Laser Education for the Dental Hygienist

Laser Education for the Dental Hygienist

Lecture and Hands-on

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Time: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Fee: $295

This course is sold out.

This course will provide an overview of laser principles, application, and safety through didactic and hands-on practice. Participants will have the opportunity to work with a variety of diode lasers, specific to dental hygiene application, on pig jaws and simulation. At the conclusion of this course, hygienists will have the confidence and knowledge to apply laser use in the private practice setting. In order to provide personalized instruction in hands-on portion, class size is limited to 20.

This activity is approved for 5 CEUs.

Course Objectives

Participants will:

  1. Explain basic laser principles
  2. Appreciate laser history and their use in dentistry
  3. Master laser safety concepts and practices
  4. Demonstrate diode soft tissue laser applications
  5. Develop expertise in treatment planning and practice implementation
  6. Apply diode laser principles in hands-on setting