Silver diamine fluoride has been used internationally for decades due to its antimicrobial and desensitizing properties. This therapeutic agent has only become available in the Unites States in the recent years and there is a lot of unclarity surrounding its use. As clinicians, it is vital for us to fully understand its benefits and embrace its usage as it can help us better care for our patients. In this CE webinar, we will discuss the mechanisms of action behind SDF, describing how and why it works as a desensitizer and a caries arrest agent. We will outline the best ways you can incorporate it into your treatment protocol and discuss the unique benefits it provides to patients of all ages, including children where SDF is used commonly, and adults where this tool is underutilized.
This CE webinar is for dental professionals aiming to prevent unnecessary tooth surface damage during dental procedures. It highlights the importance of precision in the use of both manual and ultrasonic instruments, and how to mitigate risks associated with their use. This webinar also provides strategies to enhance the remineralization process post-procedure, with a focus on protecting tooth surfaces and restoring natural defense mechanisms.
Remineralization used to be as simple as "put some fluoride on it!" But is the array of products available today claiming “remineralization” pushing the limits of oral healthcare? In a clinical world of dry mouth and acidic beverages, perhaps we’re putting too much faith in an antiquated understanding of what happens on the surface of a tooth. The science of reversing demineralization can be summarized easily, but clinicians would be wise to realize it takes more than an electronegative anion to rebuild the strongest biological substance on earth. How far can we push chemistry before accepting biochemistry makes more sense, and what could go horribly wrong?
With the yearly changes made to the CDT dental codes it can be challenging to a dental professional on how to help their patient submit or advise on what procedures their insurance benefit carriers will cover. This CE webinar will discuss a variety of procedures like desensitizing, dental creams/therapeutic fluoridation treatments and how to bill for them.
This fun and interactive CE webinar is designed to empower and reinvigorate dental professionals with concepts and practices of teaching the oral-systemic link they can implement immediately. They will leave with the ability to leverage their mid-level health care role, embrace an important extension of their professional influence, and add life-saving value to each patient they see. After this CE webinar, the attendee will know that prevention can be profitable.
During this CE webinar, we will
• Learn about pH and its effects on the oral environment
• Understand the importance of a healthy salivary buffering capacity
• Identify oral conditions and their likelihood to present in certain pH environments
• Recognize products that remineralize decalcified tooth enamel & how to implement them into a clinical workflow
Saliva is a window into our oral health status. Since our saliva contains protective, destructive and diagnostic components, testing is beneficial in caries and periodontal risk diagnosis. Recognizing the markers can assist in developing preventive and restorative treatment plans. Salivary diagnosis is the gateway to effective patient education and provides valuable insight into patient oral and overall health. This CE webinar will cover the current and historical research around salivary diagnosis as well as suggestions for treatment planning and patient education to reduce disease risk.
According to statistics from the American Dental Association, general practitioners perform more than 50% of all periodontal surgeries, almost half of all bony surgical extractions and 40% of all apicoectomies and root amputations – yet only 17% of all biopsies. Why is that? Performing a soft tissue biopsy is a much simpler procedure than any of the other procedures listed above. Unfortunately, many dentists do not learn how to perform a biopsy. The purpose of this CE webinar is to provide the dentist with a simple step-by-step protocol to perform soft tissue biopsies – with tools that you already have in your office! The discussion will conclude with a discussion of how to bill insurance companies for both the biopsy and for the pathology report.
Change can be difficult for patients and clinicians. Clinical studies demonstrate the prevalence of periodontal disease among our patient populations, yet it is still vastly undertreated by the dental profession. Due to its multi-factorial nature, periodontal disease demands a comprehensive approach to treatment recommendations critical to the patient's long-term success. This CE webinar is designed to provide a practical implementation specific to the patient's staging and grading of the latest clinical and homecare innovations. In addition, attendees will identify how to increase patient compliance!
We’ve all seen those patients who have white spot lesions on otherwise beautiful teeth. It can happen after ortho, it can be developmental, but it’s often something that causes them to be unhappy with their smile. Luckily for us, there is a solution that is painless and simple. In this CE webinar, Dr. Sarah Winter will go over a process called resin filtration. It’s a simple and effective solution for eradicating those white spots so our patients can feel confident in their smile once again. Whether it includes bleaching or in conjunction with your temporary restorations, minimally invasive treatments can be achieved with the right tools in your tool box
This CE webinar is designed to expand your clinical knowledge of innovative products that offer more preventative options. If you’re tired of seeing patients come back with caries (and we all know they’re tired of the pain and inconvenience), learn how to stop the caries cycle using more non-invasive treatments. Glass Ionomer sealants are not just for public health patients. They are not only proven effective, but they can be applied in even the most difficult situations because there are no bonding agents or isolation necessary. You’ll not only be treating vulnerable sites and patients, but the slow release of fluoride will keep protecting them between visits. You’ll learn about products that offer your patients sensitivity relief, greater fluoride protection, and the prevention of white spot lesions.
In this CE webinar, join me to explore new avenues of preventive care for your patients. Learn why prevention services should not be limited to dental hygiene visits. There are many ways to expand the reach of prevention to your patients within the dental practice. Engaging a team approach to prevention will assist you in building value for preventive care and dentistry. Working together to build a strong preventive program in your practice will not only reward your patients, it provides professional satisfaction and has been known to decrease burnout. Working together we adjust practice treatment protocols to reflect our new knowledge on prevention for all ages.
With the yearly changes made to the CDT dental codes it can be challenging for a dental professional on how or advise patients what procedures their insurance carriers will be covered or to help their patient file their own dental claims. This CE webinar will discuss a variety of procedures like desensitizing, dental creams/varnishes and how they can be profitable for a dental practice.
Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that effects all age groups. There is a significant relationship that exists between caries and diet and nutrition, which is often complicated with many interrelating factors. Dietary patterns and behaviors play an integral role in the prevention and development of dental caries. Oral health care providers have a responsibility to deliver nutritional counseling with the ultimate goal of reducing caries risk factors and enhancing the protective factors. This CE webinar will examine the relationship between diet, nutrition, and the development of caries. Attendees will be positioned to successfully provide nutritional counseling to patients with the goal of promoting successful behavior change toward oral and systemic health.
Patient care extends beyond the time spent in your operatory, what an individual does at home impacts their smile and systemic health every day of the year. Take a stroll down any store aisle and the choices of oral care items is overwhelming, patients look to dental professionals for insight and recommendations for everything from hypersensitivity solutions to caries prevention and whitening. Few individuals have perfect oral health whereas most adults at least one oral health concern. Recommending solution options for patient risk and concerns can lead to increased patient satisfaction and improved oral and health outcomes.
Have you ever been confused regarding all of the information around caries prevention? Should I use a gel, or varnish? What age needs fluoride? Or, who is really at risk and how do I have these conversations with my patients? This CE webinar will break down the standards of care in dentistry regarding the Who, How and What of prevention that you can provide your patients. Additionally, this presentation will take a look at emerging trends and how you can develop and/or take your existing prevention program to the next level.
Biofilm is the common thread between periodontal disease and dental caries. Biofilm forms immediately after dental prophylaxis and has been shown to cause or contribute to a plethora of oral-systemic issues. Proper home care will help to manage the biofilm and help our patients to maintain a healthy oral environment.
Through this enlightening CE webinar, Dr. Geissberger will discuss strategies and materials that can greatly improve clinical outcomes in a patient population with uncontrolled caries. The importance of oral pH will be discussed and strategies for altering an unfavorable oral environment will be outlined. Particular attention will be given to preventative and restorative protocols that can be implemented in private practice. The use of glass ionomers will be discussed, emphasizing proper placement techniques.
Professional preventative services are key to maintain oral health. Selecting the right preventative protocol and products for your hygiene toolkit not only benefits the patient, but it also has an impact on provider hand and wrist health. Utilizing the best professional products at your disposal helps streamline the patient care process with ease. Efficacy, ease of application and patient satisfaction are key elements when determining the right protocol leading to happier and healthier smiles.
Life has become more stressful and challenging, especially during the pandemic. When we find time to care for ourselves, we don’t always make optimal decisions. This includes important choices related to diet, nutrition, and oral health. Yet, each time we eat, the balance of the oral cavity can shift, allowing opportunistic pathogens to become activated and destructive. The result is an oral environment that is “out of balance.” How can we as dental professionals respond to these circumstances and stop this disease process?
Fortunately, there are specific and highly effective oral health strategies that you can use to restore balance. In this webinar, Dr. John Comisi will help you understand the disease process and how to end the frustrating treatment cycle of “one step forward, two steps back.” He will also look at beneficial procedures and materials we can we use to arrest this disease process—and possibly even reverse it.
Caries infection has increased in young adult populations and continues to be a major disease for children. This CE webinar discusses the impact of Nano & ORMOCER® Technology on today’s preventive and restorative materials. Attendees will have an insightful overview of science-based solutions to provide their dental teams with innovative technologies as it relates to desensitizers, sealants, and fluoride treatments to combat patient’s current symptoms and the prevention of future dental caries.
Despite advancing technologies in dental caries and prevention it remains one of the most common oral diseases globally. Dental health care practitioners are challenged to continually evaluate current research and incorporate findings into clinical practice to adequately equip their patients with health promotion and preventive strategies. With a paradigm shift from drill and fill to minimally invasive dentistry, which focuses on conservation of tooth structure, a medical model of disease management needs to be incorporated. The caries management plan for each individual should be based upon reducing caries risk factors and enhancing the protective factors with the additional aid of behavior modification coupled with minimal intervention restorative dentistry, if appropriate. This CE webinar will take a look at the latest evidence-based practical guidelines for caries management along with strategies to incorporate new treatment methods into daily practice.
In this CE webinar, Dr. Jean Creasey shares the nuts and bolts of her how own dental practice “prevented it’s way to success”. This webinar reviews why restoration alone is not a cure for caries disease and why focusing on strengthening tooth structure and modifying oral biofilms to favor dental health is key. It also emphasizes that dental caries must be managed as a chronic disease throughout a patients’ lifetime and that motivating patients to change is best achieved when the entire dental team is calibrated and committed to a prevention centered approach.
In this CE webinar, we will
• learn two new patient experiences that create happy, paying patients who repeat and refer
• build a predictable prevention to restorative connection that stops cancellations and no shows
• maximize today's top products and procedures to reconnect your restorative patients to their ideal recare schedule
• grow your patients oral health and practice productivity
Fluoride is not just for kids! As our population ages, the need for fluoride treatments is becoming more critical. Xerostomia from poly pharmaceuticals, softer diets due to chewing issues, protection around newly placed cosmetic crowns and more provide the perfect opportunity to have a conversation with the patient to discuss ways to protect their financial investment in their oral health. It begins with understanding the proper CDT procedure codes to submit along with complete documentation to validate the procedure.
The objective of this CE webinar is to present a cookbook to recognize implant disease and prevent loss of implants with innovative chairside techniques to reverse implant mucositis. For peri implantitis, we show success via minimally invasive protocols with progressive technology. And for our patients, user friendly oral hygiene practices are described, so patients can utilize tools and medicaments to maintain the life of their respective implants.
Minimally invasive dental treatment is becoming more commonplace for the modern practitioner, however, the most conservative treatment option available remains prevention. Patients requiring any form of prosthetic care present with a higher risk for developing recurrent decay following treatment. The clinician’s ability to recognize potential risk, diagnose disease, and ultimately implement caries management protocols, will play a significant role in establishing more predictable and long-term success outcome for these patients.
Despite caries risk assessment and therapeutic tools that have been in use for decades, dental caries remains a significant problem in many populations. The science and chemistry for using glass ionomer restoratives for its unique ability to treat caries lesions chemically will be presented. Success is often determined by correct placement techniques. In this CE webinar, Dr. Young will review how to properly use glass restoratives with, and without, the use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) using minimally invasive methodology to bridge the gap between remineralization and traditional restoration.
Part two of the webinar series “Learning From Our Mistakes” will take you on Dr. Kaminer’s journey of becoming the successful dentist he is today. The doctor will share techniques for repairing restorations of various classes caused by incorrect selection of materials or technique. He will discuss current restorative techniques and product choices for the clinician seeking to advance their skills while getting the procedure completed in a minimal amount of time. Learn how to avoid mistakes from this wet-finger dentist by using restorative products that are high quality, easy to use, and have a healthy impact on patients' lives. This CE webinar is a must-see if you want to enhance your skill set and improve your everyday dentistry with the aesthetics and healthfulness you and your patients expect.
During this CE webinar, we will review:
• how to reduce long-term risk for disease through choosing and properly utilizing the correct materials
• what we have learned about root caries
• adjunctive procedures to reduce negative outcomes
• the rationale for tunnel preparation—the conservative way to preserve interproximal tooth structure
• how to avoid the common mistakes associated with tunnel preparation procedure
• optimal materials for optimal success
Silver Diamine Fluoride for Patients of All Ages
