Tales the Mouth Tell: Rethinking Our Role For the 21st Century

Presented by: Barbara Tritz, RDH, BS, MSB

Sponsored by: Biocidin®

Description
Oral health care is about so much more than just drilling, filling, poking, and polishing. We must keep our patients safe from pathogens while also addressing infection and collapse of the facial structures. This course looks into the tools, techniques, and protocols of preventing, healing, and examining dental diseases through the eyes of a biological dental hygienist. We will review some additional tools to keep the office and patients safe in the era of Covid-19 virus, discuss the benefits of nasal breathing, gut health, as well as unique caries and periodontal disease techniques and products. We must look to the root causes of dental disease; a biological philosophy may be just the answer.

Learning Objectives

1. List three preprocedural protocols to help reduce the dental aerosol bioburden.
2. Discuss the benefits of nasal breathing.
3. Discuss the dental problems associated with dysfunctional breathing.
4. List five root causes of dental disease.
5. Describe protocols that will reduce the dental bioburden.
6. List three healthcare professionals that we might include in patient collaboration treatment planning.

Bio
Barbara K. Tritz RDH, BS, MSB is a registered dental hygienist with over 40 years of clinical experience. She practices in the office of Green City Dental in Edmonds, WA. She is also owner of Washington Oral Wellness in Kirkland, WA and is a practicing orofacial myofunctional therapist. Barbara received her AS degree in dental hygiene from Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY, a Bachelor of Science in dental auxiliary teacher education from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Master of Science in Business from Husson University in Bangor Maine. She continued her training in myofunctional therapy from the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy in Los Angeles. Barbara's passion for all things dental spilled over to creating a blog, Queen of Dental Hygiene.net. She won the 2019 Hufriedy-ADHA Master Clinician Award this past June at the annual ADHA Conference in Louisville, Ky. Barbara can be contacted at barbaratritz@gmail.com.