Working Smarter to Address Infection Prevention and Control Challenges: New Perspectives to Boost Safety and Efficiency
Prof. Laurence Walsh
Jan. 30th, 2025 Study Club Course
Effective protocols for infection prevention and control (IPC) sit at the heart of safe patient care. This lecture explores common areas of challenge in IPC through the lens of "what common things go wrong?", applying the principles of failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) to identify how to prevent such incidents. The issues are divided up into the overall topics of …
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Endodontic Essentials: What You Need to Know About Root Canal Therapy
Dr. Terrell F. Pannkuk
March 27th, 2025 Study Club Course
This presentations outlines the essential elements of root canal treatment. This includes key aspects of diagnosis and case selection, helping clinicians determine when endodontic treatment is appropriate based on prognosis. Essential tools, including microscopy and three-dimensional imaging, are discussed. The lecture emphasises the importance of access design for visualisation, locating, cleaning, and shaping of root canal systems. Tips for canal …
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Beyond The Basics: The Next Steps In Treating Sleep Apnoea In Your General Practice
Dr Erin Elliott
May 1st, 2025 Study Club Course
This session focuses on advancing your sleep apnoea therapy journey. Many clinicians grasp the basics—screening, diagnosis, and oral appliance functionality—but often lack clarity on two essential areas: the financial aspects and appointment-by-appointment protocols. We’ll cover how to make sleep apnoea therapy a profitable part of your practice by addressing billing, insurance, and how to effectively present treatment value to patients. …
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Pockets, Paradigms and Protocols: An Approach to Precision UPDATED 2025
Ms Katrina Sanders
May 16th, 2025 Study Club Course
The 'gold standard' of periodontal disease management is pivoting as patients are looking to non-invasive approaches to safely, efficiently and definitively treat disease and subsequently promote health. Join periodontal hygienist and international speaker Katrina M Sanders as she discusses a revolutionary concept of 'Precision Periodontics', critically examining the current landscape of oral inflammation with a deep focus on contemporary interventions …
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The Larkin Protocol: The Tools and Techniques of Advanced Preventive Dentistry
Dr Thomas Larkin
June 12th, 2025 Study Club Course
In this presentation Dr Larkin will discuss the transformation of a traditionally based hygiene program to a wellness-based model. By embracing the current knowledge of the impact of oral health to overall health, Dr Larkin has created a blueprint of culture, tools and techniques that transforms the focus to a more proactive patient centric model. The Larkin Protocol, which Dr …
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Evolving Before Our Eyes, Emerging & Re-emerging Diseases
Ms. Nancy Andrews Dewhirst
June 13th, 2025 Study Club Course
This seminar explores personal health issues such as new and altered diseases of importance to dental professionals, including resistant pathogens, biofilm diseases, and pathogens with pandemic potential. Leave with a plan for managing today’s microbial challenges using Standard and Transmission-based precautions, including building air safety control. Learning Objectives: •Recognize and assess well-known infectious diseases, •Be able to identify and explain …
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Managing The Spectrum of Autism Care
Ms Jamie Collins
July 18th, 2025 Study Club Course
One in 44 children have been diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, with approximately 100 newly diagnosed patients daily. Since first identified as a disorder in the United States in the 1940’s, Autism Spectrum is the fastest growing developmental disorder in the United States. Treating patients on the Autism Spectrum in a dental practice presents a multitude of challenges from behavior …
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Minimizing Patient Cancellations
Dr Toni Surace
Aug. 22nd, 2025 Study Club Course
In this comprehensive 80 min session, we delve into the critical issue of patient cancellations and their impact on dental practice efficiency and revenue. The session will highlight the importance of minimizing cancellations for optimal practice performance. Participants will gain insights into the various types of cancellations, such as last- minute changes, no-shows, and rescheduling, along with common reasons behind …
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Diabetes By The Numbers
Ms Jamie Collins
Sept. 19th, 2025 Study Club Course
Thirty -three million Americans are afflicted by Diabetes Mellitus, with 7.2 million cases undiagnosed. With the increasing diabetes epidemic, it is estimated that by the year 2050 one in three Americans will be diabetic in their lifetime. Diabetic patients are 2-3 times more likely to develop periodontal disease than non-diabetics. With 80% of diabetics residing in the middle and lower …
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Treatment Planning - keys for success
Dr. Andrea Ricci
Nov. 6th, 2025 Study Club Course
This lecture focuses on effective dental treatment planning to achieve optimal oral health outcomes. It emphasizes comprehensive assessment and diagnosis, including dental history, clinical findings, and radiographs. The session covers the importance of clear communication and collaboration between dental professionals and patients, offering strategies for shared decision-making. It also highlights interdisciplinary collaboration in complex cases, ethical considerations, informed consent, and …
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Crashing the Biofilm Party: Understanding the path to safe dental unit waterlines
Ms Amanda Hill
Nov. 7th, 2025 Study Club Course
Dental Unit Waterlines (DUWLs) are in the news and on inspection checklists. However, the process of testing and treating waterlines is often misunderstood or even forgotten about. Science shows us that many of the aerosols we are producing in our operatories come directly from the biofilm growth in our DUWLs. And just like the biofilm in the mouth, it can …
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