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Sustaining Implant Health: The Significance of Maintenance in Achieving Long-Term Success
In modern dentistry, dental implants offer patients a viable option for tooth replacement. However, it's crucial to remember that the treatment of dental implants goes beyond the surgical or restorative phases.
Establishing a tailored maintenance program for each patient and their dental implant is essential for long-term success.
This program should consider the patient's motivation, dexterity, physical capabilities, and prosthetics to determine the most suitable at-home and in-office maintenance methods.
Creating long-lasting patient outcomes: No scaler required
The role of a dental hygienist has been primarily centered around calculus removal. However, it's essential to question the rationale behind this focus. Is calculus truly the cause of dental disease?
Taking a step back from our routine scale, polish, and floss procedures, we must critically examine why we use a scaler on the tooth and whether polishing away stains may have unintended consequences.
Instead, what if we reevaluate our patient care process, with behavior change and motivation taking precedence during appointments?
Outcomes That Matter: Navigating the Shift for Long-Term Periodontal Health
Periodontal therapy is undergoing a paradigm shift. We are moving away from the "one-size-fits-all" SRP model and toward a precision-based approach that addresses the individual's microbial and systemic profile. This course focuses on the evolution of the periodontal appointment, providing clinicians with a practical roadmap to navigate this shift.
By integrating advanced diagnostics, high-tech biofilm disruption, and targeted home care, we can move past symptom management and start achieving the long-term outcomes that truly matter to our patients’ health and our professional fulfillment.
Preserving Smiles: A Journey into Minimally Invasive Oral Healthcare
Minimally invasive dentistry represents the cutting-edge frontier of oral healthcare, and this course will serve as your gateway to its myriad possibilities. Michelle will guide you through a broad scope of topics, ensuring you are well-equipped to deliver the highest level of patient-centered care.
Throughout this immersive learning experience, our participants will acquire a rich understanding of innovative techniques and strategies that elevate the standard of care and champion the preservation of valuable tooth structures.
Would you pass
an infection control audit?
When we enter a restaurant, many of us look for the ‘grade’ they received for food safety.
When someone becomes a barista for the first time, they go through a food safety course to ensure someone doesn’t become ill because of improper handling. Are we ensuring each team member can care for patients without causing an infection control breach? If a patient asked our ‘grade’ for infection prevention, what would it be? Or, if an auditor from the dental board were to walk into your facility right now, what grade would they put on the door when they left?
In this course, we will look at the CDC inspection checklist and review the basics of infection prevention in the dental setting.
Infection control in the surgical setting
Infection prevention is the foundation of patient care, especially in the surgical setting.
But, would you pass a dental inspection audit with your infection prevention plan?
As healthcare providers, we did not go into this profession to make people ill or sick. In fact, it is just the opposite. We are caregivers striving to create healthy patients. However, some patients are getting sick after their visit to the dental office, and some have even died.
Dirty dental unit waterlines, improper disinfecting practices, and inadequate aerosol prevention are examples of some of the lapses seen in infection control protocols.
Infection control failures in dental settings are an ongoing concern. We can all appreciate ways to break the chain of infection during viral outbreaks-- even during a typical cold and flu season--
but are we doing enough on a day-to-day basis to ensure that we prevent infection in our practices?
Infection control strategies are designed to prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in patients and injuries and illnesses in healthcare personnel.
Waterlines & Workspaces: Breaking the Chain of Infection
Dental unit waterlines, contaminated surfaces, and other often-overlooked reservoirs play a critical role in the chain of infection within dental settings and our job is breaking the chain of infection.
These hidden sources can harbor biofilms, pathogens, and contaminants that pose significant risks to both patients and dental teams.
No Suction, No Salary: Why Suction Maintenance is a Business Decision
Behind every smooth-running operatory is a vacuum system doing the "dirty work"... until it doesn’t.
Suction failure isn't just a clinical annoyance; it’s a business crisis. When the suction goes down, the schedule stops, patients are sent home, and your bottom line takes a hit. In this fast-paced, no-nonsense webinar, Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH, connects the dots between the mechanical room and the profit margin.
Learn the exact protocols for wet and dry systems that keep your chairs full, your equipment running for decades, and your income flowing.
Would You Pass the Test? What Waterlines Reveal About Your Infection Control Protocols
If your waterline test results were a grade, would you proudly post them on the fridge or toss them in the trash? Waterlines are the "canary in the coal mine" for dental practices; when they fail, it’s rarely an accident—it’s a symptom of a deeper systemic breakdown. This course is your mid-year reality check.
Using dental unit waterline (DUWL) testing as a lens, we will evaluate your protocols, your products, and your people. We’ll move beyond the "poster on the wall" and ask the hard questions: Who really owns your infection control process? Are your systems quietly breaking down behind the scenes? Stop guessing, start testing, and use your results to level up your entire practice safety culture.
It's Me, Hi, I'm the Problem: Addressing Human Behaviors in PPE Use
We know the rules. We know the CDC guidelines. We know the OSHA requirements.
So why do we still see the "chin bra" mask, the gloved hand touching the computer mouse, and the lab coat worn into the breakroom? The weakest link in any infection control program isn't the product—it's the person. This 1-hour session explores the critical intersection of work practice controls and human psychology.
We will dive into the cognitive biases that lead to "shortcut culture" and learn how to design a clinical environment that makes the right choice the easiest choice.
Teledentistry- meeting patients
where they are at…
on their phones
The way patients consume healthcare has changed forever. They don't just want quality care; they want accessibility, convenience, and a connection that fits into their pocket. This course explores how teledentistry acts as a bridge between the clinician and the modern patient.
We will dive into the practical application of synchronous and asynchronous workflows, showing you how to translate your clinical expertise into a digital format that increases access to care and enhances patient compliance. Whether you are an independent practitioner or part of a group practice, it’s time to stop waiting for patients to walk through your door and start meeting them where they already are: on their phones.
The Independent Hygienist: Clinical Freedom & The Business of Care
Are you ready to step out from the traditional dental office and build a practice that truly reflects your clinical values?
Being an independent dental hygienist is more than just owning a business—it’s about taking full control of the patient experience, from the first contact to the final results. In this course, Michelle Strange shares her "no-nonsense" roadmap to independence, drawing from her real-world experience owning SmileLogic.
We will navigate the complexities of state regulations, the logistics of setting up a hygiene-only suite, and the digital workflows that allow you to grow a patient base on your own terms.
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