The New Periodontal Toolkit: Three Tools for Better Communication, Easier Appointments, and Stronger Outcomes

About this Seminar

Get ready to add three game-changing tools to your hygiene practice. Chairside oral neutrophil testing brings a whole new approach to periodontal disease screening and patient communication—one that's objective, visual, and gets patients on board without the jargon. Air polishing has stepped up as the modern answer to biofilm removal, delivering optimal clinical outcomes with less effort. And a rapid chairside biofilm and bacteria desiccant gel rounds out the toolkit as a non-antibiotic periodontal treatment that also softens calculus.

This presentation goes beyond theory—it's a practical, real-world look at the protocols and mindset shifts that have made a genuine difference in clinical practice. You'll walk away with a scalable approach that enhances patient outcomes, boosts case acceptance, and makes your day a whole lot easier.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discover the science behind rapid chairside oral neutrophil testing and its application in quantifying and monitoring a patient's oral inflammatory response.


2. Understand and apply chairside oral neutrophil testing as a patient educational tool.


3. Review the evidence for conventional debridement and air polishing in mechanical biofilm management, and explore the clinical advantages of air polishing in procedural efficiency and patient comfort.


4. Learn about an innovative non-antibiotic treatment that effectively removes all microbes and biofilm in a periodontal pocket, offering a new approach to managing periodontal disease.


5. Examine a comprehensive risk-based periodontal protocol that incorporates diagnostics, in-office care and home care treatments.

Presenters

About Martha Szczepulski, BDSc(DH), DH, PID

Dental Hygienist and Professional Educator

Martha is a dental hygienist, educator, and speaker with experience in general and community practice, education, and mobile care since 2005. As Professional Education Leader at Oral Science, she delivers practical, evidence-based insights to dental teams with a focus on making comprehensive therapy easier to implement. Based in Vancouver, she enjoys staying active through gym workouts, jogging, cycling, and cross-country skiing.