HALEON: SS by Melissa Turner - Swab, Spit, Show & Tell

Overview

Original Release Date: 10/14/2024

Expiration Date: 10/15/2025

CDE: 2 hours

AGD Subject Code: Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology - 730

Course Overview:

With the advancement of technology and AI, oral testing is now a popular tool for dental hygienists...but how can you differentiate between the many products on the marketplace? Should you prioritize in-office testing over send-away test kits? What’s the difference between salivary diagnostics, genomic sequencing, screening and predictive tests? And how can these tests impact patient education and improve oral health? In this newly released course, dental hygienist and technology expert Melissa Turner walks the audience through the various types of oral testing products on the market -- from salivary testing and diagnostics, to DNA sequencing, inflammatory biomarkers, cancer screenings and more. She takes a deep dive into each offering and technique, helping the audience to learn which test is right for their office and their patients. Additionally, the audience will learn how to utilize oral testing as an educational tool to help patients move forward towards case acceptance by understanding the method of “Show, don’t tell.”

Learning Objectives:

- Learn about the various oral testing techniques and products

- Differentiate between techniques for screening, diagnostics and predictive tests

- Understand how biomarkers, genetics, saliva, plaque and DNA can help guide treatment

- Discover how to utilize oral testing tools as an effective patient education tool

A 20-year veteran dental hygienist and founder, Melissa K. Turner is a sought after fractional executive, consultant, dynamic speaker and top millennial content creator. Behind some of the most innovative brands in the industry, she partners with companies of all sizes – from pre-seed startups to billion-dollar international brands – on brand strategy and product growth. Turner’s combined experience behind the scenes in the boardroom, on the frontlines as clinician, and as a public-facing influencer allows her unique insight into future industry trends. She is the founder and founding board member of multiple companies and is referred to as a “fresh force of change” – representing a new generation in dentistry with a focus on transforming the future through innovative technology, inclusion and practitioner wellbeing.

A fractional executive for Cellerant Consulting Group and DSO Tech Solutions, Turner leads the Cellerant Best of Class Hygiene Awards. She is a founding board member for the American Mobile & Teledentistry Alliance and cofounder of The Denobi Awards and the National Mobile & Teledentistry Conference. Affectionately known by her influencer handle @thetoothgirl, she is creator of the I Heart Dentistry Network.

Turner’s newest launches include Smile Proud, an advocacy organization built to support current and future LGBTQIA+ dental professionals, as well as I,Woman, a podcast for women founders, executives and entrepreneurs focusing on what it takes to unleash their inner roar in the boardroom, the bedroom and beyond. To learn more, visit www.MelissaKTurner.com.

AGD Subject Code: Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology - 730

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Course Categories: Diagnosis & Treatment Planning

Provider Approval: Nationally Recognized (AGD-PACE) Academy of General Dentistry Program approval for Continuing Education

Educational Type: Self Study

Educational Method: Electronically mediated with a testing mechanism (internet, one-way & two-way transmissions through open broadcast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, broadband lines, fiber optics, satellite, or wireless communications devices)

Prerequisites :

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Sponsor(s) : Haleon

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