2015 Catalog: All Courses

This course is offered for dental assistants at Cass Lake clinic only.
This is a course designed for dental assistants to have the opportunity to expand/learn the skills of ultrasonic scaling to remove visible calculus. The course begins with a full day of required lecture material, and then students work on dentiforms and on other course participants. During the remainder of the course, students will work on scheduled patients. They will be using state-of-the art Piezoelectric scalers or Cavitron ultrasonic scalers. The use of antimicrobials including sulcular irrigation, and new oral hygiene adjuncts will also be covered. The course will have a strong clinical emphasis. In addition, the Indian Health Service [IHS] and American Dental Association [ADA] periodontal procedure codes will be reviewed.

Students must complete 20 patient cleanings and be checked and scored by their hygienist/dentist at their home dental clinic, documented on the Follow-Up Training Progress Record, before the Course Completion Certificate is provided by the DOH.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Relate Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs [CPITN] scores to a need for potential periodontal treatment.
2. Detect disease, supra and subgingival calculus.
3. Provide thorough ultrasonic scaling of teeth.
4. Use scalers and curettes efficiently and atraumatically.
5. Accurately code for periodontal and hygiene procedures with IHS/ADA coding.
6. Sharpen curets and scalers correctly and efficiently.
7. Recommend effective toothpastes, mouthrinses and oral hygiene aids to patients.
8. Motivate patients to improve plaque removal and periodontal health.
9. Identify who is at risk for periodontal breakdown.

JUANITA SIMPSON — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at juanita.smilemaker@gmail.com.

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

This didactic and clinical course is for GS-4 and above or equivalent dental assistants who have completed the basic clinical periodontics course in the past 5 years or who are currently using ultrasonic scalers on a regular basis. A signed letter stating this information is required from the dental assistants' Dental Chief or Dental Hygienist.

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.