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OraVital KOL Access 2020 – The Leading Edge of Dentistry
If you’re looking for invaluable dental industry insider perspectives on how to elevate your level of patient care and how to build a profitable, oral medicine-focused practice, look no further than these key opinion leaders.
Gaining Patient Health Through Education
Trust Building Through Defining Mutual Roles
Webinar Presenter: By Dr Robert McBride DDS
Date: Friday, Jan. 22 – 4:00pm EST
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Course outline:
Is the traditional “show and tell” and “case selling” really effective in patient compliance? How about educating the patient to such a degree that places their oral health future in their very own hands?
Is It Time To Drop The Drill?
Using Silver Diamine Fluoride To Arrest Decay
Webinar Presenter: By Dr. Chris Kammer
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 10 – 8:00pm EST
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Course outline:
Are you ready for a futuristic vision that is actually being practiced now? Will you be able to handle questioning (and even doubting) the effectiveness of the most common practices in dentistry that have been “standard of care” for over 100 years? It’s a paradigm shift that may shock you! Dr Chris Kammer’s new practice model focuses on preventing tooth decay and healing carious lesions and so much more.
Talk To Me So I Can HEAR You
Communication Through the Noise of a Pandemic
Webinar Presenter: Shawn Peers L.L.M., M.B.A.
Date: Wed. Oct. 7, 2020 at 8:00pm
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Course outline:
This presentation will focus on why you need to send the right message, even if you think now might not be the right time. Perhaps your STYLE of communication will have to be tweaked to accommodate a COVID-world. So make that adjustment to make sure your patients understand what they need to know. You never know how it just might change a patient’s life!
Roadmap to Practice Resilience in 2020 presented by Dr Angela Mulrooney
Webinar Presenter: Dr. Angela Mulrooney
Date: Wednesday June 17, 2020 at 8:00pm
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Course outline:
It takes grit and perseverance to be resilient in the post-Covid market. Patients are nervous because of their awareness of aerosols and interpersonal space. Team members are stressed because they are not sure whether they will be employed in the near future. It was a challenge to thrive before, but as we rebuild, the key to thriving will be in your practice’s resilience. Social media can create that resilience.
COVID-19 Strategies for Nourishing Relationships with Kathleen Bokrossy RDH
Webinar Presenter: Kathleen Bokrossy RDH
Date: Wednesday June 3, 2020 at 8:00pm
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Course outline:
With dental practices slowly opening to essential needs of patients, what is happening with all of your other patients who haven’t received hygiene care and may not for some time? Will they be there for you when your doors fully open? Will they want to schedule an appointment with so much uncertainty all over the news and social media about aerosols? Have you worked on ensuring that your patients continue to trust you and leave them feeling confident that you will continue to provide a safe environment for them?
Interprofessional Collaboration Between Physicians and Dental Professionals to Treat and Prevent CVD Post COVID 19
Webinar Presenter: Dr. Michael Mattice MD
Date: Thursday May 28, 2020 at 8:00pm
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Course outline:
Michael Mattice MD restricts his practice to preventing and treating heart disease and strokes. He has hired a hygienist to work in his office to assist with preventive dental care because without a healthy mouth his patients do not get better.
Don’t Let The Health of Your Mouth Break Your Heart
Webinar Presenter: Machell C. Hudson, RDH
Date: Thursday, May 14th at 8pm
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Course Outline:
Heart Attack is the number one killer in our country and stroke in the number one most debilitating and guess what…oral health plays an enormous role in either keeping our heart healthy or making our heart very sick. Learn how to be on the front line in detecting, educating and treating patients at risk for heart attack and stroke. Understand the role oral disease plays in the causation of heart attack and stroke and how we as dental professionals can save our patients lives.
Post COVID 19
How The Oravital Philosophy Can Control Pathogenic Aerosols And Oral Infections
Webinar Presenter: Dr Jim Hyland DDS BSc
Date: Tuesday, April 28 at 8pm
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Course Outline: Post COVID 19 dental practices will have to offer treatments that can control pathogenic aerosols, gum disease and reduce risks of exposure for the team and all patients as they receive elective care. Dr Jim Hyland will discuss why brush your teeth, floss your teeth and have your teeth cleaned does not predictably work to stop bleeding, the progression of periodontal disease, halitosis and peri-implantitis but can contribute to its progression! In medicine infections/allergies are controlled if you remove the pathogen/allergen. Our traditional dental methods are not working predictably.
Halitosis – The Myths, Facts and Treatment Options?
Webinar Presenter: Kerry Lepicek RDH
Date: Thursday, April 16th at 8pm
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Course Outline: Did you know diseased and “healthy looking” mouths can suffer from halitosis? The same bacteria cause periodontal disease and halitosis. Gain new insights into assessment, diagnosing and treating your client with halitosis. The physiological and social impact of oral malodour is underestimated by our profession. Understand why physicians, dental hygienists and dentists have been unable to treat these patients. We will review why brushing your teeth, flossing, having your teeth cleaned and the use of mints, gums and some mouthwashes are not able to control bad breath. We will look at the risk Volatile Sulphur Compounds (VSC) pose to the client’s systemic health. Tonsillitis play a role in oral malodour and cause significant concerns for many people. We will talk about the myths vs. the real causes of halitosis that you did not learn in school.
UPDATED CONTENT TO OUR NEXT KOL ACCESS WEBINAR MARCH 26th
To Include: “Coronavirus (COVID 19) Dentistry Best Practices”
Course Title: Oral Systemic Practice – From Theory To Implementation
Webinar Presenter: Dr. Tom Larkin DDS
Date: Thursday March 26th 2020 – Time: 8:00-9:00 PM EST
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Course Outline: The time is NOW to consider an oral systemic approach to client-centred care!
The conversation around the oral systemic connection has been very popular the past few years but very few practices have been able to convert to a wellness based model. Dr Larkin describes how he has guided both startups and acquisitions to a more wellness based model and will provide some action steps that you can implement to move in this direction. In addition, given the heightened concern about the COVID-19, Dr. Larkin will include a special section on “Corona Virus Dentistry Best Practices.”
Airway and Sleep Disorders—The Systemic Health Impact
Webinar Presenter: Dr. Michael Gelb, DDS MS
Date: Wednesday February 26th 2020 – Time: 8:00-9:00 PM EST
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Course Outline: Dr. Gelb brings a comprehensive, practical and academic background as he discusses our emerging understanding of the significance that sleep disorders have on our overall health. He stresses the need to treat periodontal infections as well as using appliances to manage the symptoms with a goal of reduced oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and sympathetic overload.
Dementia And The Dental Impact
Webinar Presenter: Anne O Rice, RDH, BS
Date: Tuesday January 14th 2020 – Time 8:00 – 9:00 pm EDT
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Course Outline: Webinar Summary: Every 65 seconds someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease which is the most common form of dementia. It is the 6th leading cause of death and a profound human tragedy. 71 million baby boomers are heading for the risk age and this may become the biggest epidemic in medical history. Dementia is not inevitable, and scientists agree the cure very well may be in prevention.
The Oral Systemic Connection: It’s Time to Think Differently! Calculus vs Biofilm Debridement
Webinar presenter: Chrissy Ford RDH, BScDH; CEO of Advanced Hygiene Solutions
Thursday, December 5, 2019 @ 8pm EST
Description: Periodontal health is being linked as playing a larger role in systemic health. With the ongoing and emerging field of biofilm treatment, the connection between dental and systemic health is an increasingly important topic. This webinar will help oral health professionals understand the research and new technologies that offer enhanced patient outcomes.
Integrating The New AAP Classifications Into Your Daily Practice
Webinar Presenter: Kerry Lepicek RDH
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 – Time: 8:00-9:00 PM EST
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Course Outline: The new AAP classifications were designed to improve your assessment and give clinicians a framework to diagnose periodontal conditions consistently. During this session, Kerry will review the new staging and grading guidelines for gingivitis, periodontal disease and peri-implant diseases. The new system includes evaluating risk factors, biofilm and inflammation as part of your assessment.
Salivary Diagnostics: A Workhorse Tool for Personalized Periodontal Medicine in General Dentistry
Webinar Presenter: Dr. Doug Thompson, DDS FAAMM ABAAHP
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 @ 8pm EST
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Course Outline: Dentists using salivary diagnostics—also known as oral microbiology or biofilm DNA testing can identify causative bacteria in the biofilm, personalize treatment to target root causes and create predictable treatment outcomes. This essential diagnostic tool is continually increasing in use but still not generally implemented—learn why. Dr. Thompson has collected salivary diagnostic data on every periodontal infection his Integrative Oral Medicine Team has treated over the past ten years.
Validation of a Systematic Protocol for Peri-implant Disease Management
Webinar presenter: Dr. Ali Afshar, BSc DDS CAGS DABOI
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Course outline: In this leading edge webinar, you will learn proven strategies to help you predictably increase your implant success rate, and that a 100% success rate is now demonstrably achievable. As implants become an increasingly common part of comprehensive patient care it is important to have an effective protocol for keeping implants healthy. Join us as Dr. Afshar shares his results of successfully treating failing implants over a 16 month period.
The Oral Cancer Continuum: Prevention, Detection & Oral Care for the Cancer Patient
Debbie Zafiropoulis, RDH
“Debbie Z” is on a mission to educate the masses on the prevention, screening and early detection of oral cancer in order to reduce mortality rates.
Webinar Description: During this accelerated session, Debbie will review the need for comprehensive oral screenings for all patients, and how the definition of patients “at risk” for oral cancer has changed in recent years. Debbie will also help the entire dental team overcome the fear of discussing oral abnormalities with their patients using for proven principles and will review the benefits of integrating a variety of adjunctive technologies for screening every patient for oral abnormalities preventively vs. finding late stage oral cancer.
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“Teach Your Patients Well: The Patient and Oral Health Professional Partnership”
John C. Comisi, DDS, MAGD & Karen L. Comisi, CDA, RDA, FADAA
Presented by one of dentistry’s leading power couples who work side by side in their aptly named practice, “Dental Care With a Difference.”
Webinar Description: Are your patients frustrated? Frustrated because they are told they are not “brushing and flossing” well enough. Is that perhaps because they are being “told” to do it rather than shown how to do it? The concept of oral management varies from individual to individual and is dependent upon what we are taught or perceive during our lifetime.
For some the process is very easy and comes naturally, while for others it is a constant struggle because picturing the end result may not be so clear.
Our job as dental professionals is to provide the needed tools and directions to our patients so that they can succeed in the removal of the biofilm that creates oral disease. Without knowledge, there will not be healing.
This webinar will discuss the various discoveries in helping patients manage their oral health, and include the “trials and tribulations” experienced over the years of care for numerous patients.
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“Dying From Dirty Teeth: The Need for Geriatric Oral Care”
Angie Stone, RDH, BSc
Angie is the author of the Amazon Best Seller “Dying From Dirty Teeth” and the founder of HyLife, LLC, a compassionate network of dental hygienists who provide oral care to dependent elders.
Webinar Description: As our population continues to age and more and more people become dependent on nursing home care, the problem of poor oral health is growing quickly. And it turns out that teaching care providers to brush and floss their clients’ teeth is not really the best answer. Something needs to be done to stop this epidemic and the needless suffering of our elders.
High-Risk Periodontal Pathogens Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
Webinar presenter: Bradley Field Bale, MD.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017
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According to Bale, Periodontal disease due to high risk pathogens must be considered a contributory cause of arterial disease. I will present the science that supports this landmark statement. Considering this knowledge, the dental community has a significant opportunity to favourably impact the number one cause of death and disability by effectively managing this type of periodontal disease.
Integrating the Science of Oral/Systemic Health into Clinical Practice
Webinar presenter: Amy Doneen, DNP, ARNP
Date: Thursday, March. 9, 2017
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It is necessary to respect the clinical context for which the information outlined in the recent BMJ study can be applied to the clinical dental arena,” explained Doneen. “What’s more, lines of communication must be created between medicine and dentistry that can clearly articulate the importance of understanding the oral pathogen burden as it relates to the vascular health of the individual patient.
