Clinical Pattern Recognition in Periodontal & Oral-Systemic Care

“Clinical Pattern Recognition in Periodontal & Oral-Systemic Care”

Attend as a Live Interactive Webinar or Attend at our School

 3 CEU’s

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Periodontal disease does not present the same way in every patient. Some patients show significant inflammation with minimal plaque, others experience localized breakdown that persists despite good home care, and some fail to respond as expected to periodontal therapy. This course helps dental professionals better understand and organize these clinical differences.

Participants will learn a practical framework for recognizing common clinical patterns seen in periodontal and preventive care. The course focuses on four key areas that influence periodontal presentation: inflammatory burden, structural and functional factors, biofilm characteristics, and tissue healing response. These patterns are explored through everyday clinical findings such as bleeding, pocket depth changes, bone loss, calculus formation, and treatment response.

Using case-based examples, attendees will practice applying this pattern-recognition approach to improve periodontal assessment, documentation, and patient communication. Emphasis is placed on observation, risk awareness, and collaboration within the dental team—not on diagnosis or treatment outside the dental scope of practice. This course is designed to support more consistent clinical decision-making and patient-centered periodontal care.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe common clinical patterns observed in periodontal conditions that may reflect inflammatory, structural, biofilm-related, or host-response influences.
2. Explain how inflammatory burden, functional factors, and biofilm characteristics can affect periodontal presentation and healing.
3. Identify clinical indicators associated with recurrent or non-responsive periodontal inflammation while remaining within the dental scope of practice.
4. Apply a structured pattern-recognition framework to case examples to support periodontal assessment and clinical documentation.
5. Demonstrate appropriate, scope-compliant language for communicating observed periodontal patterns with patients and collaborating providers.

Requirements to attend a live webinar:

Live webinars are considered live credits, not distance learning.

• You will need a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer to view it. If using a smartphone or tablet, it is best to have the app for the program on your device (i.e. Zoom).
• To verify your continued attendance during the class, you will need a microphone, or the ability to type into the program’s live chat.
• Webcam
• Instructors or school personnel will take attendance periodically throughout the class.
• Instructors may call on participants.
• To verify attendance, a code word may be given sometime during the class.
• You will be required to complete and return an evaluation after the course has ended. The evaluation may ask what code word was given.
• You may not receive your Certificate of Completion if we cannot verify your attendance.

Live webinar invitations are emailed to registered students approximately one day prior to the class.

Certificates of Completion are emailed to students approximately 5 business days after the course.

This program is for the full dental staff – no prior skills are needed to attend.

The teaching method will be in a lecture format with a Q & A period.