At TOH Consulting Services, we believe that careful consideration of patient risk and effective treatment planning helps provide the pathway to periodontal health. That’s why we teach offices to provide a thorough periodontal evaluation, which includes risk reduction procedures for preventive and reparative interventions.
As one of the innovators of the PreViser Risk Calculator, Dr. Gottleib found that he was able to help patients understand their disease, risk levels and improvement in simple numeric scores. He also discovered that patient understanding of their risk score is an accurate predictor of a future disease state, with worse risk states requiring more treatment.
Level One for Dentists is taught by Dr. Gottlieb:
Setting measurements and goals for the hygiene department
Implementing patient interview protocol
Training the dental team on effective patient communication
Instituting guidelines for improved
Evaluating Patient Risk
Diagnosis and treatment planning skills
Teaches the Periodontal Diagnosis Tree
Basic Flap Procedure
What and When to refer
Level One for Hygienists taught by Suzanne Newkirk, RDH:
Advanced Probing Techniques
AAP Periodontal Classifications
Root morphology as it relates to instrumentation skills
Periodontal Instrumentation Skills:
Hand instrumentation:
Design features for subgingival debridement
Tip adaption
Ultrasonic instrumentation
Usage of “the 3 sisters”
Tip adaption
Periodontal Diagnosis Tree
Periodontal Evaluation post therapy/setting up the SPT interval
Providing patient education materials relating to periodontal disease and preventative services
Implementing caries prevention and sensitivity treatment programs
When to refer
At TOH Consulting Services, we believe that collaboration among dental specialists not only provides the general practioner a strong support group for integrative care, but improves the overall quality of care provided by the general practioner.
Level Two for Dentists taught by Dr. Gottlieb
Advanced Diagnosis
How Occlusion and Tooth Position affect the periodontium:
Muco-Gingival Defects
When to refer for Gingival Grafting procedures
Occlusal Analysis
Occlusal Communication Skills
Laser Surgery
Level Two for Hygienists taught by Suzanne Newkirk, RDH
Advanced Instrumentation skills
Evaluating the clinical subgingival debridement skills with visualization of Perioscopy technology
Review ultrasonic and hand instrumentation skills
Instrumentation appointment armamentarium for SPT vs. “Diseased” SPT
When to anesthetize during SPT appointments
D-SPT protocol
Evaluating and tightening up the recall system
Communication skills for Laser Surgery
When to refer
Advanced Case Management skills take the entire team on their final journey from “Good” to “Great” Periodontal Therapy. In these last two sessions Dr. Gottlieb teaches a comprehensive course on:
Implant and Restorative evaluation, which includes:
Restorative, Implant and Esthetic communication skills
Implant and Restorative evaluation
Treatment planning Mucogingival / Esthetic therapy, which includes:
Etiology and indications for treatment
Smile symmetry
Treating Altered Passive Eruption
Gingival grafts
Implant concepts
Restorative concepts
Mucogingival Surgery
Evaluate outcome of Mucogingival/Esthetic therapy:
When to retreat
When to refer
Implant concepts
Restorative concepts
Mucogingival Surgery
Levels Three and Four for Hygienists taught by Suzanne Newkirk, RDH
Laser Pocket decontamination skills
Rationale for using a dental laser
Safety protocols
The basics in Diode and Ng:YAG Laser wavelengths used for non-surgical periodontal therapy
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