Part of the UT Health San Antonio.
This course is built for all practitioners that want to learn how to effectively sharpen scaling instruments for use in clinical practice. Despite the many gadgets that have come out over the years to assist with instrument sharpening most clinicians still rely on their trusty hand stones to accomplish the task. This course focuses on sharpening utilizing hand stones and will emphasize maintaining the integrity of instruments during sharpening that will increase the longevity of your instruments’ clinical use. We will also review infection control and personal protective equipment protocol that should be in place for instrument sharpening. This hands-on workshop will allow participants to participate in presenter guided practice with instrument sharpening.
At the end of this course, attendees/participants will be able to:
It is the policy of the UT Health San Antonio Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Relationships of spouse/partner with proprietary entities producing health care goods or services should be disclosed if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member will be shared with the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation.
Continuing Dental Education Staff members have nothing to disclose.
Check-in: 12:30 PM
Program time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UT Health San Antonio, School of Dentistry
Hours: 3
Special discount fee of $95.00, must register for the morning Texas Brief to receive discount.