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Overview
Join CDHA for our 2-day Annual Session
ONE DAY - Member $150, Non-Member $225 BOTH DAYS - Member $275, Non-Member $375 STUDENT - $50
*Prices will increase after September 4*
Registration includes breakfast and lunch both days and Happy Hour on Friday.
Friday, September 22
7:30-9:00 am - Breakfast and Registration
9:00am-12:00pm - Morning CE
"Implants" - Dr. Jim Grant and Dr. Simmons (Part 1)
"Name It, Claim It, Treat It: Making The Shift" - Patti DiGangi
Student Session AM
12:00-2:00pm - President's Luncheon and Awards (included in registration)
2:00-5:00pm - Afternoon CE
"Implants" - Dr. Jim Grant and Dr. Simmons (Part 2)
"Calculated Hygiene" - Nancy Miller RDH
Student Session PM
5:00-5:15pm - CO-HYPAC Annual Meeting
5:00-7:00pm - Exhibit Hall and Happy Hour
Saturday, September 23
7:30-9:00am - Breakfast and Registration
9:00am-12:00pm - Morning CE
"Vaping and Marijuana: Smoking Out the REAL TRUTH" - Edie Gibson RDH, MS, PhDc
"More Things You Didn't Learn In Dental Hygiene School - Cardiovascular Disease to Supplements!" - Dr. James Lichon, RPh, DDS, NCCM (Part 1)
12:00-1:30pm - Lunch and Key Note Address - Mr. Todd Williams, Centura (included in registration)
1:30-5:00pm - Afternoon CE
"Generation RX: Uppers, Downers, and All Arounders" - Edie Gibson RDH, MS, PhDc
"More Things You Didn't Learn In Dental Hygiene School - Cardiovascular Disease to Supplements!" - Dr. James Lichon, RPh, DDS, NCCM (Part 2)
CDHA House of Delegates
Saturday 12:00-5:30pm
Sunday 8:00am -12:00pm
To sign up to be a delegate, email lisawesthoff@me.com
Date / Time
Fri, Sep 22, 2017 - Sun, Sep 24, 2017
Location
Holiday Inn Denver East - Stapleton 3333 Quebec St Denver, CO 80207
Tuition
N/A
Friday Sep 22nd 2017
Time
Title
Credits
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT
Dental Implants in your Hygiene Practice: There’s Good News and Bad News (Part 1)
3.00
Overview:
The latest technology of emerging implant treatment, Team approach, current and new CDT Codes and how to use them, restoring edentulous spaces, maintaining healthy tissue, Oral DNA testing, The Medical-Dental Oral Systemic Connection, Drugs to use and when to avoid them, surgical placement, healing, custom abutments and restoration problems and what can or can't be done to promote long term prognosis. Course will be presented by three dentists - a general dentist, prosthodontist, and oral surgeon. There will be lecture and panel portions to this all-day course.
Presenter: Dr. James C. Grant
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: Implantology & Care of Implants
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
There have been no Current Dental Terminology (CDT) codes available to report therapeutic treatment of patients with generalized moderate to severe gingival inflammation, with or without pseudo-pockets but exhibiting no bone loss. In 2017 this is the gap filled by D4346. Yet it isn’t just a new code; implementation will take specific evaluation, measurement and documentation of inflammation, as well as systemic conditions, medications, recession, attachment loss, restorative and occlusal factors, behavior modification needs, and family health history. With our dental hygiene process of care, we have ways to successfully Name It, Claim It, Treat It™.
Presenter: Patti DiGangi
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: Insurance (Coding, Reimbursement, Legal and Ethical Aspects, Third Party Payer Issues),Periodontics (Diagnosis, Treatment (surgical/non-surgical), Maintenance, Scaling / Instrumentation, Supportive Perio Therapies)
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
STUDENT SESSION: The Practical Side of Dental Hygiene
3.00
Overview:
Your instructors have meticulously guided you through the fundamentals of dental hygiene processes and procedures. Your patients have reaped the rewards of your knowledge and skills as you pushed through two years of intense training. Your friends and family are eagerly anticipating the day when you can rejoin them and the “real world”.
Once done . . . then what? You have graduated, you have completed and passed your boards and you are ready to start that first job. But are you ready for private practice? Do you know what to expect, or what will be expected of you on a day-to-day basis?
This course will provide 3 hours of practical information to help prepare you for that first position as a licensed dental hygienist.
Specific topics include:
Understanding dental “insurance” and how it is directly related to risk management/malpractice issues.
What “cleaning procedure” (and the appropriate CDT code) do I select when determining a patient’s dental hygiene/periodontal treatment plan?
The business side of the dental hygiene department. What is my measurable value to a dental practice?
Presenter: Kathy Forbes
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: Dental Public / Community Health, Issues, Care in Non-Traditional Settings
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
Overview: Your hygiene department should be the force moving the rest of your practice forward. It’s calculated that approximately 60% of the productivity in the doctor’s treatment room comes from the hygiene room. Calculating how to keep the hygiene department running smoothly and efficiently will ensure the practice a healthy, long life. The hygiene team is more than the hygienists; it includes support from the business team, restorative clinical team, and the Dentist. In order to gain “case acceptance” from the patient and to calculate the hygiene team’s effectiveness, the whole team must understand the total hygiene department mission and objectives. Calculating optimum productivity requires understanding “the numbers” and what they mean in terms of care delivered to your patients.
Learning Objectives:
Understand department benchmarks and optimize department efficiency
Correlate the oral-systemic health connection
Develop awareness of the new treatment paradigms and technologies
Present treatment options in a manner to gain acceptance
Review how to implement a hygiene assistant
Learn how to calculate hygiene retention
Discover the key strategies for an efficient system
Presenter: Nancy Miller
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: Dental Hygiene Practice Management / Organization
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
STUDENT SESSION: Oral Cancer and HPV - Be "Part of the Change"
2.00
Overview:
The RDH is on the front lines of screening, educating, and raising awareness about oral cancer. We will discuss how HPV oropharyngeal/oral cancer is considered a separate disease from tobacco and alcohol caused oral cancer, signs and Symptoms (a few you may not have heard about), and how HPV has changed how we screen.
Is your office "oral cancer system" in place? Be "Part of the Change" in ending late stage diagnosis of all head and neck/oral cancers.
Presenter: Susan Cotten
Credits: 2.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: Dental Public / Community Health, Issues, Care in Non-Traditional Settings
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
Dental Implants in your Hygiene Practice: There’s Good News and Bad News (Part 2)
3.00
Overview:
The latest technology of emerging implant treatment, Team approach, current and new CDT Codes and how to use them, restoring edentulous spaces, maintaining healthy tissue, Oral DNA testing, The Medical-Dental Oral Systemic Connection, Drugs to use and when to avoid them, surgical placement, healing, custom abutments and restoration problems and what can or can't be done to promote long term prognosis. Course will be presented by three dentists - a general dentist, prosthodontist, and oral surgeon. There will be lecture and panel portions to this all-day course.
Presenter: Dr. James C. Grant
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: Implantology & Care of Implants
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol - The 21st Century Dental Hygiene Therapist (Part 1)
3.00
Overview:
Sex, Drugs & Alcohol – The 21st Century Dental Hygiene Therapist
The role of the dental hygienist has changed significantly in the last 100 years. From dental technician to dental therapist, the face of our every day interaction with patients has taken on new challenges bringing with it new responsibilities.
Every day we are faced with difficult conversations that go far beyond the dental health of our patients. As always, we face the challenges of discussing issues like smoking and chewing tobacco with our patients. However, these are not the only addictions we need to be prepared to deal with in our practice. Addressing the effects of alcohol and drug abuse are topics we need to be prepared to discuss. The increase in oral cancer related to the Human Papilloma Virus has forced us to look at the way we address oral sex as one of the new risk factors in oral cancer. We also fight societies impact resulting in the increased incidence of bulimia, which traditionally was prevalent in women, now showing increases in our male patients. To add to these complex conversations – these challenges are being seen in our teen and young adult patients.
This course takes an interactive approach to dealing with these complex conversations. We will uncover relevant statistics and valuable information to use as a foundation to bring into the workshop. Participants will then work together to discuss the best ways to dialogue with our patients on these challenging topics.
At the conclusion of this course, attendees should be able to:
Recognize situations and opportunities to help patients with complex problems that affect dental health.
Understand the dental complications that area associated with smoking, drugs, marijuana, alcohol, oral sex, bulimia and other socially influenced patient issues.
Provide valuable information to patients on complex topics through good dialogue and discussion.
Presenter: Catrice Opichka
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact: info@cezoom.com
Course Categories: Clinical Dentistry Subjects That Relate Directly to Patient Care and Clinical Dentistry,Awareness of State and Federal Regulations for the Prescriptions of Controlled Substances,Substance Abuse / Addiction (Basic Awareness, Problems of Drug Abuse & Addiction, Oral Effects, & Dependency Issues of Alcohol, Marijuana, Meth, etc)
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
More Things You Didn't Learn In Dental Hygiene School - Cardiovascular Disease to Supplements! (Part 1)
3.00
Overview:
In spite of impressive technologic advances in the field of medicine, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. In our dental offices we are seeing more and more patients with heart disease. Greater than 1 in 3 of our adult patients have one or more types of heart disease and it is the most common medical condition that dental professionals confront. Through a concise and understandable review of cardiovascular disease, your immune system and more, you can make immediate powerful and practical practice changes that will improve your life and the life of your patient. I blend my own personal experience of open heart surgery with cutting edge research to carry maximum relevance for the attendees.
Presenter: James Lichon
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: New Concepts in Dental Hygiene,Medical Health Subjects / Oral Systemic Health Connections (Diabetes, Heart Disease, etc) / Scientific Courses,Dental Hygiene Courses / Services
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol - The 21st Century Dental Hygiene Therapist (Part 2)
3.00
Overview:
Sex, Drugs & Alcohol – The 21st Century Dental Hygiene Therapist
The role of the dental hygienist has changed significantly in the last 100 years. From dental technician to dental therapist, the face of our every day interaction with patients has taken on new challenges bringing with it new responsibilities.
Every day we are faced with difficult conversations that go far beyond the dental health of our patients. As always, we face the challenges of discussing issues like smoking and chewing tobacco with our patients. However, these are not the only addictions we need to be prepared to deal with in our practice. Addressing the effects of alcohol and drug abuse are topics we need to be prepared to discuss. The increase in oral cancer related to the Human Papilloma Virus has forced us to look at the way we address oral sex as one of the new risk factors in oral cancer. We also fight societies impact resulting in the increased incidence of bulimia, which traditionally was prevalent in women, now showing increases in our male patients. To add to these complex conversations – these challenges are being seen in our teen and young adult patients.
This course takes an interactive approach to dealing with these complex conversations. We will uncover relevant statistics and valuable information to use as a foundation to bring into the workshop. Participants will then work together to discuss the best ways to dialogue with our patients on these challenging topics.
At the conclusion of this course, attendees should be able to:
Recognize situations and opportunities to help patients with complex problems that affect dental health.
Understand the dental complications that area associated with smoking, drugs, marijuana, alcohol, oral sex, bulimia and other socially influenced patient issues.
Provide valuable information to patients on complex topics through good dialogue and discussion.
Presenter: Catrice Opichka
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact: info@cezoom.com
Course Categories: Pharmacology (New and Developing Drugs, Prescribing and Disposal, Proper Use, Knowledge, Protocols, and Risks),Drug Interactions / Drug Related,Substance Abuse / Addiction (Basic Awareness, Problems of Drug Abuse & Addiction, Oral Effects, & Dependency Issues of Alcohol, Marijuana, Meth, etc)
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association
More Things You Didn't Learn In Dental Hygiene School - Cardiovascular Disease to Supplements! (Part 2)
3.00
Overview:
In spite of impressive technologic advances in the field of medicine, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. In our dental offices we are seeing more and more patients with heart disease. Greater than 1 in 3 of our adult patients have one or more types of heart disease and it is the most common medical condition that dental professionals confront. Through a concise and understandable review of cardiovascular disease, your immune system and more, you can make immediate powerful and practical practice changes that will improve your life and the life of your patient. I blend my own personal experience of open heart surgery with cutting edge research to carry maximum relevance for the attendees.
Presenter: James Lichon
Credits: 3.00
Course Contact:
Course Categories: New Concepts in Dental Hygiene,Medical Health Subjects / Oral Systemic Health Connections (Diabetes, Heart Disease, etc) / Scientific Courses,Dental Hygiene Courses / Services
Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association