Nutrition, Lifestyle and Perio: An Approach That Can Save Lives

Supported, in part, by an educational grant from Colgate.

Friday, October 16, 2015

9:00 am - 12:00 pm (3 CE hrs) / 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm (3 CE hrs)

Ballroom

This course will teach you the nutritional and lifestyle changes that can make an immediate difference in your patients’ (and maybe even your own) oral and overall health.  Maximally effective periodontal therapy is about much more than just cleaning teeth.  Yes, bacteria initiate periodontal disease, but it is the host inflammatory response that adversely affects oral and overall health.  The latest research confirms that nutrition and other host modulation therapies can have significant anti-inflammatory benefits.  Come and learn how to determine which patients have a contributing host response.  More importantly, learn the changes that you can make in your treatment protocols to help your patients modulate their host response.  You will leave with a clear understanding of how to incorporate a realistic nutrition and lifestyle protocol, which can improve the health of your patients, your practice, and even yourself. 

Course Objectives:

·       Learn a risk-based approach to periodontal diagnosis and treatment.

·       Understand concepts of host modulation therapy.

·       Understand the state-of-the-science concerning nutritional intervention as part of periodontal therapy.

·       Develop an in-office system to identify patients who can benefit from host modulation and/or nutritional therapy.

Recommended for…Dentists, Hygienists and Assistants.

Timothy Donley, DDS, MSD, is currently in the private practice of Periodontics and Implantology in Bowling Green, KY.  After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University School of Dentistry and completing a general practice residency, he practiced general dentistry.  He then returned to Indiana University where he received his Master’s Degree in Periodontics.  Dr. Donley is the former editor of the Journal of the Kentucky Dental Association and is an adjunct professor of Periodontics at Western Kentucky University.  He is a lecturer with the ADA Seminar Series.  Dentistry Today recently listed him among its leaders in continuing education.  He lectures and publishes frequently on topics of interest to clinical dentists and hygienists.

Dr. Donley is not associated with, employed by, nor consults for, any manufacturer, supplier, or retailer of dental instruments or materials.