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With almost a million implants being placed annually in the US, it is highly likely dental hygiene students and licensed practitioners will encounter a patient with an implant. Research shows that peri-implant mucositis is significantly underdiagnosed by practitioners. Additionally, the evidence shows that consistent maintenance results in a significantly lower incidence of peri-implantitis, making it critical for dental hygiene students to assess implants, and provide implant maintenance. This Mastermind course lead by content expert Danielle Rulli, RDH, MS, DHSc, will explore the evidence and apply it to critical teaching aspects of dental implants, supportive implant care, and protocols that will prepare students for today's dental hygiene practice.  

Objectives

• Discuss the anatomy and physiology of peri-implant tissues 
• Compare peri-implant and periodontal tissues, health, and disease 
• Examine implant care protocols

Educators Platform Masterminds are dynamic two-hour virtual sessions building on each other’s challenges, ideas and successes in the presence of a content expert. Mastermind sessions are thoughtfully facilitated to create an environment for like-minded colleagues to share and learn from one another with the goal of collective professional growth and development. Sessions are uniquely tailored to the needs of participants. Those attending will have the opportunity to create strong connections with other participants to last a whole career.

More about our content expert: Dr. Rulli serves as Director of the Graduate Dental Hygiene Program and Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry, in the Division of Dental Hygiene at the University of Michigan. She actively practice in the Periodontics & Oral Medicine faculty practice and supervise periodontics residents in their non-surgical procedures including supportive implant care and non-surgical periodontal therapies. In addition, Dr. Rulli has published on the topics of interprofessional education and collaboration, student mentoring and community, implant care and much more.

Attendees of Educators Platform Mastermind sessions will earn 2 CEU in Educational Methods.