Is Your Dental Treatment Water Safe? The Hidden Risks You Need to Know
About this Seminar
Dental practices must adhere to strict infection control protocols to ensure the safety of both patients and staff before and after dental procedures. Proper waterline care is essential to ensure that the water used in dental treatments meet drinking water standards. What many don't realize is that clean water can become contaminated as it travels through dental unit waterlines. By mastering and implementing daily, monthly, and quarterly protocols, practices can transform into models of safety and efficiency, setting themselves up for long-term success.
Course Objectives:
- To educate oral health care providers on the risks that staff and patients face from exposure to contaminated water during treatment, and to share the most up-to-date infection control protocols related to dental unit waterline care.
- To understand the relevance of external water quality assurance tests.
- To learn how to quickly react upon receiving failing results from external quality assuarance monitoring tests.
Presenters
About Dr. Michelle Siqueria, DDS, DSc
Dr. Michelle Siqueira, DDS, DSc, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Dentistry and the Course Coordinator of Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC). She also serves as an IPCA Officer, IPAC policy developer, and the scientific director of the College of Dentistry Sterilization and Waterline Monitoring Services (SWMS).
Dr. Siqueira joined the University of Saskatchewan in 2019 as the Comprehesive Care Coordinator. She obtained her DDS from Santo Amaro University in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2000, and her Doctor of Science (DSc) from Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine in 2008, where she studied bone mineralization. She then completed postdoctoral training at Western University, where she also served as an Adjunct Professor in Peridontology and was recognized for her dedication to teaching future dental professionals.
Dr. Siqueira has published numerous scientific articles in high-impact journals, amassing over 940 citations throughout her career.