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We will discuss supplies, equipment and materials needed to incorporate teledentistry into your current clinic setting or at external rotation sites.  Telehealth laws and scope of practice in your state will be reviewed as well as the technology needed to give students this experience.

Objectives:

• Identify opportunities for teledentistry for dental hygienists in your state based on current statutes and dental hygiene scope of practice.
• Create a checklist of technology and equipment needed for teledentistry in clinic or on external rotation.
• Establish a workflow between clinical faculty/students and dentists, synchronous, and asynchronous.
• Review current practice management software/patient engagement software for secure telehealth conferencing. Discuss options outside of current PMS

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: Jennifer Boyce, DMD, earned a BS in Biology from the University of Scranton in 1986 and a DMD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1990. She completed a General Practice Residency at Danbury Hospital in 1991 and served as an attending dentist there until 1997. Dr. Boyce has extensive experience in private practice, having worked as an associate dentist from 1991-1993, practice owner from 1993-2018, and associate again in 2019. She joined Fones School of Dental Hygiene at the University of Bridgeport as adjunct faculty/clinic dentist from 2015-2021 and is currently the Associate Director of Clinical Affairs. Recognized for her contributions to the field, Dr. Boyce received the 2020 ADHA Connecticut Gold Star Award and the 2022 Teledentistry Innovation in Education Award. She has presented at the ADEA National Convention in 2022 and 2023, and presented at the ADEA Allied Program Director’s Meeting in 2024. Additionally, she serves on the ADEA Compendium on Dental Assisting Competency Revision Committee for Dental Materials (2024-2026). As a CODA Allied Dentist Site Visitor (DA/DH) since 2021 and a member of the CODA Review Committee (DA) from 2023-2028, Dr. Boyce is dedicated to advancing dental education. She has served as principal for 11 grants totaling $950,000 for Fones School of Dental Hygiene since 2019, including funding from the American Rescue Plan for teledentistry innovation and from Delta Dental Foundation for the Senior Smiles program and Connecticut's first expanded function dental assisting program. Dr. Boyce has been involved in laser education for dental hygienists since 2019, training faculty to implement diode lasers into the curriculum at Fones, Cape Cod Community College, and Virginia Commonwealth University. She also led faculty local anesthesia certification and refresher courses at Fones from 2015-2022 and holds WCLI Laser Certification Level 1 and Level 2.

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