Anna Matsuishi Pattison RDH, MS, is a former Associate Professor and Chair of Dental Hygiene at the Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC. She is co-author of Periodontal Instrumentation and has contributed to Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology. She was Editor-in-Chief of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene and is now Co-Director of the Pattison Institute which offers online videos, lectures and hands-on workshops. An internationally recognized speaker on Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation, in 2005, she received the Pfizer ADHA Excellence in Dental Hygiene Award and the USC School of Dentistry Alumnus of the Year Award. In 2006 she received the California Society of Periodontics Award and in 2010 she was inducted into the USC School of Dentistry Hall of Fame.
Detecting and removing tenacious, burnished calculus is one of the most frustrating and challenging tasks we face. Anna Pattison discusses this problem, the common errors that cause it and the best techniques to remove it. This 2022 update for dentists and dental hygienists includes new hand instruments and ultrasonic tips for moderate to advanced periodontitis and implants. New videos demonstrate alternative fulcrums, new instruments, and advanced techniques. Mini-bladed titanium hand instruments and ultrasonic implant tips will be shown along with Bonus Sessions on subgingival air polishing, subgingival irrigation, periodontal endoscopy.
Detecting and removing tenacious, burnished calculus is one of the most frustrating and challenging tasks we face. Anna Pattison discusses this problem, the common errors that cause it and the best techniques to remove it. This 2022 update for dentists and dental hygienists includes new hand instruments and ultrasonic tips for moderate to advanced periodontitis and implants. New videos demonstrate alternative fulcrums, new instruments, and advanced techniques. Mini-bladed titanium hand instruments and ultrasonic implant tips will be shown along with Bonus Sessions on subgingival air polishing, subgingival irrigation, periodontal endoscopy. 8 Hours of CE
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
This full-day laboratory course for dentists and dental hygienists is designed to enhance your periodontal instrumentation skills, enabling you to treat patients with greater confidence. This intensive hands-on experience features continuous TV demonstration and videos by Anna Pattison plus a team of experienced instructors attentive to individualized instruction throughout the day. Advance instrumentation techniques are taught on periodontal typodonts using sickles, universal curets, Rigid Gracey curets, After-Fives, Mini-Fives, Micro-Minis, Gracey Curvettes, Pattison Gracey Lite curets, Diamond curets and furcation curets. Extraoral, reinforced, cross-arch and opposite-arch fulcrums are incorporated into innovative approaches for furcations, line angles and deep, narrow pockets. Sharpening with the aid of a videotape, root planing exercises and root morphology review utilizing extracted teeth are also included
This full-day laboratory course for dentists and dental hygienists is designed to enhance your periodontal instrumentation skills, enabling you to treat patients with greater confidence. This intensive hands-on experience features continuous TV demonstration and videos by Anna Pattison plus a team of experienced instructors attentive to individualized instruction throughout the day. Advanced instrumentation techniques are taught on periodontal typodonts using sickles, universal curets, Rigid Gracey curets, After-Fives, Mini-Fives, Micro-Minis, Gracey Curvettes, Pattison Gracey Lite curets, Diamond curets and furcation curets. Extraoral, reinforced, cross-arch and opposite-arch fulcrums are incorporated into innovative approaches for furcations, line angles and deep, narrow pockets. Sharpening with the aid of a videotape, root planing exercises and root morphology review utilizing extracted teeth are also included. 8 hours of CE
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
PREREQUISITE: WEBINAR ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE HANDS-ON WORKSHOP (Course Title: “Burnished Calculus: How to Avoid It, How to Remove it & Update on Advanced Instrumentation” – taken anytime between 2020 – 2022)