Original Date: June 22, 2023 | 7:00 PM CST/8:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour
Credits: 1
Sponsor: EMS
Cost: Free
In today’s modern dental practice, hygienists do more than just “CLEAN” teeth and dentists do more than just “fillings.” The preventative methodologies are changing and so are tomorrow’s dental professionals entering your practices. Dental and dental hygiene education are embracing the paradigm shift towards minimally invasive new technology backed by science. Learn more about enhanced biofilm management and its benefits to impact patient care by providing favorable outcomes in treating oral disease clinical longevity, impacting your practice and saving your hygienists!
Objectives:
- Recognize the paradigm shift in clinical dental hygiene that focuses on systemic health and related oral disease
- Validate biofilm management in dental hygiene department therapies
- Compare and contrast traditional clinical prophylaxis vs Guided Biofilm Management
- Examine benefits of minimally invasive technologies such as ROI, stress reduction and ergonomics
Presented By
Erika Spring
Clinical Dental Hygienist, Trainer
Erika Spring is a clinical dental hygienist by heart but has served dentistry in various roles over the last 30 years. Currently, she supports EMS as an SDA Trainer for Guided Biofilm Therapy & Academic Relations consultant. Academically, Erika held positions at Laramie County Community College and most recently spent 10 years at Coastal Carolina Community College, where she led the charge to revolutionize dental hygiene education by implementing GBT into the curriculum in 2020 and graduated the first classes of GBT certified students. Coastal went on to be the first academic institution to be GBT certified in the US last year.
Erika is an alumnus of Coastal Carolina Community College, receiving her undergraduate degree in dental hygiene and setting the stage for a passionate career in clinical dental hygiene including full time work with periodontists, Drs. LH Hutchens and Henry Best. It was not long before Erika pursued higher education, receiving a Bachelors’ degree in Dental Hygiene and concluding with a Masters’ Degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. With an interest in helping dental teams and students elevate their clinical skills and enjoy better teamwork, she also became a certified DISC Behavioral Consultant.
Erika’s love for education, innovation and her natural leadership abilities have allowed her to take transformative approaches in her career through clinical patient care, as a full-time educator, and through Spring Innovative, her privately developed consulting platform.
Erika’s mission is to educate tomorrow’s dental professionals through today’s modern innovations, and reshape the future of dentistry.
Moderator: Brian Rosebrook
Dental Economics
Supported in part through an unrestricted educational grant by:
Course Includes
- 1 Lesson
- 1 Test
- Course Certificate
CE credit(s): 1
Course Type: On-Demand Webinar
Published Date: June 22, 2023
This continuing education (CE) activity was developed by Endeavor Business Media with no commercial support.
This course was written for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, from novice to skilled.
Educational methods: This course is a self-instructional journal and web activity.
Provider disclosure: Endeavor Business Media neither has a leadership position nor a commercial interest in any products or services discussed or shared in this educational activity. No manufacturer or third party had any input in the development of the course content.
Requirements for successful completion: To obtain 1 CE credits for this educational activity, you must pay the required fee, review the material, complete the course evaluation, and obtain an exam score of 70% or higher.
CE planner disclosure: Laura Winfield, Endeavor Business Media dental group CE coordinator, neither has a leadership nor commercial interest with the products or services discussed in this educational activity. Ms. Winfield can be reached at lwinfield@endeavorb2b.com.
Educational disclaimer: Completing a single continuing education course does not provide enough information to result in the participant being an expert in the field related to the course topic. It is a combination of many educational courses and clinical experience that allows the participant to develop skills and expertise.
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Scientific integrity statement: Information shared in this CE course is developed from clinical research and represents the most current information available from evidence-based dentistry.
Known benefits and limitations of the data: The information presented in this educational activity is derived from the data and information contained in the reference section.
Registration: The cost of this CE course is Free for 1 CE credits.
Cancellation and refund policy: Any participant who is not 100% satisfied with this course can request a full refund by contacting Endeavor Business Media in writing.
Provider information:
Dental Board of California: Provider RP5933. Course registration number CA code: 1-5933-22153. Expires . “This course meets the Dental Board of California’s requirements for 1 units of continuing education.”
Endeavor Business Media is a nationally approved PACE program provider for FAGD/MAGD credit.
Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement.
11/1/2022 to 10/31/2024.
Provider ID# 320452
AGD code: 730
Endeavor Business Media is designated as an approved Provider by the American Academy of Dental Hygiene, Inc. #AADHPNW (January 1, 2022–December 31, 2024). Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial Board of Dentistry. Licensee should maintain this document in the event of an audit. AADH code: AADHEMB-127-6-2023-1
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