Course Information:
Dynamic Oral Care Therapies
Continuing Education courses for the Dental Hygiene Team

Currently I offer half or full day programs which may be hands on ultrasonic/perio skill development, or interactive lecture presentations. Courses may be tailored to meet the needs of the group. All programs are fully corporate sponsor funded. Complete course Descriptions are available upon request.

Successful management of perio disease is one of the most challenging and rewarding for the dental team. Non surgical continued therapy is often the healthiest treatment available for our patients.

How to implement non-surgical approaches to disease management can be eased with clinical skill confidence and communication tools.

Improving productive, rewarding RDH utilization in most general dental offices is an unrecognized need. Often practices with full schedules are losing hundreds of dollars a day through “traditional” hygiene services. Practices with lighter schedules can increase revenue by revising how hygiene patients are diagnosed and appointed. Clinicians working “smart” are less likely to suffer burnout and frustrations.

Over the years I have adopted a strategy of diagnosing aggressively combined with conservative treatment. Conservative treatment goals conserve the maximum healthy tissue and treat proactively.

Advancements in diagnostic devices enable early detection of infection long before traditional signs of clinical disease. Early intervention allows for retaining support structure and attachment, preventing destruction and preserving a healthier oral environment.

Ultrasonic instrumentation is ideal to minimize and eradicate pathogenic bacteria. Micro-ultrasonic tips allow better access than ever, reducing over treatment with manual instruments. Hands on courses are available to gain familiarity and confidence in ultrasonic utilization.

Understanding when and how to treat with local delivery, systemic delivery, or combination therapy is crucial for optimal continued periods of perio health. Patient selection and communication guidelines are a must for clinician confidence in implementation of STM or FMD protocols.

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Beth Thompson RDH, BS owner of The Dental Connection, is a graduate of Indiana University. She has enjoyed a varied career clinically, as an industry consultant, and currently lectures on practice management strategies and dental hygiene therapies. Contact Beth

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Course Information:

GOOD VIBRATIONS:

Hands on learning, Ultrasonics and more


Speaker: Beth Thompson, RDH, BS | Editor-In-Chief, Contemporary Oral Hygiene
Dental Management and Educational Consultant

Target Audience: Dental Hygienists, General Dentists,Course Description: 3-6 CE hours may be lecture only or combined with hands on learning

Participants will be introduced to the current science and applied technology of ultrasonic therapy. Participants will develop clinical familiarity with ultrasonic techniques for routine dental hygiene procedures, perio therapy; including debridement, implant maintenance and oral disinfection therapy. New diagnostic tools will be introduced, a review of perio probing and recording protocols, pain control options explained, along with suggestions on treatment implementation now and for the future.


Tip selection and application

All power scaling technologies will be reviewed

• Magnetostrictive
• Piezo
• Sonic

Perio probing and recording methods

• The role of volatile sulfur compounds in active perio infection
• Control of treatment discomfort—topical anesthetics and electronic analgesia
• Co Treatment planning and presentation
• Home care solutions
• Adjunctive therapies

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the attendees will:

• Incorporate new treatment protocols for the use of ultrasonics
• Discuss the advantages of ultrasonic technology
• Demonstrate proper ultrasonic technique
• Discuss options for management of pain and discomfort
• Practice applied techniques and skill development
• Discuss how to measure successful treatment
• Recognize the criteria to determine active infected sites verses historical signs of past infections
• Discuss effective utilization of adjunctive therapies
• Enzyme suppression
• Local delivery
• Learn to effectively partner with your patients and team to co-treatment plan for predictable healthy outcomes
• Discuss effective homecare products and their use

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Beth Thompson RDH, BS owner of The Dental Connection, and Founder/Director of CareerFusion, and former Editor in Chief of Contemporary Oral Hygiene, is a graduate of Indiana University. She has enjoyed a varied career clinically, as an industry consultant, and currently lectures on practice management strategies and dental hygiene therapies. Contact Beth

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Course Information:
Premeditated Dental Hygiene
Featured Speaker: Beth Thompson, RDH, BS
Founder/Director of CareerFusion, and former Editor in Chief, Contemporary Oral Hygiene
Dental Management and Educational Consultant

Target Audience: Dental Hygienists, General Dentists,

Course Description: 3-6 CE hours

Learn to build effective health partnerships with your patients. Eliminate the “just a cleaning” appointments by focusing clinical time to relationship building and achieving dental health goals. Discover how to address clinical dilemmas with comfort and confidence. Prepare for tomorrow today by individualizing your appointment scheduling to address realistic, meaningful expectations from each appointment. New diagnostic tools for early decay detection and perio infection will be introduced, along with treatment implementation ideas to utilize now and in the future.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the attendees will:

• Learn communication skills for effective use of clinical time
• Incorporate new treatment protocols
• Discuss how to measure successful treatment
• Discuss new diagnostic devices for early detection of infection
• Discuss effective utilization of adjunctive therapies
• Learn to effectively partner with your patients and team to co-treatment plan for predictable healthy outcomes
• Discuss effective homecare products and their use

Contact Beth

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Beth Thompson RDH, BS owner of The Dental Connection, Founder/Director of CareerFusion, and former Editor in Chief of Contemporary Oral Hygiene, is a graduate of Indiana University. She has enjoyed a varied career clinically, as an industry consultant, and currently lectures on practice management strategies and dental hygiene therapies. Contact Beth

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Course Information:
Advancements in Dental Hygiene

Speaker Beth Thompson RDH, BS

Beth Thompson understands the difficulties facing clinicians today. Her focus is on clinical skill confidence and communication tools that ease the challenges of disease management. “Work smart” and you’ll enjoy the reward of successful management of dental disease and be less likely to suffer burnout and frustration as you develop into a preventive, proactive resource within your team.

Build your confidence

Beth shows you how to assimilate the advancements in diagnosis and treatment into practical, predictable, rewarding patient care.

Meet the challenge

Integrate your skills as Beth illustrates when and how to treat disease combining non-surgical therapies critical for optimal and continued health. You will learn about diagnostic devices to enable early detection of infection long before the traditional signs of clinical signs of infection.

Enjoy the rewards

• Diagnose aggressively and treat conservatively
• Learn communication skills that work
• Reduce over treatment with a new twist on science you thought you already knew
• Learn how to incorporate new information and treatments with confidence

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“Earth, Wind, and Fire: The Natural Elements of Dental Hygiene”
with Beth Thompson, RDH, Shirley Gutkowski, RDH and Debra Grant, RDH

Are you looking for fresh ideas to improve your professional life? “Earth, Wind and Fire” will renew your passion for dental hygiene as Shirley, Beth and Deb inspire you with new applications to update the knowledge you learned in school. They will integrate the elements of dental hygiene with the latest research about preventing and managing caries, periodontal disease, and patient’ stress to make practicing dental hygiene more rewarding.

Learn how to heal, nurture and serve with methodologies create a relaxing experience for your patients. This seminar is tomorrow’s dental hygiene, today; join the excitement.

You will learn about:

• Advancements in Periodontics: Host Response and Modulation Therapy
• Minimal Intervention and Preservative Dentistry
• Effective instrumentation
• Perioromatherapy™
• Prenatal strategies for dental health
• Pressure Point and Music Therapy

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Beth Thompson RDH, BS owner of The Dental Connection, and Founder/Director of CareerFusion, and former Editor in Chief of Contemporary Oral Hygiene, is a graduate of Indiana University. She has enjoyed a varied career clinically, as an industry consultant, and currently lectures on practice management strategies and dental hygiene therapies. Contact Beth