Presented by
Silky Sharma
RDH, EdD
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Course Description
Periodontics
This evidence-based course will provide dental professionals with current information on various procedures/products related to providing NSPT. The course content will include the most current research and guidelines related to NSPT, providing valuable insight into effectively treating and stabilizing periodontal disease. The course will include take-home messages from critically appraised high-quality evidence on the following topics:
- Oral Hygiene
- Antibiotics with SRP
- Endoscope
- Ultrasonics versus Hand Scaling
- Air polishing
- Magneto versus Piezo
- Lasers with non-surgical therapy
- Irrigations
- Antimicrobials
- Host modulation
- Perio Protect
- Saliva testing
- Velscope
“The educational teaching methodology used in this course is live, interactive lecture presented via Zoom webinar with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Both the live webinar and the PowerPoint presentation incorporate a variety of audio and visual cues to enhance audience members’ understanding and retention of key concepts. In addition, question and answer periods are provided for at the conclusion of each section of the live webinar.”
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:
- Explain the different levels of evidence.
- Explain the different components of Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM).
- Review the fundamentals of various adjunct procedures used during NSPT.
- Discuss the latest critically appraised research on each adjunct procedure.
- Critically analyze the efficacy and effectiveness of various adjunct procedures for NSPT.
- Synthesize the information and be able to create comprehensive treatment plans.
- Review the current guidelines related to adjunct procedures during NSPT.