Small Changes, Big Results:Become an Oral Health Detective! - Presented by Trisha O’Hehir
2 hours - 2 CEU
Mindful Moments: Strategies for Dementia Prevention for Patients and Ourselves - Presented by Anne Rice
2 Hours - 2 CUE
Dental Detectives: Screening Kids for Sleep Apnea - Presented by Lancette VanGuilder
2 Hours - 2 CUE
6 CEU Live Interactive for $149
Small Changes, Big Results:Become an Oral Health Detective!
presented by Trisha O’Hehir
The old oral hygiene message is not enough in today’s high carbohydrate environment. Learn how sugar/flour encourage pathogen overgrowth, complicate immune response and contribute to mouth breathing. Trisha will spill the beans on the sugar industry covering up research linking dental and systemic diseases. As prevention specialists, dental hygienists are perfectly positioned to identify mouth breathing habits, sugar addiction, and help patients switch back to healthy eating and nasal breathing.
In this seminar you will:
Learn the cell level changes caused by sugar in the diet
Understand the role of the sugar in both oral and systemic diseases
Initiate conversations with patients about hidden sugars
Identify mouth breathing in children
Understand tongue function and the impact of ankyloglossia
Implement a professional breathing program
Mindful Moments: Strategies for Dementia Prevention for Patients and Ourselves - presented by Anne Rice
Alzheimer’s Disease can begin in the brain 20-30 years before symptoms of memory loss appear. Today, over 46 million people in the United States may have Alzheimer's silently developing. This offers a significant window of opportunity for prevention to delay or even prevent cognitive decline.
Optimizing lifestyle is crucial, and using multidisciplinary approaches that include dental providers yields the best results. Science supports the idea that medical, behavioral and lifestyle interventions work. During this program, attendees will learn evidence-based and safe ways to help live longer lives that fosters a longer brainspan.
Understand Alzheimer’s disease and its association with different etiologies and pathophysiological processes including the role of oral bacteria, yeast, and the herpes virus
Discover how heart health, hearing loss, genetics, insulin resistance, diet, exercise and sleep impact the risk of cognitive decline
Utilize current preventive strategies to reduce your own personal risk and then relate the information to your family, coworkers, and patients
Dental Detectives: Screening Kids for Sleep Apnea - presented by Lancette VanGuilder
Dental practitioners can play a critical role in assessing pediatric patients' habits, growth/development, sleep and breathing.
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a prevalent and potentially life-threatening condition that can impact a child's mental and physical health. Many signs and symptoms of disordered breathing can be identified in the head and neck region, including the oral cavity. By the end of this course, participants will have gained the knowledge and skills necessary to identify some of top red flags and common contributing factors for disordered breathing in children. Dental practitioners will gain confidence and skills to have the ability to implement airway assessments into routine pediatric dental appointments.
Understand the prevalence of pediatric sleep and breathing disorders
Identify common signs, symptoms and risk factors of Pediatric OSA
Implement pediatric airway assessments
Develop treatment and referral strategies
Review case studies