2026 Courses and Events

Course #: 4410
Date: 11/30/2026
Time: 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Francisco Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MS

Topic: Dental Hygiene
Tuition: Free
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff, Spouse, Educator, Nurse, Doctor

Course Material:

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Description:

No ticket or pre-registration is required for this course. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This course equips practicing dentists with advanced, evidence-based strategies to revolutionize pediatric care. Participants master minimal intervention dentistry, including SDF, the Hall technique, and ART, alongside CAMBRA protocols for personalized risk assessment from infancy through adolescence. Moving beyond the chair, the program explores medical-dental integration during well-child visits, culturally responsive caregiver communication, and the social determinants of health. Attendees examine the critical power of population-based interventions, evaluating how frontline health advocates and global outreach programs like Bright Smiles, Bright Futures (BSBF) effectively drive Early Childhood Caries (ECC) prevention. Bridging clinical excellence with community impact, this session provides actionable tools to elevate equity, access, and oral health outcomes in daily practice. Join us to equip your practice, research, or public health initiative with the holistic tools needed to ensure every child achieves a lifetime of healthy smiles.

Learn to:

• implement minimally invasive caries management clinical protocols, including Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF), the Hall technique, and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART)
• apply evidence-based CAMBRA protocols to conduct accurate caries risk assessments and design individualized preventive care plans for children and adolescents
• collaborate effectively with pediatric primary care providers to integrate oral health screenings and prevention into routine well-child medical visits
• utilize culturally responsive communication strategies to enhance oral health literacy and improve caregiver compliance and engagement
• identify how social determinants of health impact pediatric patients and integrate community-based prevention models to reduce oral health disparities in practice

Support for this program is provided by Colgate-Palmolive