Ultrasonics

Title

Diversify Your Ultrasonic Insert and Tip Portfolio.

Description

Learn to diversify your ultrasonic magnetostrictive insert and piezoelectric tip portfolio for full mouth periodontal debridement. Dental ultrasonic technology has come a long way since its inception in 1950s. Today, manufacturers offer a wide range of ultrasonic equipment to satisfy any patient presentation. When the dental hygienist has access to a variety of inserts and tips, procedures are completed more efficiently and effectively. Just as a provider uses a variety of hand instruments for non-surgical procedures, so too is needed for ultrasonic instrumentation. Join us for a two-hour course that pulls back the curtain on ultrasonic technology and will teach you to diversify your insert and tip portfolio.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the oral health care provider will be able to:

1. Understand the design differences in magnetostrictive and piezoelectric ultrasonic technology.

2. Identify the non-surgical clinical applications of ultrasonic inserts and tips.

3. Incorporate a diversified insert and tip portfolio into clinical practice that improves efficiency and patient comfort during periodontal debridement.

Tile

Contemporary Ultrasonic Instrumentation Technique and Science.

Description

Ultrasonic technology has evolved dramatically since its inception in the late 1950s. Its clinical applications are founded in evidence-based science. Contemporary dental ultrasonic instrumentation provides a more conservative approach to preventive, maintenance, and disease treatment procedures. Patient comfort is improved with more efficient procedures. Provider musculoskeletal strain is decreased, and efficacy is increased. Ultrasonic applications reach far beyond the removal of hard deposits on tooth surfaces. Ultrasonics provide therapeutic effects for those patients with oral dysbiosis.

This course will teach you to incorporate a contemporary approach to ultrasonic instrumentation to reduce oral biofilm and bacterial byproducts, conserve cementum, detoxify root structures, preserve gingival integrity, and decrease inflammatory mediators while removing all levels of oral deposits to promote a state of oral symbiosis. A comprehensive review of magnetostrictive inserts and piezoelectric tips is provided. Join this course to learn how to practice contemporary ultrasonic instrumentation from the hygienist who authored the textbook Power Instrumentation for the Dental Professional with Jones & Bartlett.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the oral health care provider will be able to:

1. Compare and contrast piezoelectric and magnetostrictive ultrasonic materials.

2. Identify the components of a magnetostrictive and piezoelectric ultrasonic device and describe how each produces an ultrasonic sound wave of a set frequency.

3. Recognize the dental clinical uses of ultrasonic technology.

4. Compare and contrast the traditionalist and contemporary theoretical approaches to ultrasonic instrumentation.

5. Understand current periodontal disease pathogenesis and the advantages of incorporating a contemporary approach to ultrasonic instrumentation in patient treatment and disease management.

6. Perform an ultrasonic activation stroke and tap stroke with an insert or tip while maintaining proper adaptation, angulation, and orientation of the shank.

7. Incorporate a diversified insert and tip portfolio into clinical practice that improves efficiency and patient comfort during periodontal debridement.