FORMAT
One day a month a speaker discusses a dental topic during lunch. The sessions are informal and the group has an opportunity to interact with the speaker during the short discussion period at the end of the lecture. It requires only about one and one-half hour of your time to learn the latest developments in many areas of dentistry. It also offers the opportunity to become better acquainted with your colleagues and their staff since all dental allied personnel and technicians are also invited to attend.

OVERVIEW
The dental hygienist is often stuck in the singular role of “doing prophys and taking bitewings”. Ms. Walters will discuss how dental hygienists with advanced degrees can be uniquely positioned in a private practice that will utilize their creative and organizational skills. Learn how dentists and hygienists can create new opportunities for practice growth by fully utilizing the hygienist’s potential.

OBJECTIVES
Topics to be discussed:
• Tapping into the graying population
• The dental hygienist as “periodontal therapist”
• National hygiene practice statistics – how does your office compare?
• De-stressing strategies for those “annoying hygiene exams”
• Exploring and utilizing an expanded duties model for the hygienist

PRESENTER
DANA KIEFER WALTERS, R.D.H., B.S., M.S., received her certificate in Dental Hygiene from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in 1980. She earned a BS from East Tennessee State University in 2004 and a MS from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in 2007. Mrs. Walters has worked in the clinical setting for 27 years, and has managed a dental office for 15 years. Currently, in addition to working as a periodontal therapist in Seguin, Texas, she is an oral hygiene care coordinator for a growing number of nursing facilities in San Antonio, Texas.

TIME
Check-in & Lunch: D.S. Cafeteria, Private Dining Room, 11:30 AM Program: Thursday, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM

LOCATION
Dental School, Private Dining Room in the Cafeteria The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (back of Dental School and adjacent to Visitor Parking Lot.)

TUITION
Includes Luncheon and Lecture
Individual: $49.50

CREDIT (Course Code:124336A)
AGD Code: 550 Hours: 1