Treating Caries Chemically Using Glass Ionomer and Remineralization 

Course Description:

The course is of interest to dentists, hygienists, dental assistants and administrative staff.

New biofilm theories shed light on why drilling and filling does little to treat caries disease. Learn how to prevent and even reverse early caries lesions using oral disinfectants, modified sugars, fluoride, pH, calcium/phosphate, and new salivary diagnostics and replacement therapies, rather than rely solely on traditional surgical techniques.  Dr. Young will also present research showing that not all caries should be treated alike and the site-specific way to manage each carious site will be presented.  Glass ionomer will be presented as a chemical treatment for caries lesions. The latest caries detection, minimally invasive restorative techniques and glass ionomer methodologies, will be reviewed.  Learn how change your hygiene department and dental assisting staff into a new profit center for your practice using preventive, as well as hard tissue procedures.

Outcomes:

After this presentation you will:

1) understand the newest areas of prevention and early caries management using chemical and microsurgical approaches.

2) be able to put what you have learned into practice.

3) understand why the whole dental team must participate. 

Learning Objectives:

The course will outline current strategies which use critical thinking and an evidenced-based decision method in managing the disease of dental caries.

The participant will leave with practical tools needed to treat and prevent the disease of caries using a caries risk assessment and intervention protocols based on individual risk.

The participant shall have a better understanding of the disease process as well as the science behind products and behaviors that will arrest, reverse, and prevent future disease.

The participant will be comfortable using glass ionomer as a chemical treatment for caries.

Websites will be presented where participants can keep up to date with current science on caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA).  Participants will learn how to code and evaluate services and products used in CAMBRA to enable continuous learning and improvement.

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Douglas A. Young DDS, EdD, MBA, MS

Dr. Young is an active and ardent educator in the field of minimally invasive dentistry, glass ionomer dental materials, and cariology.  He serves on several boards and has presented at congresses around the world, as well as several universities.  Dr. Young has been published in several peer-reviewed dental journals and textbooks.

Dr. Young is a Professor, University of the Pacific and is also an Associate Clinical Professor, Adjunct, at the University of California- San Francisco

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