UT Health San Antonio Continuing Dental Education UT Health San Antonio Continuing Dental Education

Application of Pit and Fissure Sealants for Dental Assistants

Combination Webinar Lecture and Hands-On Clinic Session

March 8, 2022 - March 12, 2022

Master Pit & Fissure Sealants!

This program will provide a total of 8 hours of instruction and application of Pit and Fissure sealants.
The lecture will be provided in:

(TWO) 2 1/2 hour Interactive webinars, plus…

3 hours of hands-on or clinical information will be provided in our clinic on patient simulators.

(This is intended to provide this educational program in a safe environment without patient participation).
Participants will be provided with information, guidance and materials necessary to place pit and fissure sealants in multiple scenarios.
Participants DO NOT need to provide a patient for this course. Clinical applications will be made on simulated patients in a clinical setting.

COURSE SCHEDULE: to be delivered in the following format:

Webinar SESSION 1: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Webinar SESSION 2: Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
HANDS-ON SESSION: Saturday. March 12, 2022 at 1pm - 4pm at UT Health School of Dentistry, 8210 Floyd Curl Dr San Antonio, TX 78229

Objectives

Course of instruction will include:

• Current methods and practices in Infection Control
• Overview of patient management and management of medical emergencies
• Anatomy as it relates to the application of Dental sealants
• Legal and ethical concerns related to the application of sealants

The laboratory and clinical portions of the course will provide the participant with:

• Patient Education
• Patient Positioning and Ergonomics for the procedure
• Optimal material and equipment setup
• Placement of at least eight (8) pit and fissure sealants and topical fluoride on a dental patient simulator

The webinar will be provided on a platform that can be viewed on either a desktop or laptop computer as well as a tablet.

This will be a “live and interactive” Webinar - Q&A and chat will be available.

Presenter(s)

Lauren Hrynyshyn, DDS
- Dr. Hrynyshyn is a Maryland native; however, after growing up in the great state of Texas, she calls San Antonio home. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a B.S. in Biology, and continued on to earn her Doctor of Dental Surgery with teaching honors certification at UT Health School of Dentistry in San Antonio in 2019. Dr. Hrynyshyn has been practicing dentistry as an associate for the last year. She is a member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, Texas Academy of General Dentistry, American Association for Women Dentists, and the San Antonio District Dental Society. By graduating with teaching honors, she has always enjoyed teaching and working in the realm of academia. She enjoys taking several continuing education courses, and sharing her knowledge with others. When not practicing dentistry, she enjoys working out, exploring San Antonio’s best restaurants, and spending time with her husband Manny, and their two cats Tex and Taz.
Scott G. Stafford, DDS, MBA
- Dr. Stafford is a 1996 graduate of UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry. He has owned and operated four dental practices, simultaneously, in and around the San Antonio area. He has lectured and written on the topic of Practice Management and Ownership for the last 15 years. He has served as adjunct faculty at UNLV, and Roseman dental schools and authored the Practice Management programs at these and several other dental programs. He co-developed a practice management curriculum software that has been utilized at Howard University, UMKC, University of Kentucky, UNLV, Roseman, UT Health Houston, VCU, ECU, Univ. of Pittsburg, UNC, CU, and UMN, and UT Health San Antonio. He earned his MBA from Texas Tech University with an emphasis in Healthcare management in 2007. He left full-time private practice in 2017 and became Director of Continuing Dental Education and Practice Management at UT Health San Antonio. He continues patient care in faculty practice on a part-time basis, while lecturing and scouting for new CE topics and speakers. He has two children, currently in college, and is married to his wife, Rhonda, of 31 years.

Time

Check-in: 30 minutes before course starts
Program time: See COURSE SCHEDULE above

Location

Virtual / In-Person

Tuition

individual: $450.00

(Tuition includes lab, clinical, handouts, and study material)

Credit

Hours: 8

EMAIL NOTIFICATION

You will receive an email with a link to the course on the week of event. Check the email address you provided us when creating your UT Health CDE account. Also, check your email’s junk/trash folder.

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For help or questions about this program, you can contact us at:
Phone: (210) 567-3177
Email: smile@uthscsa.edu

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