Fall Dental Hygiene Seminar

Core Competency Credit Course

Friday, September 5, 2008

Join your colleagues for the "great fall dental hygiene get-together" and come away with information that can be applied immediately in your practice.

This popular continuing dental education program will give you timely and practical information on several clinical concerns specific to the practice of dental hygiene. You will benefit from the diversity of clinical topics as well as the opportunity to interact with six dynamic speakers during the question and answer sessions interspersed throughout the day. Please join us for the 2008 seminar which will give you new insights on: 1) infection control, 2) caries management in older adults, 3) pharmacology, 4) non-surgical periodontics, 5) proper body mechanics, and 6) patient communication and health literacy.

Special Course Feature:

This course will fulfill the entire Minnesota Board of Dentistry core competency requirement for continuing dental education credit.

This seminar will show you:

• what you need and want to know about infection control today.
• how to manage and prevent dental caries in older adults.
• how to communicate effectively with a diverse patient population and develop patient friendly materials.
• where and how to apply adjunctive mechanical therapies during periodontal treatment.
• what you need to know about pharmacology and dental hygiene practice.
• how to reduce the physical strain of dental hygiene practice.

Renee Camara, D.D.S., M.S., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontology, Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry; Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology; private practice, limited to periodontology.

Karen Decker, P.T., Physical Therapist, Division of TMD and Orofacial Pain, Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.

Patricia Lenton, R.D.H., B.S., M.A., Research Fellow, Oral Health Clinical Research Center, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.

Teresa Ludwig, M.T., ASCP, APIC, Health and Safety Officer and Environmental Health Specialist, Dental Engineering Services, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.

Peg Simonson, R.D.H., B.S., Dental Hygienist, Oral Health Services for Older Adults Program, Department of Primary Dental Care, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry; Administrative Assistant, Wilder Senior Dental Program, Amherst Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Bruce Templeton, D.M.D., Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; Clinical Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.