Hands on Refresher: Digital Radiology, Periodontal Instrumentation and Local Anesthesia Techniques

8 CEUs

Member: $550 Non-Member: $550

Description

If you are a RDH and would like to refresh your clinical techniques in critical aspects of dental hygiene procedures, this course is for you! After a lecture review on all three topics, the participant will have 1:4 clinical instructor/participant ratio with digital radiography on a “Dexter” mannequin; hands-on periodontal instrumentation techniques on typodonts and local anesthesia techniques on each other with a practice needle so no need to receive local anesthesia. A simulator mouth model with also be available to confirm that you are in the “correct area” for various injection techniques. Light breakfast included. Bring lunch, lab coat, safety glasses. (8 hours, 8 CEUs). Note: No local anesthetic will be used.

Presenters:
Leah MacPherson, RDH, MHP, Full time Professor at Middlesex Community College teaching Periodontology, Local Anesthesia
Debra November-Rider, RDH, MSDH, Course Director for Local Anesthesia Certification for Dental Hygienists at Middlesex Community College
Kelly Shutoff, RDH, MEd, Course Director, Radiology, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Location:
Middlesex Community College-Lowell Campus
33 Kearney Square
Lowell, MA USA

CEU:
8 CEUs (8 hours)

Cost:
$550

Enroll:
Click Here or email [email protected]

Course Number: CAR 505-80

Objectives

  • Identify important hard and soft tissue landmarks for various maxillary and mandibular nerve blocks.
  • Demonstrate proper needle placement and syringe angle for various injection techniques.
  • Implement strategies to troubleshoot inadequate or absence of local anesthesia.
  • Discuss issues related to grasp, fulcrums, exploring, and probing.
  • Review key effective and efficient instrumentation strategies related to hand instrumentation.
  • Identify common pitfalls in instrumentation and strategies to avoid them.
  • Recognize criteria for diagnostically acceptable intraoral radiographic images.
  • Identify strategies to manage challenges and obstacles to diagnostic outcomes.
  • Demonstrate effective intraoral radiographic troubleshooting techniques, including managing third molars, tori, and long roots.

The Speakers

Debra November-Rider, RDH, MSDH, Course Director for Local Anesthesia Certification for Dental Hygienists at Middlesex Community College

Leah MacPherson, RDH, MHP, Full time Professor at Middlesex Community College teaching Periodontology, Local Anesthesia

Kelly Shutoff, RDH, MEd, Course Director, Radiology, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences