ODA HOUSE OF DELEGATES

First meeting of the House of Delegates

Thursday, September 21, 9:00 a.m.

Reference Committee Hearings

Thursday, September 21, 11:00 a.m.

Final meeting of the House of Delegates

Friday, September 22, 9:00 a.m.

Installation of ODA officers

Friday, September 22, 9:00 a.m.

As the governing body of the Ohio Dental Association, the ODA House of Delegates convenes each year during Annual Session. Guests may attend all meetings, but only seated delegates may address issues at the meetings. All ODA members may address issues during Reference Committee Hearings. The House of Delegates will take place at the Hilton Columbus Downtown Hotel.

Getting a patient to say YES to their treatment plan is essential to their overall health and critical for the growth and success of a practice but can be challenging. Learn how to maximize the impact of your TC to quickly build trust and rapport with patients. Discover tools needed to educate patients in understanding their treatment plan. Revise your internal new patient processes to use information in a more powerful way and take the mystery out of talking about money to patients; it doesn’t have to feel taboo anymore. This presentation can be applied to all dental specialties, with a focus on increasing high-cost treatment plan acceptance.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn techniques to help patients understand the treatment plan.

• Establish modern protocols for making new patient initial exams more productive.

• Understand how to talk about cost and payment so patients say yes to scheduling.

Course Code: S51

Understanding

DENTAL FEAR

Dr. Larry Sangrik

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CE Hours: 3

OSDB Category: Dental

Education and Scientific

Courses – no limit

Fee: M - $90; NMD - $155; S/O - $71

Recommended Audience:

Dentists, Hygienists, EFDAs, Assistants, Office Managers, Front Desk Staff Research indicates that an overwhelming percentage of patients find dental care to be an anxiety-producing experience. At the same time, dentists and dental teams are frustrated when techniques that comfort one patient backfire on another. This course explores the underlying four types of dental fear. The significance of the fear’s intensity and the importance of the patient’s personality style will be discussed, and five techniques available to assist dentists will be outlined. Strategies to match patients to the best treatment modality will be covered.This course is ideal for the entire team whether you see patients in the treatment, business or appointment area of the office.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the four types of dental fear and how to identify them.

• Appreciate the significance that the intensity of the fear and patient’s personality impact patient behavior.

• Appreciate how to get compensated for extra time invested in the apprehensive patient.

Course Code S52 TRANSITIONING TO DIGITAL DENTURES

Kene Miller, CDT 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CE Hours: 3

OSDB Category: Dental

Education and Scientific Courses – no limit

Fee: M -$90; NMD - $155;

S/O - $71

Recommended Audience: Dentists, Hygienists, EFDAs, Assistants, Office Managers, Front Desk Staff

Support provided by Ivoclar

The predictable fabrication of removable prostheses through the digital processes provides today’s clinicians a unique opportunity to enhance the quality of the services they provide while also increasing the profitability of their business. In this lecture, we will walk step by step through the digital clinical workflows as well as the process the dental laboratory uses to digitally complete the denture featuring the Ivoclar Ivotion Digital Denture System.

Learning Objectives:

• Clinical workflows for digital denture process.

• Impressions and scanning options.

• Dental Laboratory digital denture process.

Course Code S53 HEALTHCARE PROVIDER

BLS CERTIFICATION TRACK:

RC

Central Ohio CPR

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CE Hours: 3

OSDB Category: Dental Education and Scientific Courses – no limit

Fee: M - $90; NMD - $155;

S/O - $71

Limited Attendance

Recommended Audience:

Dentists, Hygienists, EFDAs, Assistants

Receive your 2-year certification for CPR following the American Heart Association Guidelines for healthcare professionals. Learn how to recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and foreign-body airway obstruction. Recognize heart attack and stroke in adults and breathing difficulty in children and learn skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with barrier devices and bag-mask devices) as well as demonstrate the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Fees collected for this class do not necessarily represent revenue for the American Heart Association. This course also qualifies as recertification if you have a current AHA 2-year healthcare provider certification.

Learning Objectives

• Complete requirements to be certified.

Note: This course fulfills the Ohio State Dental Board’s CPR requirement for hygienists, expanded function dental auxiliaries, and dental assistants. For licensure and/ or registration, hygienists and EFDAs must have proof of CPR certification.