Despite our best efforts, highly prevalent gingivitis cases continue to increase, unpacking key  research linking gingival inflammation to increased risk in both chronic and acute local and systemic disease.

With every layer of research comes a renewed validation in the importance of inflammatory mitigation and thus calls upon the dental community to rise in meeting the increased demands for stringent gingivitis management protocols. However, as gingivitis cases dramatically increase across the United States, so do the percentages of preventive D1110 procedural codes. As a result, the ‘old normal’ continues to thrive in the face of patients questioning treatment beyond the ‘free cleaning’, and dentistry has quickly learned that insurance denials were resiliently ‘virus-proof’ as third-party payor requests for delivering substandard levels of care continue to ‘plague’ dental practices across the United States.

Join periodontal hygienist Katrina Sanders as she delivers an interactive program discussing the 4-1-1 on current trends around addressing active gingivitis via the D4346 procedural code, as well as optimal ways to move away from excessive use of the D1110 in an effort to improve patient understanding, acceptance and ultimately inflammation-free health.

Current data notes 90% of adults are breathing incorrectly, contributing to over 60% of adults constantly falling short of the appropriate amount of sleep. Additionally, it is estimated that upwards of 90% of individuals with sleep apnea are currently undiagnosed.

For perhaps the first time in history, society is actively inquiring about how to maintain personal health and wellness
prior to falling ill. These unique pivots are now creating a call to action across dentistry, elevating patient expectations and curating new conversations within the dental practice. While discussing preventive dentistry or attempting to treat asymptomatic disease previously brought patients to questioning the ‘hot air’ in treatment planning, it is widely recognized that society has become a captive audience in understanding preventive modalities.

As the daughter of a woman lost to undiagnosed airway complications, Katrina M Sanders curates an approach aimed to assist dental providers in identifying appropriate airway profiles while addressing the all-too-common ‘tongue tie’ oftentimes experienced when attempting to communicate with patients about airway obstructive disorders. Don’t leave critical airway conversations up in the air; breathe easier with clear patient identifiers and medical history evaluation strategies aimed to create a lasting therapeutic care plan aimed to manage airway and subsequent sleep complications.

The American Academy of Implant Dentistry estimates about 3 million dental patients in the United States have dental implants with a projected 500,000 implants being placed each year.

In many cases, dental implants are oftentimes utilized as a means of replacing decayed, diseased or periodontally-involved teeth in oral conditions that are less than favorable. As research continues to unpack data around the increasing failure rate of dental implants in previously or actively diseased oral conditions, the role of the preventive dental hygienist becomes increasingly imperative.

Join periodontal hygienist, speaker, author and consultant Katrina M Sanders RDH, BSDH, M.Ed, RF as she uncovers the modalities of complex care for the dental implant patient. This comprehensive program looks between the threads to better understand the imperative role of the dental hygienist in identifying potential dental implant candidates, evaluating systemic conditions affecting dental implant success, assessing stable and diseased periimplant sites, diagnosing Stage IV and periimplant diseased cases, maintaining single, multiple or all-on-four/all-on-six patient cases, and actively treating periimplant diseased patients. Let’s establish and maintain a stable foundation of dental implant protocols while threading through the research and uncovering new trends and techniques aimed to elevate comprehensive standards in the provision of dental implant care… together.

Ramifications of an inadequate periodontal diagnosis can lead to iatrogenic periodontal disease and subsequent uncontrolled inflammatory conditions in dental patients trusting their care to a dental professional.

Failure to diagnose periodontal disease is consistently a top complaint filed with state dental boards. The first step in treating and managing a patient’s care is diagnosing disease accurately, ethically, and comprehensively. As diagnostics continually evolve, dental providers are encouraged to put down the scaler and pick up the probe to better guide comprehensive diagnostics for optimal care plans.

Alongside periodontal hygienist Katrina Sanders, walk through the nine distinguished classifications of health, gingival disease, periodontal disease and acquired deformities and conditions of the periodontium as well as reviewing the clinical parameters of periimplant diseases and Staging and Grading as outlined by the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP). Gain guidance and confidence through case-based scenarios aimed to offer a practical application of course-acquired knowledge. Finally, receive updates as issued by the AAP for further clarity and understanding in classifying diseases of the periodontium.

Advisory Note:
Course resources for this program may be delayed or consistently updated as the nature of this program is deeply based on constant updates from the AAP.

We see patients in a perceived state of health. Despite the unending research around the prevalence of oral disease, dental providers are met with a myriad of challenges when it comes to optimized case acceptance for advanced dental treatment.

These challenges are often barriers to upholding fundamental educational principles, connecting patients to their value system and dental IQ, to name a few. The complication: these challenges are getting in the way of patients receiving the optimal treatment and level of care they need, it is affecting the metrics of the dental practice, and most concerning: oral disease prevalence continues to soar.

Using the “Assessment – Strategy – Knowledge” technique, learn how you can achieve high level treatment case acceptance simply by changing the dialogue around dentistry and ultimately: getting them to ask you for their needed treatment! Learn about how the ASSESSMENT phase provides critical insights to develop a STRATEGY to support patients in empowering themselves to approach dental communication from a space of KNOWLEDGE aimed to optimize their complex care.

Join periodontal hygienist Katrina M Sanders in this engaging and interactive program built to optimize periodontal treatment plan case acceptance.

The American Academy of Periodontology research has clarified its paradigm for the rolevdentistry must play in the Oral-Systemic Link. It is now well understood that oral health andvgeneral health are not to be interpreted as separate entities, and that general health cannot be fully attained without addressing oral health.

Despite the abundant evidence of the life threatening risks associated with oral inflammation, little has changed when it comes to protocols and paradigms in oral inflammation management procedures over the last 70 years.

As the dental community accumulates momentum in discussing the oral-systemic link, it will take critical pioneering to implement new, innovative and evidence-based practices designed to educate and empower the community to improve their oral health.

Join Katrina M. Sanders in this compelling, thought-provoking program discussing, from head to toe, the systematic approach to addressing the critical roles of bacterial invasion, systemic inflammation, and overt diseases of the periodontium in systemic health.

Despite abundant evidence of the life-altering and potentially life-threatening risks associated with oral disease, the dental prophylaxis is still the most common CDT code used across the United States, 91% of Americans have tooth decay and 75% of dental patients report NEVER receiving an oral cancer screening during their routine dental visit.

Dental caries remains the #1 chronic childhood disease, periodontal disease has become increasingly common in nearly 1 in 2 adults and tragically, every hour one American loses their life to the ramifications of oral cancer. Is it possible, then, that the Oral-Systemic Link is, in fact, a myth?

Periodontal hygienist Katrina Sanders, RDH, M.Ed presents this compelling and thought-provoking course confronting the missing opportunities for the dental profession to elevate their standards. Learn why the medical profession is ready to invite dentistry to take a seat at the table in discussing comprehensive patient care and understand the role the dental profession can play in rising to excellence. The Oral-Systemic Link: Fact or myth? The choice is OURS

If there is one universal truth shared between both dental providers and patients it is this:  EVERYBODY hates 'The Shot'. However, it does not have to be that way!

Injection failure not only causes unnecessary patient discomfort and apprehension, it can also frustrate providers, as well. The causes are varied; patient specific considerations, varied anatomical modifications, and injection technique. As a practicing clinician for over a decade, Katrina has never delivered an Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block yet she consistently achieves successful mandibular anesthesia. Learn how you can, too!

Now for the good news. In this interactive, engaging course, Katrina Sanders, RDH, M.Ed. guides participants through the common causes of injection failure, including anatomical and physiological conditions. Explore techniques used in private practice, including appropriate doses of anesthesia, anatomical and armamentarium considerations.

We’ll also discover alternative injection techniques and discuss new trends in the provision of pain management. Building on a solid basis of anatomy, attendees will learn how to deliver and troubleshoot local alternative injections - safely and effectively.