Conference

| ASM 2016 Sessions | Thursday May 5
Child Abuse and the Dental Professional
Peter Banks,
BS, Justice
David Harte,
DMD
Attendees will be made aware of the different types of abuse and how they
apply to the dental arena. Learn the warning signs that may indicate abuse
and neglect, and discuss common injuries associated with maltreatment. The
resources to help identify injuries indicative of abuse will also be discussed. As
mandated reporters, attendees will learn how and what to report, as well as
why child maltreatment is a public health problem and how it affects the health
of their patients.
Learning Objectives:
• Recognize the early warning signs of abuse and neglect and understand
your role as a dental professional in reporting
• Identify injuries that are indicators of abuse and neglect
• Understand how the dental profession plays a role in identifying children
who are missing and the importance of the CHIP program
Session Code: T-120
Time:
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Repeated 2:00 – 4:30 pm
Type:
Lecture
Audience:
Dentist; Dental Hygienist; Dental Assistant;
Office Personnel; Dental Technologist
RCDSO QA Program: TBC
Fee:
Camera, Lights, Action – Patient Photography Made Easy
Rita Bauer, Professional Photographer
Do you get frustrated with your clinical cameras and
dissatisfied with the results? Are you thinking about a new
clinical camera, but don’t know which one is right for your
practice? Come and test drive the latest cameras and we will
show you how to calibrate your camera to get well-exposed images every time.
Learn the techniques to consistently take excellent clinical views for patient
documentation and treatment planning by photographing each other. You will
be amazed at how easily patient photography can be learned and incorporated
into your practice.
Participants are asked to bring their own clinical camera with fully
charged batteries, memory card, retractors and mirrors.
Learning Objectives:
• Camera exposure calibration and set up for consistent results
• Patient positioning for clinically correct photographic documentation
• Clinically correct intraoral views, using the right retractors, mirrors and
shade guides
Session Code: T-122
Time:
2:30 – 5:00 pm
Type: Workshop (Capacity: 20)
The morning lecture is a pre-requisite for the workshop
Audience:
Dentist Only
RCDSO QA Program: Category 2 (1 Bonus Point) Ticketed Event
Fee: $275
Dental Photography as a Communications Tool
Rita Bauer, Professional Photographer
Dental photography has become an important tool for patient
documentation and treatment planning, but it is also an
invaluable communication tool. How will you get patients to
ask for dental procedures if they don’t know about them?
Show off your great work by creating a “makeover” photographic series of
your patients, and prepare a photo gallery that will make everybody stop and
take note.
Learning Objectives:
• Which camera is right for your practice? Cameras, gadgets and accessories
to make dental photography easy
• Patient positioning and techniques for clinically correct patient photographs
• Ideas for effective patient galleries, marketing material and websites
Session Code: T-121
Time:
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Type:
Lecture
This lecture is a pre-requisite for the afternoon workshop
Audience:
Dentist; Dental Hygienist; Dental Assistant;
Office Personnel; Dental Technologist
RCDSO QA Program: Category 2
Fee:
Free
Current Concepts in Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy
Leah MacPherson, RDH, BS, MHP
This is a course for oral health-care providers interested in an
update on non-surgical periodontal therapy. This course will
review the literature concerning periodontal risk factors and
how to use the information to assess patients for risk versus
treating disease. We will review the host response and the cascade of events
that occur in periodontitis, as well as highlight some of the periodontal and
systemic connections.
Learning Objectives:
• Review the various types of periodontal conditions, microbiology
and their treatment
• Determine a patient’s level of periodontal risk
• Discuss the host response and the cascade of events that occur during
periodontal disease in understandable terms
Session Code: T-123
Time:
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Type:
Lecture
Audience:
Dentist; Dental Hygienist
RCDSO QA Program: Category 3
Fee:
Free
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