Simplified Periodontal Disease Classification in Daily Clinical Practice What the Dentist and the Hygienist Need to Know
About This Event
The 2017 periodontal classification system transformed diagnosis and management of periodontal disease but can be difficult to implement in daily practice. This hybrid, in-person course makes the 2017 classification simple, practical, and profitable, providing clinicians and hygienists with the confidence to apply staging and grading chairside, improve patient care, enhance insurance documentation and coding compliance, boost hygiene production, and calibrate teams. The program includes check-in (8:30 AM) and a 9:00 AM–12:00 PM session with presentations, patient communication scripts, and guidance on which patients to manage in general practice versus referral. Attendees receive course handouts via email the week of the course. No recording or transcription is permitted; disclosures and refund policy apply.
Learning Objectives
- Staging & Grading Made Easy: Understand the system in a way that’
- s fast and clinically useful.
- General practice vs. interdisciplinary: Clear guidelines on which patients to manage in general practice and which to manage in collaboration with a specialist.
- Insurance & Coding Compliance: Apply classification to support SRP, maintenance, and gingivitis codes (reduce denials!)
- Boost Hygiene Production: Ensure patients receive the right treatment, not “
- just another prophy”
- .
- Team Calibration: Get dentists and hygienists speaking the same diagnostic language.
- Patient Communication Tools: Develop a ready-to-use script to explain periodontal disease in patient-friendly language.