Focus: Level I class
Limited to 14 participants, with three instructors.
This class is approved for 8 hours of continuing education credits.
This workshop covers the skills and information needed by all doctors
and technicians to enable delivery of quality dental care. We are committed
toward helping you implement a higher level of dental care in your practice.
This requires training for both the doctor and technical staff. At a minimum,
one interested doctor and one interested technician should
attend the level I class, while the doctor should stay for the level II class.
Sending only a technician who has no interest in dental care to class rarely
creates any lasting change in a practice.
Some doctors elect to skip this class, thinking the material to be too
basic. Almost all of them return to take this class at a later date.
Save yourself the extra trip. The level I class covers skills that doctors
should know about, but that the technical staff should have primary responsibility
for providing. Why should doctors attend this class? Because you need to
judge the quality of your staff’s work, need to explain how to correct
improper technique, need to be able to interpret dental films and need to
train your new technician when another practice gladly hires away your
dental-savvy technician!!
The Level I class is for both technicians and doctors, is limited to 15
participants, and covers the 12-step dental cleaning procedure, oral pathology,
instrumentation used in cleaning, equipment, dental radiology, interpretation
of dental radiographs. digital dental radiography systems, utilization of
digital systems to promote client acceptance of treatment plans, dental charting,
and implementing a higher level of dental care in a general practice. This
class will give you the skills required to provide a good cleaning procedure
and identify oral pathology. Every participant will produce full-mouth dental
radiographs on dogs and cats, using Dr. Woodward’s simplified technique
for positioning dental radiographs. Finding and assessing common dental pathology
is the single most important dental skill a practice can acquire. The wet
lab portion focuses on obtaining diagnostic dental radiographs utilizing
canine and feline cadaver specimens. Sharpening of hand instruments and general
equipment questions are also covered during the lab session. Each participant
also receives a complimentary instrument set ($75 retail value) to take home
with them.
Tuition for this class is $350