Addressing Acute & Chronic Oral Inflammation, Dry Mouth, and Demineralization

Dentistry not only improves oral health, and it also reduces inflammatory burdens on patients’ immune systems and promotes general health and wellness. The ongoing challenge is keeping patients healthy at home. This course offers a comprehensive homecare protocol designed to address acute and chronic inflammation, dry mouth, sensitivity, and demineralization, empowering clinicians to support patients beyond the operatory.

Learn also how to keep case presentation simple. When we engage patients in their own numbers, they more readily accept treatment and even get excited about it. This course presents a case presentation model that can be adapted to many aspects of clinical care. Attend this presentation to explore the science behind these homecare delivery systems and how to present them.

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Treating Periodontal Disease in the Post-Antibiotic Age: The Science of Antioxidant and Peroxide Gel Therapies

In the post-antibiotic age, dentistry is shifting toward advanced topical therapies that reduce reliance on systemic drugs while delivering targeted, science-driven results. This course explores the synergistic power of peroxide gel with PerioProtect deep delivery and topically applied antioxidant gel, showcasing how these innovations transform patient care.

Participants will learn how to prescribe peroxide gel to address chronic bacterial infection and inflammation and how to use topical antioxidants for acute inflammatory conditions, non-bacterial inflammation, dry mouth, and post-surgical wound healing.

Clinicians will gain evidence-based strategies with treatment protocols to integrate these therapies into practice, improving outcomes and supporting long-term oral wellness in a landscape where antibiotic stewardship is essential.

.Inflammation Drivers

Reducing chronic infectious burdens on the immune system has always been important in healthcare,  and dentistry is no different. Oral infections like those associated with gum disease place a chronic low-grade burden on the immune system, and treatment for gum disease has been associated with improvements in systemic health outcomes.

You can treat active gingival infections with long-term success using adjunctive prescription tray delivery of hydrogen peroxide gel deep into periodontal pockets. Research shows that this delivery combined with SRP leads to more significant pocket depth and bleeding reductions than SRP alone.

Perio Tray therapy also makes your restorative work better and your practices significantly more successful. Attend this presentation to learn the science behind the delivery, case presentation ideas, and everyday business calculations.

Using the Gum Score for Case Acceptance in Hygiene Driven Dentistry

The Gum Score is a quick and easy reference to help patients understand oral infection and inflammation. Most patients have bleeding gums and think it’s normal. Use the gum score to get their attention.

In order for patient to make informed decisions about their oral health, we keep the messaging simple. When we engage patients in their own numbers, they more readily accept treatment and even get excited about it.

You too will be excited with the results you see. Adding PerioTray delivery of hydrogen peroxide gel into homecare routines results in significant pocket depth and bleeding reductions  Perio Tray therapy also gives you optimal restorative results that last longer.

Instructor:

Tanya Dunlap, PhD is a Vice President at PerioProtect where she has worked since 2005. She is responsible for educational, marketing and commercial programs at the company. Previously, she served as the PerioProtect research liaison, working with researchers and microbiologists testing PerioTray delivery of hydrogen peroxide gels.