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From Probing to Prevention: A Wellness Wake-up Call
Date: Friday, September 12, 2025
Location:
Chattanooga State Community College, 4501 Amnicola Hwy, HSC 1083, Chattanooga, TN 37406
Time: 8am – 3pm
Cost:
• Regular Pricing: $150.00
• AIDA Members: $125.00
CE’s: 5
AM Course Description
Progressive Periodontal Therapy: A Comprehensive Approach to Periodontal Management (3 CE)
Identifying disease at its earliest stages is essential to prevent the progression of oral and systemic diseases. Proper classification of a patient’s risk factors and potential rate of progression enables the dental hygienist’s role to be fully maximized. This creates a practice that is in full alignment with the standard of care, resulting in raving patients and a thriving practice.
AM Course Objectives
- Access the 2017 AAP Periodontal Classifications and review case studies
- Discuss treatment recommendations based on the patient’s stage and grade
- Evaluate communication techniques to increase patient acceptance
- Discover common billing errors that prevent insurance coverage
- Review new and innovative ways to improve the chairside experience for both the patient and the clinician including voice recognition technologies, instruments, and new home care items that will optimize patient compliance
- Identify best practices of power instrumentation and the latest hand scaling techniques home
PM Course Description
Guts, Gums & Glucose: The Missing Link for Optimal Health (2 CE)
It is estimated that over 80 percent of Americans are experiencing insulin resistance. One can have insulin resistance for up to 20 years before being pre-diabetic. Insulin resistance impacts every organ and body and is crucial to acute and chronic disease prevention. This course is designed to equip the dental professional to take a more comprehensive look at the root cause of oral and systemic inflammation. The clinician will obtain practical information for chairside implementation.
PM Course Objectives
- Define the bi-directional relationship between insulin resistance, diabetes, and periodontal disease
- Review strategies to elevate systemic inflammation manifesting orally
- Identify how periodontal pathogens affect gut health
- Discover oral products to promote symbiosis
SPEAKER: Amber Auger, MPH, RDH
Amber Auger, MPH, RDH, is a practicing dental hygienist with a mission to elevate the standard of care to determine the root cause of oral diseases. With over 17 years of experience, Amber specializes in creating practical systems to implement the latest oral science.
Amber is the 2019 Sunstar Award of Distinction recipient, a contributor to RDH Magazine, a featured author for DentistryIQ, editor of the RDH Graduate newsletter, and the host of #AskAmberRDH.
Amber is actively mentoring and educating fellow dental hygienists in their careers and in personal and career growth through Thrive in the Op® on-demand course curriculum and weekly live coaching sessions. Amber is also the owner of the Functional RDH® certification that provides hands-on and classroom lectures to identify the root cause of dental dysbiosis and ways in which to restore whole-body health based on the latest oral science.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellation by August 29, 2025 for full refund, no refund will be issued for cancellations made after August 29th, due to fees incurred by the course organizer. Registrants that no show the day of the course, will not receive a refund for tuition paid.
CEs: 5 Lecture CE Credits
CE CODE: 63400001Q
AGD SUBJECT CODE: 550
