Speaker
Anna Pattison
Anna Pattison, RDH, MS received her BS degree in Dental Hygiene from the University of Southern
California and her MS in Dental Hygiene from Columbia University. She was an Associate Professor at USC for over forty years, has served as Chair of the Department of Dental Hygiene
and is an internationally recognized speaker on Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation. She is co-author of Periodontal Instrumentation and has contributed to the last seven editions
of Glickman’s and Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene and is currently the Co-Director of the Pattison Institute. In 2005, she received the Pfizer-ADHA Excellence in Dental Hygiene Award, the USC School of Dentistry Alumnus of the Year Award and in 2006 she received the California Society of Periodontists Award. In 2010 she was inducted into the USC School of Dentistry Hall of Fame.
Course
Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation Update 2014 with New Advanced Technique Videos
presented by
Anna Pattison, RDH, MS
In 2013, new devices, new hand instruments, new ultrasonic tips and new techniques have changed the way we teach and practice. This presentation for dentists and dental hygienists provides detailed up-to-date information on the newest instruments and techniques that will enhance your ability to treat patients with moderate to advanced periodontitis. Periodontal endoscopy videos will show the effectiveness of various ultrasonic tips and hand instruments on residual, burnished calculus. New online advanced instrumenation instructional videos will demonstrate alternative fulcrums, new instruments and instrumentation techniques.
Outline
- Root debridement: what are the latest concepts? Are viruses more important than bacteria
- The influence of the dental endoscope on instrument selection and sequence
- Video comparing hand and ultrasonic instrumentation
- Use of new Double Graceys, Micro Mini Fives, new Montana Jack and Nevi sickles, diamond-coated files, Quetin furcation curets, titanium implant instruments and other new periodontal instruments
- Comparison of magnetostrictive and piezoelectric ultrasonic units and tip design
- New subgingival air polishing technique for periodontal maintenance and implants
- Innovative extraoral, reinforced, cross arch and opposite arch fulcrums and positions
- New videos demonstrating the most effective techniques for furcations, deep pockets and use of both magnetostrictive and piezoelectric ultrasonic tips
- Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation Update 2013 with New Advanced Technique Videos
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course the enrollee should be able to:
- Identify the objectives of periodontal debridement
- Describe the characteristics of the dental endoscope curets, Gracey curets, mini-bladed Gracey curets, new sickles, diamond coated instruments, furcation curets, implant instruments and other new instruments
- Describe the differences between magnetostrictive and piezoelectric ultrasonic devices and tips
- Describe the three most common clinical problems with instrumentation
- Recognize the indications for extraoral, opposite arch or other alternative fulcrums
