Co-Director Pattison Institute Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC LOS ANGELES, California, United States
The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly affected dental and dental hygiene practice. To address state and national guidance for aerosol abatement, many practitioners are renewing their focus and reliance on hand instrumentation for effective patient care. This course emphasizes best practices with essential hand instruments to help practitioners return to work in these times. Learn how proper techniques can help you avoid fatigue and improve effectiveness. Recommendations for ideal cassette and instrument selection, along with reinvigorating your hand instrumentation techniques and timely tips for safe clinical practice will be discussed.Sponsored by: Hu-Friedy
Learning Objectives:
Recognize best cassette designs for infection prevention and instrument longevity
Identify and select the optimal hand instruments for
a. Recare scaling
b. Periodontal maintenance scaling
c. Initial therapy quadrant scaling with anesthesia
Describe best evaluation before hand scaling
a. Probe and explorer design
b. Probing and exploring pressure and technique
Describe best hand instrumentation techniques for easing strain and providing effective scaling
a. Grasp and pressure for Examination Vs. Scaling
b. Ideal fulcrums for various situations
i. Close, intraoral
ii. Opposite Arch
iii. Extraoral
iv. Finger on finger
v. Cross Arch
c. Insertion to base of sulcus/pocket
d. Best angulation – visual cues
e. Stroke pressure, direction and activation
i. For maintenance – biofilm, light calculus removal
ii. For initial therapy – moderate to heavy calculus removal
Describe best evaluation after hand scaling
a. Exploring pressure
b. Exploring technique
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