Recommended For: Dental Hygienists
Subject: Hygiene

Educational Objectives:
Differentiate between the effectiveness and design features of universal and area specific (Gracey) curettes
Compare and contrast finishing curettes to rigid and extra-rigid curettes.
Dirrerentiate between standard Gracey, After Five Gracey and Mini Five Gracey curettes.
Discuss furcation access and the recommended instruments to evaluate and debride these areas
List personal choices of hand instruments and ultrasonic scalers for four specific periodontal procedure set-ups.
Identify ergonomically-friendly contemporary instrument designs vs. traditional instruments designed for a "stand-up dentistry" approach.

Course Synopsis
Dental professionals have a wide variety of hand instruments and powered scalers available for providing optimal periodontal care for patients. But such a variety may confuse the selection process. Often we limit our choices to the most familiar - the ones we trained with in school. This course will present the benefits of the newest powered scalers and periodontal instruments in solving many difficult scaling problems, along with suggestion on how to refresh and reorganize your instrument set-ups by taking advantage of the innovative designs while maximizing clinical effectiveness and efficiency. This hands-on course will provide you with the opportunity to individually use some of the newest magnetostrictive inserts and periodontal instruments with typodonts.

Biography
Sherry Burns is a Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry (WOC) in the Department of Periodontics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and serves as an Education Consultant to Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., Inc. Ms. Burns has specialized in periodontal instrumentation techniques since graduating with a B.S. in Dental Hygiene from the University of Michigan in 1967 and a Master's Degree in 1972 from UMKC. She has participated in numerous clinical trails and research studies, has contributed to several professional textbooks and publications, and has been recognized for her professional expertise as recipient of the 1990 ADHA/Warner-Lambert Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene. Ms. Burns designed the AfterFive® curettes, originated the Pen Probe ™ and developed the simplified sharpening strategy for scalers and curettes titles "It's About Time To Get On The Cutting Edge." She now travels extensively around the world to provide lectures, seminars and hands-on workshops for members of the dental profession.