When

Friday, May 13, 2022 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT
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Where

LCCC Educational Conference Center
521 Trailblazer Drive
Nanticoke, PA 18634  

 
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Contact

Bonnie Lauer 
LCCC Alumni Association 
570-740-0734 
blauer@luzerne.edu 

Join us for our

23rd annual Dental Health Alumni Day

featuring Tricia Osuna, RDH, BSDH, FAADH

Friday, May 13, 2022
New location - returning to LCCC Campus, Nanticoke PA

 

 This seminar is intended for all graduates of LCCC's Dental Assisting, EFDA and Dental Hygiene Programs. However, all medical professionals, including dentists, are encouraged to attend.

Seating will be limited. Register today to guarantee your seat!

 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Change Your Thoughts and Improve Your Outcomes: 
An update on protocols, products and treatment options

Updated protocols assist us in determining our patient’s specific needs. As we move towards a more collaborative profession, we need to embrace these updates to identify those needs. We are presented with continuous challenges of new advances in products and technology and their use in dentistry and are in need information to determine when and how to add them into our armamentaria. As professionals providing health services, our perception of product use along with protocols needs to be discussed with our team as well as the interdisciplinary referrals we have. The process of care (assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation) requires a comprehension of protocols, products and treatment options and how they are to be utilized.

Thank you to our Program Sponsor

About our Presenter:

Tricia Osuna, RDH, BSDH, FAADH is a University of Southern California graduate, Past President and Fellow of the American Academy of Dental Hygiene and Past President of the California Dental Hygienists’ Association.

 In June of 2022 Tricia will celebrate 44 years as a dental hygienist to share her clinical and educational experiences with her audiences. Her lengthy background in clinical practice along with education has offered her the opportunity to share real-life clinical experiences in her courses for over 28 years.

Tricia has authored numerous articles on topics such as: Empowering Dental Hygienists, Magnification, Xerostomia, Digital Radiography, Ergonomics, The use of Safety Syringes, Handpiece Selection Criteria, Intra Oral Cameras, Amalgam Separators and Local Anesthetic Reversal Agents as well as a chapter in the book, Demystifying Smiles, on fluoride utilization.

 An author, clinician, educator, consultant, international presenter, mentor and business owner her passion for dental hygiene radiates in her presentations!

Thank you to our Speaker Sponsors

   

 

 

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Program Agenda  (times may be adjusted)

May 13, 2022
7:45 - 8:15 am: Registration & Exhibitors
8:30 - 11:30 pm: Welcome; Change Your Thoughts and Improve Your Outcomes (Part 1)

11:30  - 12:30 pm - Box Lunch & Exhibits

12:30 - 3:30 pm - Change Your Thoughts and Improve Your Outcomes (Part 2)

Registration fee includes course materials and CEU Certificate*.  To receive your certificate you must submit your completed Program Evaluation and PDHA Continuing Education Credit forms at the conclusion of the program. Certificates will be issued for 6 CEU's and will not be issued prior to the conclusion of the program. 

*We have applied for 6 CEU's through the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association (PDHA). *APPROVAL DATE WILL BE LISTED HERE ONCE RECEIVED

LCCC’s first-year dental hygiene students will be fund-raising for charity. They will be
doing this prior to the start of the program and during lunch. Please consider supporting their cause.

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Continuing Education Credits:  Mandatory continuing education is the law in Pennsylvania.  Dentists must obtain 30 hours every two years; registered dental hygienists (RDH) must obtain 20 hours every two years; expanded function dental assistants (EFDA's) must obtain 10 hours every two years; and nationally certified dental assistants (CDA's) must obtain 12 hourse every year.  For this program, six hours of continuing education credits (CEU's) have been applied for from the Pennsylvania Academy of Dental Hygiene Studies. 

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Cancellation Policy: No refund will be issued to those who cancel after
April 29, 2022 or are a "no show". A wait list will be instituted if needed.

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Lost / Misplaced Certificates: To receive a copy of a lost or misplaced CEU certificate following the program, you must contact the PDHA State Office. As recommended by the PDHA State Office, replacement certificates will no longer be supplied by the LCCC Alumni Office.

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Alumni in the Workplace Photos: If your dental practice employs several LCCC graduates we'd like to come to your office and take a photo!  Please contact Bonnie Lauer for more information 570-740-0734 or blauer@luzerne.edu.