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Dental Hygiene Symposium
Women's Aging Complexities:
The Impact on Oral Health Needs
Friday, September 5, 2008 |
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Texas Woman's University
CFO Building, Room 204 - Denton Campus
Symposium Overview
Women’s aging issues such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis will be addressed along with their surprisingly strong influence on the oral cavity. With oral health being an integral part of general health, oral problems indigenous to women will be addressed. The impact from medications and the oral manifestations they create will greatly determine how dental products should best be utilized and tailored to meet specific needs. This presentation will detail the current research linking systemic disease with gingival and periodontal inflammation. Aspects dealing with the aging timeline in a woman’s life influencing oral health needs and the treatment approach from the registered dental hygienist will be presented.
This program will additionally provide dental professionals a detailed overview of osteoporosis and its treatments. With the issue of osteonecrosis of the jaw being prominent in the media, understanding the risk benefit ratio of treating osteoporosis with oral bisphosphonates is important for all dental professionals. In osteoporotic patients, long term treatment is essential for bone health and prevention of fracture. Routine dental care is important and should be part of the osteoporosis treatment regimen. Education will help dental professionals balance dental health needs with bone health concerns.
Objectives
- Identify the top five women’s health concerns as they relate to the aging process.
- Link risk factors common to systemic diseases and identify oral concerns from medication use.
- Discuss the dental hygiene process of care in order to ensure optimal care.
- Explore tailored treatment protocol’s and product recommendations best suited for those with medical and/or oral concerns.
- Share credible findings from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Women’s Health Initiative for and about women.
- Review the impact of bacteria and inflammation in the oral cavity and throughout the body.
- Review and update information about established connections between oral health and systemic conditions including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and oral bisphosphonate therapy for the osteoporosis patient.
- Understand the impact of the latest oral-systemic link evidence on the practice of general dentistry and present guidelines for the dental management of patients with systemic comorbidities.
Keynote Speaker
Pam Hughes, RDH, MS
 Pam has lectured internationally and throughout the United States on such topics as oral risk assessment, advances in therapeutic oral care products, and women’s aging complexities and the impact on oral health. She is the immediate past President of the California Dental Hygiene Educators’ Association and a past President of the California Dental Hygienists’ Association. Pam has 29 years of clinical practice in general and periodontal practice settings and is faculty in the Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry. Additionally, she is faculty in the Department of Gerontology in the Graduate program at the University of La Verne.
Continuing Education Credit
Texas Woman’s University will award 6 contact hours to each dental professional who successfully completes this workshop.
Support the Sigma Phi Alpha Scholarship
If you would like to make a donation to the Sigma Phi Alpha scholarship, please indicate on the registration form.
Registration Information
The workshop will be held at Texas Woman’s University in the CFO Building, Room 204 on the Denton Campus. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. in the lobby area on the second floor.
Registration fees:
• Hygienist $99
• Assistant $99
• Dentist $119
• Late fee after August 22, 2008, add $25.00
Schedule |
8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration |
8:30 - 10:00 |
General Session |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Break and Exhibits |
10:15 - 12:00 |
General Session |
12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch (provided) / Exhibits |
1:30 - 3:30 |
General Session |
3:30 - 4:00 |
Closing and Wrap Up |
Email Confirmations
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Refund/Cancellation Policy
Registrants who find it necessary to cancel will receive a refund, less a $20 processing fee. To receive a refund, you must submit written notification seven days prior to the event start date (fax 940.898.3416). Substitutions may be made at any time. Refunds will not be issued once the event begins. The Office of Lifelong Learning reserves the right to cancel this event if minimum enrollment is not met or other events out of our control take place. In doing so, Texas Woman’s University’s liability is limited to the registration fee.
Questions
Call TWU, Office of Lifelong Learning at 940.898.3408 or email lifelonginfo@twu.edu.
sponsored by:
Texas Woman's University
Dental Hygiene Program
Proctor & Gamble
Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society, TWU Chapter
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