CEO Katrina RDH LLC Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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The American Academy of Implant Dentistry estimates about 3 million dental patients in the United States have dental implants with a projected 500,000 implants being placed each year. Join periodontal hygienist, speaker, author and consultant Katrina M Sanders RDH, BSDH, M.Ed., RF as she uncovers the modalities of complex care for the dental implant patient.
This comprehensive program looks between the threads to better understand the imperative role of the dental hygienist in identifying potential dental implant candidates, evaluating systemic conditions affecting dental implant success, assessing stable and diseased peri-implant sites, diagnosing Stage IV and peri-implant diseased cases, maintaining single, multiple or all-on-four/all-on-six patient cases, and actively treating peri-implant diseased patients.
Let's establish and maintain a stable foundation of dental implant protocols while threading through the research and uncovering new trends and techniques aimed to elevate comprehensive standards in the provision of dental implant care... together.
Fee: October-December: $90 January-February: $130
Learning Objectives:
Review the Process of Care as it relates to assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating the dental implant candidate.
Describe the AAP standards regarding the diagnostics of peri-implant disease, including therapeutic opportunities for a Stage IV patient.
Identify appropriate preventive and therapeutic modalities as well as advanced periodontal procedures designed for dental implant patients.