2018 Catalog: Hygienist Courses

Dental Hygiene Updates presents the best of recent technology, clinical, and administrative practices available to dental hygienists who work in I/T/U dental programs. Below is the final agenda for travel authorization purposes only.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 [Day 1]
8:00 - 10:00 Welcome & Overview of the IHS
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12:15 Pathology
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch [on your own]
1:15 - 2:45 Pediatrics for the Dental Hygienist
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 5:00 Tobacco Cessation

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 [Day 2]
8:00 - 10:00 To Use or Not to Use: New Product Updates
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12:15 The 5 Pillars of Perio
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch [on your own]
1:15 - 2:30 ITRs and Silver Ion Placement
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 4:15 Treating Patients with Anxiety

Thursday, April 12, 2018 [Day 3]
8:00 - 10:00 Infection Control
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12:15 Roundtable Discussions
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch [on your own]
1:15 - 2:45 Dentrix: Running Reports
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Early Childhood Caries Best Practices

Upon completion of this meeting, participants will be able to:
1. Describe unique characteristics associated with public health dental hygiene practice in an IHS or tribal setting;
2. Explain the steps in placement of interim therapeutic restorations and silver diamine fluoride; and
3. List at least three reports that can be run in the Dentrix DXOne Reports.

— For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at .

TIMOTHY LOZON — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Timothy.Lozon@ihs.gov.

John Zimmer — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at john.zimmer@ihs.gov.

Cynthia Chennault — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at CChennault@hrsa.gov.

COLLEEN WHITE — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at colleen.white@ihs.gov.

Benjamin Warren — Mashpee Wampanoag Health Service Unit For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at ben.warren@ihs.gov.

Damon Pope — Deputy Project Manager for the IHS Electronic Dental Record IHS DOH National Infection Control Consultant For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at damon.pope@ihs.gov.

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

Joel Knutson — Dental Informatics and Project Manager for the IHS Electronic Dental Record For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at joel.knutson@ihs.gov.

Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@ihs.gov.

Sherri Lukes — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at smlukes@siu.edu.

Kimberly Miller — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kimberlymiller@ihs.gov.

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

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Payment must be by check and accompanied by Tuition Payment Form

IHS DIvision of Oral Health, ATTN: CDE Coordinator

5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 08N34 A

Rockville, MD 20857

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.