Objectives:

• Recognizes local, systemic, and behavioral contributions to periodontal disease.
• Broadly assess and compare the efficacy of different treatment methodologies including: Laser-Assisted Periodontal Therapy, Air-Polishing with Guided Biofilm Therapy, Hand Instrumentation, and Ultrasonics.
• Discuss the etiology of Periodontal Disease: Chronic Oral Inflammation and Oral Biofilm.
• Implement newly acquired evidence-based care to your hygiene practice.

Join Dr. Balaster for both a review of periodontal diagnosis and a fresh new look at hygiene treatment approaches. She will cover staging, grading, and the etiologic process behind oral inflammatory disease. Review gold standards and learn more about cutting edge treatment methodologies that focus on inflammatory reduction and Oral Biofilm removal, the main etiologic factors of periodontal disease