Mid-Atlantic Prevent Abuse and Neglect Through Dental Awareness is a continuing education course designed to educate dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and others about the problems of child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse and neglect, and human trafficking. This course aims to teach dental and other health care professionals to recognize the indicators of abuse and neglect and inform them of their legal and ethical responsibilities in reporting and referring victims. Abuse and neglect are an ever-increasing problem in today’s society. Dental professionals are frequently the first health care professional to render treatment to a maltreated individual, yet make few reports. The more education you receive, the more likely you are to recognize and report. Early recognition with timely reporting and referrals to appropriate agencies can help prevent more significant health consequences and even death in maltreated individuals. This course (session one and session two) satisfies the 2 hour continuing education requirement on abuse and neglect as mandated by COMAR: Subtitle 44 BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS 10.44.22 Continuing Education Authority: Health Occupations Article, §4-205,Annotated Code of Maryland.

All dental hygienists and dentists involved in providing prophylaxis have experienced, “the bloody prophy”. In fact, across the country today bloody prophys are being provided, and patients sent out the door with an appointment to provide this same service again in six more months! Given compelling research that reveals a strong mouth-body connection to overall health, clinicians should develop a zero tolerance for providing ongoing bloody prophys. This course examines the reality surrounding making a conversion from prophylaxis to therapeutic care for existing patients along with the scientific, clinical and business rationale for doing so.

Participants will learn:

• How to distinguish between preventive and therapeutic treatment
• How the incidence of periodontal diseases should impact clinical services
• How biofilm infections becomes a ‘game changer’ for the patient’s care
• What to say to bloody prophy patients, scheduled for routine cleanings and how to treat their disease
• Why team continuity is vital to successful shifts in current procedures
• How healthier patients can lead to healthier profits

Do you find that patients often undervalue the services provided during a comprehensive exam or dental hygiene visit? Are you challenged with time management when trying to collect the essential data needed to prepare a comprehensive treatment plan? You are not alone; this course will provide you with step-by-step guidelines and protocols to expedite three of the five screenings needed for every dental patient to ensure comprehensive care.

Valuable tips like verbal skills, body language and handling patient objections will be featured.

• Equip the clinician with consistent reproducible screening protocols
• Understand the rationale behind each screening
• Increase the use of high impact language for improved case acceptance
• Exceed the patient’s expectations and increase the patient’s perceived value

Each of these You Are The Expert programs stands alone based on its content. The participants of all three courses will notice how the data builds from one screening to the next providing the clinician with a “big picture” in only a few short minutes. Experience the benefits of adding this new dimension to your clinical standards by including these five Clinical Screening Investigations for your patients. Those benefits include: fewer cancellations, increased referrals, greater patient value and increased case acceptance, to name just a few.

Part II of You Are The Expert features techniques and verbal skills specifically designed to address patient concerns with restorative aesthetic treatment considerations. While applicable to all team members, those sitting chairside will learn to comfortably discuss treatment options, handle insurance questions and build value for comprehensive care. These verbal skills are essential to all of today’s Dental Professionals.

• Equip the clinician with a consistent reproducible screening protocol for restorative and aesthetic needs
• Utilize the intra oral camera with good time management at each visit to reinforce or initiate restorative / aesthetic conversations
• Learn verbal skills to assist with case presentation and comfortably handle patient objections to treatment

Each of these You Are The Expert programs stands alone based on its content. The participants of all three courses will notice how the data builds from one screening to the next providing the clinician with a “big picture” in only a few short minutes. Experience the benefits of adding this new dimension to your clinical standards by including these five Clinical Screening Investigations for your patients. Those benefits include: fewer cancellations, increased referrals, greater patient value and increased case acceptance, to name just a few.

Part III of You Are The Expert singles out the periodontal screening. While a comprehensive periodontal charting should be completed once per year, how often and in what way should our patients be screened for periodontal disease and its complications? This program outlines a step-by-step protocol for a brief periodontal assessment including tissue response and the verbal skills to effectively communicate the importance of this screening and the significance of the results.

• Equip the clinician with a consistent reproducible screening protocol for periodontal disease activity
• Utilize the intra-oral camera with good time management at each visit to demonstrate disease activity
• Learn verbal skills to begin to transition patients from continuing care to the appropriate periodontal treatment

Each of these You Are The Expert programs stands alone based on its content. The participants of all three courses will notice how the data builds from one screening to the next providing the clinician with a “big picture” in only a few short minutes. Experience the benefits of adding this new dimension to your clinical standards by including these five Clinical Screening Investigations for your patients. Those benefits include: fewer cancellations, increased referrals, greater patient value and increased case acceptance, to name just a few.