ORAL SCIENCE FAIR - Best Practices for Periodontal Care and Caries Prevention with Minimally Invasive Approaches

Description

Join us for an engaging and comprehensive course designed for dental professionals looking to elevate treatment outcomes. This program combines in-depth lectures with hands-on training, covering advanced periodontal treatment, caries prevention, and minimally invasive management. You’ll also learn how to recommend personalized home care products to support long-term patient health. Leave equipped with practical skills and strategies to enhance both clinical care and patient compliance.

***An account with the name of the attendee must be used. 

6 C.E. hours/credits

$100 in free products

Many prizes

Hands-on!

$200 + tax per person • Payment by credit card to reserve • LIMITED ATTENDEES!

Saturday, May 31st 2025

Registration and Breakfast:

• 8:30AM

Course:

• 9AM to 4PM

   

Prestige Rocky, Mountain Resort, 209 Van Horne St S, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 1Y7

*Lunch included

Key Topics

Review an Optimal Periodontal Process of Care

Gain insights into the full continuum of periodontal care from initial assessments through to long-term maintenance strategies

Current Evidence-Based Practices for Biofilm Management

Stay informed of the latest research and Oral Science protocols that underpin best practice standards in periodontics, ensuring your methods are evidence based

Review How to Quickly Use a Caries Risk Assessment to Guide your Practice

Without a caries risk assessment, vulnerable patients may not be identified until it is too late

Fundamentals of Fluoride Varnish, Silver Diamine Fluoride and Papain Gel (No Drill!)

Not all remineralization and caries arrest agents work the same! Discover the rationales and clinical options available for caries risk patients

Learning Objectives

• Identify the advantages of periodontal and caries management with minimally invasive methods.

• Identify how chairside oral neutrophil testing can enhance diagnostics and improve patient acceptance of treatment plans.

• Learn the five steps of the optimal dental hygiene appointment: erythritol, air polishing, ultrasonic and biofilm desiccation.

• Learn about HybenX, a biofilm desiccation gel that significantly improves treatment outcomes over SRP alone.

• Identify the role of caries risk assessment to eliminate guesswork in patient care, education and recommendations.

• Identify the key features of a gold standard professionally applied sodium fluoride varnish.

• List various in-office minimally invasive treatment choices and distinguish when to use each intervention.

About Martha Szczepulski, DHP, BDSc(DH), PID

Martha Szczepulski is a professional educator and speaker who has been a practicing dental hygienist for 18 years. She has gained her experience through general and community dental practices, dental hygiene education and mobile dental hygiene in long term care. She is the Professional Education Leader for Oral Science. Her vision is to help clinicians create a synergy between evidence based practice and common sense practicality that is uncomplicated and implementable.

About Angel Kaushal BSc, MPH, RDH - (she/her/hers)

Working clinically for the last nine years, Angel has a Bachelor's of Science in Anthropology from the University of Calgary where she gained a love of research and sustainability. She has travelled as a dental hygienist for mission trips in Nepal and Guatemala. These trips instilled a passion for education and preventative healthcare, which led to her Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Edinburgh. She has spent ten years volunteering with JCI in many aspects and held various board positions.