MINIMALLY INVASIVE DENTISTRY FOR THE KIDS IN YOUR PRACTICE – ALL PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES CAN BE APPLIED FOR ADULT PATIENTS TOO!

with Special Guest Speaker:  Dr. Carla Cohn

Recorded on April 24th, 2020

1.0 CE Credit

AGD PACE Subject Code: 430 – Pediatric Dentistry

Minimally invasive management of dental caries for pediatric patients has been proven effective in many clinical situations. Whether your patient presented with behavioral challenges, financial barriers to traditional dental treatment or difficulties with access to care of regular treatment, minimally invasive techniques have been useful tools for these patients. Now with a global pandemic crisis upon us, focus has turned to these treatment modality’s as they can be accomplished, quickly and effectively and often without use of any handpiece at all. In this webinar you will learn effective treatment to slow caries progression, arrest caries, and place interim restorative treatment. You will learn about silver diamine fluoride / potassium iodide, and glass ionomer restorative materials and how to use these tools to help manage your pediatric patient population.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand the implications of traditional caries management and the barriers that present using these techniques in our current global pandemic
2. Recognize the mechanism and rationale for carries arrest medicaments
3. Understand how glass ionomers play an important role in minimally invasive dentistry
4. Learn interim and atraumatic restorative technique