Vermont Dental ​Conference

Program #8 Dentistry's Missing Link: Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Sam Shamardi, DMD
Audience Code: D, H, A            3 CEUs/Clinical Lecture 

Education Sponsors: NSK, PreXion, Deka, Kettenbach, PerioProtect, Slate, TePe Oral Health Care, Dental Innovations

Over 80% of the population has some form of periodontal disease, yet practices routinely overlook periodontal treatment. Why? Primarily because doctors and hygienists are not trained to diagnose and treatment plan periodontal therapy.

This course reviews in detail clinical and diagnostic factors for periodontal disease along with criteria necessary for identifying cases for different forms of periodontal therapy and long-term maintenance.  

Learning Objectives:

  • Define all diagnostic and clinical factors essential in properly identifying periodontal disease
  • Determine what factors should be considered in referring cases and how such cases present themselves clinically
  • Examine various forms of non-surgical maintenance options crucial to long-term success

SEE HANDOUT PAGE for ATTENDEE LECTURE MATERIAL (available in September)