Sponsored by StudentRDH



A course that helps you, as a dental hygiene educator, improve your air polishing curriculum with practical, easy-to-use updates.


Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH, MHA, the author of the international textbook Power Instrumentation for the Dental Professional has developed a Master Class specialty designed for dental educators who wish to enhance their clinical air polishing curriculum. The course will assist the busy educator with practical, easy-to-implement clinical curriculum changes that will benefit student learning outcomes with contemporary air polishing technologies. 


Today, air polishing use is mainstream with many clinical and therapeutic applications that are founded in decades of evidence-based literature and science. The technology provides a conservative approach to debridement procedures and therapeutic value for those patients in oral dysbiosis. Come and learn to incorporate this science into your clinic curriculum with easy-to-implement steps.

Course Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the dental hygiene educator will be able to:

  • Select an air polishing methodology that best fits clinical curriculum

  • Select equipment that meets patient care needs.

  • Compare and contrast air polishing powders, select the appropriate powder for the patient clinical presentation, and safely administer air polishing supragingivally and subgingivally.

  • Develop student critical-thinking skills in air polishing selection and use.

  • Implement a chairside trouble shooting checklist for student assistance and coaching. 

Instructor

Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH, MHA

Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH, MHA is an inspiring and motivating educator who has taught thousands of live and virtual CE courses to healthcare professionals over her career. She is highly published having contributed to chapters in textbooks and written courses, educational pieces, and white papers for Access, Canadian Dental Journal, Colgate Dental Economics, Dental Learning, Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, Medicom, Penn Well, RDH, Ansell, and StudentRDH. Her first full-length textbook “Power Instrumentation for the Dental Professional” was released in 2023 published by Jones & Bartlett. 

Lisa graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene from Baylor College of Dentistry and a master's degree in healthcare administration from Ohio University. She has been in higher education for 15 years as an Associate Professor, Professor, Dental Hygiene & Dental Assisting Program Director, and Academic Chair of multiple health science majors. She currently serves as a North American Clinical Educator for vVardis and can be contacted through her website at www.lisamayordh.com. 


Sponsored by StudentRDH