CE0919: The Ultimate Perio Program

Putting It All Together for Maximum Productivity

Timothy Donley, DDS, MSD

The University of Washington thanks
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for its generous educational grant in support of this program.

Course Description:

The moment of truth is the recall visit. That is when treatment decisions are made that affect the health of your patients and your practice. The emphasis in this course is on taking the latest in periodontics and packaging it a way that allows you to do what is best for both your patients and your practice. You will learn what we can now say for sure about perio disease and heart disease, diabetes, pre-term low birth weight, arthritis, obesity, etc. You will learn how to incorporate these findings into a risk-based approach to periodontal diagnosis that will work in your practice. Then, learn a treatment philosophy that is based on these new findings. You will leave knowing what to do ad what to say to position yourself as a cutting edge practitioner who is poised to improve their patients' oral and overall health. Attendees consistently rate this course as "excellent."

Seminar Agenda:

Diagnosis - Taking a risk-based approach	A realistic protocol for initial therapy which will work in your office
Perio and systemic health; How to use this new information to determine treatment aggressiveness and to motivate patients	A realistic protocol for recall/maintenance patients
Market the new message of dentistry	When to treat, when to refer, what to say to patients
Which patients should you treat - a workable treatment philosophy	Lasers in Periodontics: Emerging treatments
Diagnostic routines that will work in your practice	Insurance: Breaking the secret code
Initial therapy - what equipment to buy and use	Sources and resources for a busy practice
Boosting your initial therapy skills	What to do when you get back to the office

Course Objectives - As a result of attending this course, the participant should be able to:

• Discuss current concepts concerning oral and overall health relationships
• Promote a risk-based approach to periodontal diagnosis
• Determine preferred treatment approaches
• Exercise a comprehensive protocol for recall patients
• Better maximize periodontal productivity

Instructor:

TIMOTHY DONLEY is currently in the private practice of Periodontics and Implantology in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University School of Dentistry and completing a general practice residency, he practiced general dentistry. He then returned to Indiana University where he received his Masters Degree in Periodontics. Dr. Donley is the former editor of The Journal of the Kentucky Dental Association and is an adjunct professor of Periodontics at Western Kentucky University. His course is part of the ADA Seminar Series. Dentistry Today recently listed him among the Leaders in Continuing Education. He lectures and publishes frequently on topics of interest to clinical dentists and hygienists.

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University of Washington is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.	The University of Washington is an ACDE member.
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.
University of Washington designates this activity for 7 continuing education credits.