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

June 7, 2022 - June 11, 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:

2 (two) 1/2 hour live, 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, June 7, 2022 at 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Webinar SESSION 2: Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

HANDS-ON SESSION: Saturday. June 11, 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)

Virginia G. Carrillo, BSDH, MEd
- VIRGINIA G. CARRILLO, BSDH, M.Ed., is an Assistant Professor/Clinical in the Department of Periodontics, Dental Hygiene Division at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene in 2004 and earned her Master’s in in Educational Leadership from Concordia University, Portland, Oregon 2014. For the past 8 1/2 years she has taught undergraduate levels in didactics and clinical settings in the dental hygiene program. Her experience includes general and periodontal private practice. Virginia’s interest is in Periodontics in which she has the pleasure of teaching Periodontics and Advanced Periodontics to the undergraduate students, and Advanced Periodontics to the bachelor’s completion students. She finds teaching a rewarding profession and always shows her passion to the students on being the best in all they do and to become lifelong learners.
Emelda E. Hernandez, RDH, MS
- Emelda E. Hernandez Trevino is an assistant professor/clinical in the Department of Periodontics, Dental Hygiene Division at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene in 2003 and her Master of Science in 2013, both from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. For the past twenty years she has taught undergraduate levels in didactics and clinical settings in the dental hygiene program. During these years she has dedicated her life to educating and advocating oral health with her students and patients in faculty private practice. Her eclectic experience includes work for a general and periodontal private practice, dental hygiene teaching, research, CE speaking, and publishing articles as a Master’s thesis chair. She has a centered interest in Motivational Interviewing, with focus on utilizing it as a means of encouraging change in patients’ behaviors through communication with dental hygiene students.

Disclosure

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.

Time

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

Location

Live Interactive Webinar AND In Person
(UT Health San Antonio, School of Dentistry:
8210 Floyd Curl Dr
San Antonio, TX 78229)

Tuition

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

Credit

Hours: 8

EMAIL NOTIFICATION

On the week of the course, you will receive an email with a weblink to this virtual webinar. This same email will also provide a link to the course handout. Download this PDF document to your device. Remember to look for this email notice on the email address you provided us when creating your UT Health San Antonio CDE account. Check your email account’s Inbox and Junk/Spam folders.

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