Review of In-Office Diabetes Testing for the Dental Hygienist

Overview

Please note your TIME ZONE!

This Course is a Live Webinar and will be live-streamed:

7:30 pm ET, 6:30 pm CT, 5:30 pm MT, 4:30 pm AZ, 4:30 pm PT

In this 3-Part series, the dental hygienist will learn their role with treating patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes.

 

Part 3 with Katrina Sanders will bring a review of in-office diabetes testing. The participant will be able to:

 

•        Understand the current scientific literature indicating implications for incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus and oral disease, as well as the signs and symptoms of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus in the dental patient.
•        Review the oral manifestations as well as the systemic sequelae of diabetes mellitus, while identifying the risk factors and potential shared etiologic factors associated with diabetes mellitus and oral disease.
•        Discuss the opportunities for co-therapeutic management of diabetes mellitus and associated complications including counseling strategies and guidelines for the implementation of dental services for patients with diabetes.