Assess periodontitis sign and symptoms
Gingiva, bacteria, and more
Evidence-based dentistry
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Speaker: Dr. Silky Sharma, RDH
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Course type: Live, webinar
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Education method: Lecture
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Prerequisites: None
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Course provider: DentalToaster Study Club
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Conflict of interest: None
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Sponsor(s): None
Why this course?
We created this course to give you the answers to those important questions.
- You will understand WHY you are performing the complicated assessment. For example, why is bleeding important? How is that relevant to periodontitis?
- We will go over the basics of evidence-based dentistry. Remember the pyramid? Dr. Sharma will give you the BEST summary you will ever see. She makes research so easy to understand.
- The speaker processed all the difficult papers for you, you can sit back and enjoy the lecture.
- You will finally be able to explain your patients and doctors why
assessment is key to helping a patient.
This is a 2-part lecture series
you will love Dr. Sharma. She is one of the few speakers who can explain evidence-based dentistry (EBD) in a way that anyone can understand.
She's all science, but is an RDH too! Because she still practices, her courses are packed with "real-life" lessons for the everyday RDH.
If you never were a big fan of EBD, we promise you, the series are DentalToaster will make you feel better.
We are promising you easy to understand, applicable, and enlightening EBD classes with Dr. Sharma.
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Course description
This two-part course series.
The series is designed for the dental hygienist and will offer critically appraised, evidence-based information to identify signs and symptoms of periodontal disease. The course will provide chronological information on the dental hygiene assessment phase of care to develop steps in identifying, treating, and stabilizing periodontitis utilizing non-surgical periodontal therapy. -
Objectives
- Explain the different levels of evidence.
- Explain the role of biofilm in periodontal destruction.
- Discuss the components of a comprehensive periodontal assessment.
- Identify the signs of periodontal disease.
- Identify the most effective ways to control oral biofilm.
Dr. Silky Sharma, RDH
Dr.
Silky Sharma, RDH, Ed.D is an Assistant Professor at Harper College, Palatine,
Illinois, and has been a faculty member since 2010. She earned her master’s
degree from the University of Illinois with a focus on Evidence-Based Decision
Making. Dr. Sharma earned her Doctorate from Grand Canyon University in
Education, in Teaching and Learning with an emphasis on Adult Learning. She has
continued to practice dental hygiene, providing patient-centered care at a
perio-focused office for 18 years.
Dr.
Sharma is a clinic coordinator and provides courses on Periodontology for
Dental hygienists, Advance Perio Instrumentation, Perioscope-Clinic, Scientific
Literature, Pain management, and Oral Pathology. She presents continuing
education programs for dental colleagues on various topics. She is a consultant
dental hygiene examiner for CDCA, the national dental/dental hygiene competency
assessment organization. She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals
and is passionate about teaching and learning from health care professionals.
“Evidence-based decision making does not have to be difficult. I am passionate about teaching others find the truth through EBD.”
May 4, 2023; 4pm PT (7pm ET); Zoom webinar
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