What does biofilm have to do with Chronic Disease, Persistent Wounds, and Recurrent Infections?

Melting Tooth Syndrome— Recognizing Treating and preventing demineralization and hypersensitivity.

Anne Guignon, RDH, MPH is an internationally recognized speaker who is passionate about creating an environment that promotes more exciting careers for dental professionals. This is a unique opportunity to have Anne come to Lewiston, Idaho with the latest information on biofilm and its relationship to the disease process, dental decay, periodontal disease and more. These courses are designed for the entire dental team. Dental professionals across the nation eagerly attend her conferences.

5.0 Total CE credits will be awarded

Agenda

Check in 8:15—8:55am
Course: 9:00am—3:00pm

Lunch provided with your choice of Honeybaked Ham Classic Sandwich, Honeybaked Turkey Classic Sandwich, Veggie Heaven Sandwich, or Chef Salad

Course descriptions and materials

What does biofilm have to do with Chronic Disease, Persistent Wounds, and Recurrent Infections?

Biofilms are complex polymicrobial communities that contribute to many chronic diseases, including periodontal disease and caries.  Biofilms play a significant role in the development of chronic wounds, delayed wound healing and persistent re-infections and resist traditional antibiotic therapy.  New combination therapies are emerging that treat Mother Nature’s most unique microbial challenges.

• What is a biofilm and how does it form?
• Understand the biofilm connection to chronic disease and recurrent infections
• Recognize the unique biofilm ecology in periodontal disease and caries
• Appreciate how xerostomia affects biofilm ecology
• Visualize biofilm with magnification, illumination and color technology
• Learn how to disrupt biofilm with ultrasonics, xylitol and power brushes
• Learn how to involve the patient in battling biofilm at home

Melting Tooth Syndrome— Recognizing Treating and preventing demineralization and hypersensitivity.

Patients often suffer needlessly from erosion and hypersensitivity, problems that profoundly affect quality of life and create enormous clinical challenges.  Exposed dentin, dry mouth syndrome and acidic diets contribute directly to the rising incidence melting tooth syndrome.  Discover new, novel diagnostic and treatment protocols that treat these perplexing problems.

Objectives:

• Recognize factors that contribute to non-carious loss of tooth structure
• Learn how dietary habits and eating disorders contribute to melting tooth syndrome
• Appreciate the role of healthy saliva
• Understand options for remineralization and salivary stimulation
• Learn effective ways to treat dentinal hypersensitivity

Course handout will be available at www.anneguignon.com after March 1st—handouts will NOT be supplied at meeting.
Password to obtain handout will be given upon registration.

  Anne's Bio

Anne Nugent Guignon, RDH, MPH is an internationally recognized speaker who is passionate about creating an environment that promotes more exciting careers for dental professionals. Her interactive programs are timely, straightforward, practical and fun and cover such diverse topics as ergonomics, new products, advanced micro-ultrasonic instrumentation, new diagnostic and therapeutic devices, patient comfort issues and career burnout.

She received her BS in Dental Hygiene in 1971 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. During her graduate studies at the University of Texas School of Public Health she conducted research into the areas of dental hygiene career satisfaction and continuing education activity and received her Masters degree in 1988.

Anne is the Senior Consulting Editor for RDH Magazine, author of the monthly “Comfort Zone” column and writes feature articles RDH and many other publications.  She holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Texas Dental Branch-Houston and has authored dental hygiene textbook chapters on ergonomics and power driven instrumentation. Anne has practiced clinical dental hygiene in Houston, Texas for 39 years, is an active ADHA member and the recipient of the 2004 Sonicare-RDH Mentor of the Year Award and was recently honored with the 2009 ADHA Colgate Irene Newman Award for professional achievement in advancing the art and science of dental hygiene.

Anne's Sponsors

With the proper number of attendees, a raffle will be held for HiRes Loupes,
an LED headlight or a BodyGuard Chair.