CONTINUING EDUCATION
CDHA CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE
Date: Wednesday November 17, 2021
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Speaker(s): Amber Lovatos, RDH, BSDH
Topic: Back To The Future With Teledentistry
Credits: 2 CE's
Cost: Free for ADHA/ODHA/CDHA members. $35 for non-members
To register for this course, please click here: forms.gle/VBpwfo3x8dPrDTwr6
Amber Lovatos is sponsored by:
Date: Wednesday November 17, 2021
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Speaker(s): Amber Lovatos, RDH, BSDH
Topic: Back To The Future With Teledentistry
Credits: 2 CE's
Cost: Free for ADHA/ODHA/CDHA members. $35 for non-members
To register for this course, please click here: forms.gle/VBpwfo3x8dPrDTwr6
Amber Lovatos is sponsored by:
About the Course: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads." Well, we might need some roads but we won't need a brick-and-mortar dental office. Join us as we explore the future of dentistry! In this course, we will explore the use of telecommunication in dentistry and mobile dental care. This course will provide the learner with strategies for implementing teledentistry in their practice and exploring mobile dentistry. So jump into this Dental Delorean and explore the future of dentistry.
- The learner will recall specialty care (pathology, orthodontics, periodontics, etc...) applications of telecommunication in dentistry.
- The learner will be able to identify barriers to teledentistry and mobile dentistry and how to address them.
- The learner will be able to dissect their specific state dental practice act for possible limiting verbiage to telecommunication in dentistry.
About the speaker: Amber Lovatos, RDH, BSDH, has been compassionately blazing trails personally and professionally for more than 10 years. As a clinician, educator, author, and champion for public health issues, she inspires industry colleagues with unique stories that include triumph over abuse and discovering her identify as “The Latina RDH.” Celebrated as her family’s first college graduate, Amber holds a bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene from The University of Texas School of Dentistry – where she also now serves as an adjunct professor. Along with teaching, she works as Director of Dental Administration for TOMAGWA Healthcare Ministries, a non-profit medical/dental clinic in Tomball, TX. Amber is recipient of numerous national and state awards and academic scholarships. Amber is also the co-author of Smiles Por Vida a Spanish & Spanglish not for profit children’s dental book. A powerful speaker and advocate, Amber is one of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association’s powerhouse allies for underserved populations. Her leadership has included the influence of oral health public policy in her home state and beyond as she motivates and empowers clinicians through presentations of perseverance and resilience.
CDHA CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE
Date: Wednesday January 17, 2021
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Marie Richey RDH, MSDH
Topic: Fad Diets and the Oral Cavity
Credits: 2 CE's
Cost: FREE for ADHA/ODHA/CDHA members. $35 for non-members
Date: Wednesday January 17, 2021
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Marie Richey RDH, MSDH
Topic: Fad Diets and the Oral Cavity
Credits: 2 CE's
Cost: FREE for ADHA/ODHA/CDHA members. $35 for non-members
About the Course: New year, and your patient is onto the latest diet trend. Learn how this will affect their oral cavity. Learn how to identify some of the latest fad diets and their impact on your patients' oral cavity. We will discuss ways to educate patients and help them modify their nutrition to improve their oral health.
Course Objectives:
1. Define and recognize fad diets when discussing with patients
2. Relate the changes that will be presented in the oral cavity
3. The hygienists will be able to help patient connect the changes in their oral cavity
and the need for correct nutrition to strengthen the periodontium
4. The hygienists will be able to help the patient modify their nutritional plan
About the speaker: Marie Richey graduated in 1998 with her AAS in dental hygiene and BS in 2016 from Ferris State University. Marie attended U.T. Health in San Antonio Texas and earned her M.S.D.H in 2020. Marie and her family moved to Wheelersburg, Ohio in 2020 to start her position at SSU in Portsmouth Ohio, she is currently an assistant professor in the dental hygiene program. Marie has worked clinically since 1998 as an RDH and stated teaching in 2015. Marie has taught nutrition to dental hygiene students since 2018 and has a love for nutrition and food since she is married to a Chef.
Course Objectives:
1. Define and recognize fad diets when discussing with patients
2. Relate the changes that will be presented in the oral cavity
3. The hygienists will be able to help patient connect the changes in their oral cavity
and the need for correct nutrition to strengthen the periodontium
4. The hygienists will be able to help the patient modify their nutritional plan
About the speaker: Marie Richey graduated in 1998 with her AAS in dental hygiene and BS in 2016 from Ferris State University. Marie attended U.T. Health in San Antonio Texas and earned her M.S.D.H in 2020. Marie and her family moved to Wheelersburg, Ohio in 2020 to start her position at SSU in Portsmouth Ohio, she is currently an assistant professor in the dental hygiene program. Marie has worked clinically since 1998 as an RDH and stated teaching in 2015. Marie has taught nutrition to dental hygiene students since 2018 and has a love for nutrition and food since she is married to a Chef.
