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Sunday March 17, 2024

DPPS Dental Convention
6 Continuing Education Hours - 8:00AM - 2:30PM (lunch 11:30-Noon) 

LOCATION

Seminar Location: GC America - NEWish LOCATION (East of DoubleTree Hotel on 127th approx. 5 minutes)

3737 W. 127th St.Alsip, IL. 60803

SEMINAR INFORMATION / REGISTRATION

Seminar Topic: Guided Biofilm Therapy: A minimally invasive solution to biofilm management during professional dental hygiene therapies.

Course Objectives: 

• Learn the practice, patient, and provider benefits of the GBT workflow. 

• Understand the technology required to provide GBT in patient care.

• Learn the practice, patient, and provider benefits of the GBT workflow. 

• Understand the technology required to provide GBT in patient care. Understand the impact of the oral microbiome on oral and systemic diseases. 

 • Comprehend the eight steps of the GBT workflow in professional dental hygiene

• Learn the practice, patient, and provider benefits of the GBT workflow. 

• Understand the technology required to provide GBT in patient careBy the end of the course, attendees will be able to: 

• Understand the impact of the oral microbiome on oral and systemic diseases.

• Comprehend the eight steps of the GBT workflow in professional dental hygiene therapy.

• Strategies to employ biofilm disclosing agents to benefit patient education, treatment efficiency, and minimal invasiveness. 

• Learn the practice, patient, and provider benefits of the GBT workflow.

• Understand the technology required to provide GBT in patient care


During this presentation, attendees are introduced to the benefits of AIRFLOW®, Perioflow®, and Piezon® technology and its role in the Guided Biofilm Therapy protocol.



SPEAKER(s) BIO

Allison Arendziak, RDH 

Allison Arendziak has been in den stry since 2007 and has a heart for serving her patients and dental colleagues. Allison has spent the last 13 years honing her clinical skills as a dental hygienist and discovered her passion for prac cing from a “wholistic” approach. Allison believes that the mouth can tell the body’s story and is dedicated to tying the two together to improve the overall well-being of her patients. 


Allison has been practicing Guided Biofilm Therapy for the last three years in Naperville, IL, and, in 2023, joined the US-Swiss Dental Academy training team. As an SDA Trainer, Allison supports dental professionals in developing their clinical skills in the Guided Biofilm Therapy technique. Allison was one of the few US hygienists to have two case studies featured in the EMS “100 Clinical Case Studies Vol. 2”. She is dedicated to bringing GBT into practices nationwide and looks forward to when GBT becomes the US standard of care in dental hygiene. Committed to life-long learning, Arendziak has completed the prestigious “Precision Periodontal Medicine and the Hygienist” course at the Kois Center in Seattle, WA. 


Additionally, she has been trained in the Fotona Dynamis ND: Yag/Erbium laser and has received comprehensive training in sleep apnea in dentistry through Obstructive Sleep Airway University. She loves advancing her clinical career through learning and believes it is critical to maintaining joy and zeal for her profession. Arendziak is a proud mother and wife who enjoys cooking, organizing, and spending her weekends being a soccer mom.



Dawn Ritter, RDH

Dawn Ritter has over 25 years of experience in dentistry, and she is passionate about making a difference in the lives of colleagues and patients. Dawn is committed to life-long learning as she earned her master’s degree from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Fones School of Dental Hygiene in 2015, focusing on dental hygiene education. In 2012, Ritter worked with the ADHA to develop resources for student loan repayment. 


Ritter has worked in the non-profit sector of dentistry, aiding in developing a thriving free and charitable clinic serving those uninsured and underinsured within the community and providing advocacy on a national level at the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Health Care Symposium.  


In addition, Ritter has brought her enthusiasm for dental the field to students in higher education. She promotes passion-based learning by working as an adjunct facility at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL, and Concorde College’s Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene Online Degree Program. Now in her role as a GBT Expert, Ritter is leveraging her experience and education to raise the bar in dental hygiene by sharing her passion for the benefits of Guided Biofilm Therapy




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