DentistryOnline coursePeriodontology
Perio care inside a restorative practice — staging, patient coaching, articaine and tooth wear in 36 short lessons
Seven educators — Frank Spear, Kevin Kwiecien, hygienist Kim Miller, periodontists E. Todd Scheyer and Mike McDevitt, Mark Sutor and anaesthesia authority Stanley Malamed — contribute to Periodontics in Restorative Practice: Smarter Diagnosis. Better Outcomes. Its eight modules (7 h 05 min) join the current staging and grading system and occlusal trauma to patient motivation, local anaesthesia techniques and the management of worn dentitions.
- 8modules
- 36lessons
- 7 h 05 minof video
- 7instructors
What you’ll be able to do
- Stage and grade periodontitis with the current classification and build it into routine exams
- Diagnose occlusal trauma in perio-susceptible patients and explain it clearly
- Coach patients to become their own primary therapist through values, goals and affirmative inquiry
- Decide when articaine infiltration or buffering speeds and deepens anaesthesia
- Use Vazirani-Akinosi, PDL, intraosseous and intraseptal injections when a block fails
- Treat tooth wear with appliances and composite, and discuss it with the patient
Inside the course
The patient as partner
The opening and fifth modules move away from compliance toward collaboration: coaching methods, building on a patient’s past successes, and a fresh look at inflammation and biofilm — questioning whether therapy is really only about bacteria.
Diagnosis for the general office
Short modules cover the link between occlusal trauma and periodontitis, how to implement staging and grading with worked examples, and a four-direction framework for looking at periodontal therapy — top down, bottom up, inside out and outside in.
Anaesthesia that works first time
Two modules on local anaesthesia compare articaine as a sole infiltration or a supplement to the IANB, examine buffering chemistry, and demonstrate alternative mandibular techniques.
Worn dentitions
The last module identifies common wear patterns, when occlusal appliances help, how composite can rebuild lost structure, and how to open the conversation with patients.
Built for
- Restorative-focused general dentistsPeriodontal diagnosis and messaging that fit a busy restorative schedule.
- Dental hygienistsCoaching and biofilm perspectives aimed directly at the hygiene chair.
- Practice teamsShared language for staging, anaesthesia and tooth wear conversations.
Curriculum
Module 1: The periodontal patient as the primary therapist (1 h 20 min) 4 lessons
- Innovations in periodontics: saving teeth for health, function & esthetics
- Philosophies and treatment strategies for the patient to be the primary therapist
- Effective coaching methods when working with patients
- Values, changes, goals and rewards involved in patient care
Module 2: Validating occlusal therapy with patients susceptible to periodontitis (40 min) 3 lessons
- The relation of occlusal trauma and susceptibility to periodontitis
- Diagnostic process for occlusal trauma and the explanation of it to the patient
- What additional understanding and essential skills must the dentist master
Module 3: Diagnosing perio conditions in the restorative practice — a system of classification for evaluating periodontitis (28 min) 4 lessons
- The current classification system
- Staging and grading periodontitis
- Case examples: staging and grading in practice
- Implementing the classification system in practice
Module 4: The four-pronged approach — a comprehensive view of periodontal therapy (51 min) 4 lessons
- From the top down
- From the bottom up
- From the inside out
- From the outside in
Module 5: Effective periodontal therapies in the restorative dental practice (1 h 43 min) 8 lessons
- The successful patient: from compliance to collaboration
- Ultimately it is all about outcomes
- Prior knowledge and the patient’s pattern of successes
- Affirmative inquiry as a success strategy
- What we thought and may continue to think we are treating
- Inflammation: good or bad
- I thought it was all about the bugs
- What is our reaction to the biofilm hanging onto our teeth
Module 6: Articaine and buffering agents in the restorative practice (44 min) 5 lessons
- Articaine as a sole injection (infiltration)
- Articaine as a supplement to the inferior alveolar nerve block
- Comparison of pulpal anesthesia
- Articaine or buffering agent to speed the onset of anesthesia
- The buffer reaction
Module 7: Mandibular nerve blocks (30 min) 4 lessons
- Vazirani-Akinosi mandibular nerve block
- Periodontal ligament injection
- Intraosseous anesthesia
- Intraseptal (crestal) anesthesia
Module 8: Managing tooth wear (52 min) 4 lessons
- Occlusal appliances for patients with tooth wear
- Common patterns of tooth wear and their treatment
- Using composite to treat patients with tooth wear
- Talking to patients about tooth wear
Before you buy
Does it teach periodontal surgery?
No — the focus is diagnosis, non-surgical thinking, patient communication, anaesthesia and tooth wear, suited to a restorative office rather than a surgical specialist.
How long are individual lessons?
Most are short: 36 lessons share just over seven hours, so many run around ten to fifteen minutes.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Online video course |
|---|---|
| Instructors | Spear, Kwiecien, Miller, Scheyer, McDevitt, Sutor, Malamed |
| Contents | 8 modules · 36 lessons |
| Duration | 7 h 05 min |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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