Assessment Is The Key To Building Your Periodontal Toolbox
About this Seminar
How many times have you started to “clean” your patients’ teeth and discovered severe bleeding, heavy biofilm, or worse a suspicious area on the buccal mucosa? Using the assessment phase as a guide will enable us to formulate a dental hygiene diagnosis, develop a treatment plan, select interventions, and evaluate our progress. In this presentation, Kerry will discuss the benefits of completing the assessment phase of ADPIE. An assessment involves the systematic collection, documentation, and analysis of data to identify oral health risks and patient needs. During Kerry's lecture, she will explain what should be included and how this information can influence your patients' oral health. She will emphasize the critical role a complete medical history, periodontal exam, radiographs, and biofilm assessment play in your patients' oral health. As dental hygienists, we have the power to motivate, enhance and elevate our patient care and it all starts with a complete assessment!
Course Objectives:
- Learn how to communicate your assessment findings with your patient effectively.
- Acquire knowledge of appropriate assessment strategies, techniques, tools, and indices to collect and record relevant data.
- Review oral health indices for the identification and monitoring of high-risk individuals.
Presenters
RDH
About Kerry Lepicek
RDH
Kerry Lepicek is a registered dental hygienist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She currently works at Clinical Research Dental as a Clinical Specialist in Dental Hygiene and Education, and works part-time in general practice. She has lectured both locally and internationally. Kerry is knowledgeable on the topics of oral biofilm, halitosis, the oral-systemic connection, and the dental hygiene process of care. Her focus is on educating her clients and the dental profession on health and wellness. She is the editor for The Hygiene Corner with Women in Dentistry, on the Advisory Board for AAOSH, and a cast member on The RDH View. Recently, she won the Ontario Dental Hygienists Association (ODHA) Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contributions to the dental hygiene profession and the Association. Her practical advice will transform your practice and patients’ health.