Tulsa Dental Hygiene Symposium 2022

200 West Albany Street,Broken Arrow OK 74012

11 November, 2022

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Lunch and T-shirt included, but you must select a shirt size from the drop down box in Add-Ons!! Price increase to $70 after October 28th and no shirt guaranteed. Transcend Dental Implants & Periodontics hosts The Tulsa Dental Hygiene Symposium 2022, A Balancing Act ! With proceeds benefiting Tulsa Boys' Home. This year's Presenter is Sarah Clark, RDH, IPDH. She is a 2014 graduate of New Hampshire Technical Institute’s Dental Hygiene program. With a passion for advocacy, Sarah went on to volunteer for the Maine Dental Hygienists’ Association holding various roles including President, through 2021, until relocating to North Carolina. She is also the only original board member for the non-profit the National Network of Healthcare Hygienists, working towards medical & dental integration. The morning session takes an interactive approach to learning about balancing stress. You will learn how to achieve total wellness through reducing stress, both personally and professionally. The afternoon session will dive into the effect of pH balance in oral health outcomes, giving us an alternative option to our traditional clinical approach in reducing oral inflammation. AM Session: Namaste In My Op A career in dentistry is STRESSFUL! Learn to achieve your personal & professional wellness full-circle as it starts with you, applies to the clinical setting, and changes the outcome and approach to patient care. Delve into YOUR personal stress profile and learn tools to modify and adapt to it in this interactive, fun and relatable course. Predict your patients and learn to avoid the stress they can bring upon you. Lastly, review the clinical tools and techniques that help manage the career stress of a dental professional. Objectives: Understand the different types and physiological components of stress as well as effects on the oral cavityUnderstand self-care methods to prevent career burnoutLearn to adapt practice approaches for the anxious patientUtilize clinical technologies to provide a more comfortable patient experience and relieve provider stressPM Session: The Missing pHuzzle Piece Do you ever have the patient that appears with no calculus, or biofilm, but that bright, red irritated tissue? Or the patient that states they're doing everything correct at home, but always have dental issues and seem defeated? These patients are in our presence every single day, and while something just doesn't add up, it can be difficult to understand exactly what is happening, why it's happening, or how to address it. This course will evaluate these situations, share exactly what is occurring in the oral cavity and how to approach creating a change, which involves a paradigm shift from our traditional 'brush, floss, use fluoride' type of thinking. Are you ready to find the missing pHuzzle piece?Objectives: Understand oral pH and its' range of effects on the oral cavity as well as the implementation of pH testingLearn about Salivary buffer capacity and its important role alongside oral pHLearn how to recognize these conditions and individualize care for the patient to promote healthy pH, buffer capacity, and remineralization