily prevention.
• Discuss the concept of dynamic sitting and incorporating the concept into the
      dental workday.
• Explore home exercise programs to supplement work stretching for the body
      dental professionals.
• Identify options for counter acting musculoskeletal fatigue & discomfort with
      regular exercise
• Identify the physiological benefits of regular exercise
• Get on the ball!

This course is a repeat from Thursday afternoon.

Sponsored by:
Brought to you by Posture Perfect Solutions, Inc.

Seeking the Right Fit...Finding the Perfect Position
Speaker: Josalyn Sewell, RDH
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: New Dental Hygienists
Audience: Students ; New Hygienist

You have worked hard to earn that degree in dental hygiene and now the hunt is on for the job. This interactive session will discuss strategies for bringing home the prize – the job of your dreams. Determining your priorities in advance of the search is essential for finding that perfect match between your philosophy and the workplace philosophy. Career alternatives that will expand your search will be discussed.
This session is not only for students and new graduates, but also for those who find themselves “stuck” in a dead end job. Discover ways to take charge of your own destiny.
• Participants will be challenged to take a hard look at what their priorities and
     expectations are for the work environment and then consider what settings
     would provide the best fit.
• Participants will engage in small group discussions to consider realistic
     expectations for the work environment within the parameters of priorities
     established by each participant.
• Specific strategies for “hunting down” the perfect job will be discussed.
• Consideration of career alternatives to expand the job search will be explored.

Sponsored by:

What's the Big Deal About Meth and How Do Hygienists' Respond?
Speakers: Sharlee Burch, RDH, MPH & Audrey Ticknor, RDH, MA

Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist, Assistant

This course will raise awareness regarding methamphetamine use (hazards, production, trends, medical and dental implications), will identify drug endangered children (by environment, exposure, abuse, how to respond), and clarify the role of dental professionals (clinical response and community involvement).

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe the drug methamphetamine and how it is used
• Identify symptoms of meth use/abuse.
• Understand how meth affects the brain and body.
• Learn safety aspects if dealing with a tweakers.
• Understand the toxic and environmental concerns of labs.
• Understand why children are at risk.
• Learn the medical effects children exhibit when living in this environment.
• Know who is a mandatory reporter and how to report suspected child
     abuse/neglect.
• Identify and respond to circumstances and conditions that constitute drug
     endangerment for children.
• Identify ways to cooperate with other professionals to ensure proper
     documentation of cases that may protect children from current and future harm.
• Understand and identify the oral manifestations of abuse and neglect in the drug
     endangered child.
• Identify the common oral conditions of meth use/abuse.
• Recognize the meth addict and how to assist in recovery efforts.
• Discuss the oral treatment options for the former/current meth user.

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Dental Implants: Assessment and Maintenance Strategies
Speaker: Shirley Branam, RDH, MBA

Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Clinical Practice
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Hands-on; Limited Seating for 80 Participants

Implant maintenance is essential to the long-term success of dental implants. Patients with dental implants require customized protocols for professional maintenance and at home care. Based on current scientific evidence, this course will present assessment strategies and treatment technologies available to implement a successful implant maintenance program.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Discuss dental implants as a viable treatment option for natural tooth
    replacement .
• Differentiate the various types of dental implants and components.
• Identify the role of the hygienist regarding dental implant procedures.
• Assess implant health through various evaluations .
• Compare and contrast probing recommendations and techniques .
• Incorporate appropriate pain management techniques to improve patient
    comfort during instrumentation .
• Establish and appropriate recare schedule and custom home care regimen for
    implant patients .

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Borders and Boundaries: Ethics and Law
Speaker: Pamela Zarkowski, JD, MPH, BSDH

Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Fee: $45 CE Hours: 3
Track: Professional Issues
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Dental hygienists are faced with legal and ethical dilemmas as part of the practice environment. This presentation will highlight key legal principles important to the dental hygiene employment setting. Concepts reviewed will include legal concepts important to prevent dental hygiene negligence, employer/employee relationships, sexual harassment prevention and personal and professional risk management strategies.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Discuss key legal principles including dental hygiene negligence, informed
     consent and informed refusal.
• Highlight important employment law critical to recruitment, retention and
     termination of employees.
• Provide an overview of sexual harassment and strategies to address the issue in
     the office environment
• Outline risk management strategies for the operator/patient and
     employer/employee.

Teaching Oral Radiology. Strategies for Faculty
Speaker: Evelyn Thomson, BSDH, MS
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm
Fee: $30 CE Hours: 2
Track: Education
Audience: Hygienist, Dentist

Educators are fully cognizant of their role in preparing students for competent and safe practice. Teaching dental hygiene students the theoretical concepts and practical skills needed to become knowledgeable and competent in providing radiographic services for patients can be challenging. With radiation safety principles grounded in physics and radiographic techniques based on geometry, educators are challenged to design lessons that are viable and interesting for students, while linking the principles of radiology with patient assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation. This program is designed to assist new faculty or faculty who find themselves teaching radiography for the first time with planning didactic and laboratory exercises and activities that interest and challenge students, while leading to the skills necessary for competent patient care. Faculty who are currently teaching or who have taught oral radiography may benefit from and contribute to the discussions of teaching methodologies and idea-sharing. Bring your suggestions and thoughts on potential challenges for feedback and discussion and leave with tips and strategies for success.

Learning objectives:

After attending this presentation, participants will be better able to:

Apply sound strategies and methodologies for teaching radiology.
Link concepts learned in the classroom to laboratory practice and to clinical client care.
Evaluate radiology curriculum for text and lab book selection, order of introduction of course topics, and when and how to incorporate new technologies (digital imaging).
Incorporate tangible tips and techniques shared into teaching activities.
Identify resources that can be used to enhance and augment the learning of radiographic principles and techniques.

Surviving and Thriving in Your Profession
Speaker: Linda Meeuwenberg, RDH, MA, MA; Edie Gibson, RDH, BS (c)
Time: 2:30pm-5:00pm
Fee: $35 CE Hours: 2.5
Track: New Dental Hygienists
Audience: Hygienist, Students

Many dental professionals have transitioned into other arenas using their dental education and experience to create new careers and opportunities. Dental professionals have multiple talents, skills and passions that can easily apply to other areas within the dental industry or outside of the field of dentistry. This course will help you define these skills that are critical to a fruitful future.

Upon conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:
   • Understand how your behavioral style can assist you with what you are
      destined to be.
   • Determine how to design a future and life you will love using creative problem-
      solving skills.
   • Assess the skills that you possess from your formal education and your personal
      experience.
   • Network so it works for YOU.
   • Understand why volunteering can be your most exceptional experience while
      opening doors to new opportunities.
   • Choose an attitude that is an asset.
   • Stay passionate about your career.

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ADHA Workshop – Saturday, June 26

Student Advisor Workshop
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Fee: Free
Audience: Student Advisors

This interactive workshop for student advisors is designed to help you reenergize your student chapter and connect with your fellow advisors.

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Questions?
Email: cll@adha.net
Phone: 312/440-8926