CATEGORY 18 AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST EVENTS As you leave your dental office, you think about your day – satisfied patients and perfect dental work once again. But you can’t stop thinking of that one patient who received the best possible treatment just a few months ago, who today came back with a number of complications. The reason? Insufficient biofilm management. And it makes you wonder – how can you improve your patients’ home oral-care routines to protect your work? Well, there might just be a way. With iTOP you finally have the chance to learn how to successfully change your patients’ habits and views on the importance of daily biofilm management, show them the right techniques, and strengthen their motivation to use them. The individually-trained oral prophylaxis (iTOP) programme gives you great support in overcoming the daily challenges your patients face once they leave your dental office. Its Touch-to-Teach (T2T) approach allows you to understand your patients’ experience first hand – particularly with regards to discussing habits and behaviour – and it also helps you understand how to instruct and motivate your patients so that they’ll really follow your advice. On top of that, the courses take place in a wonderful environment with a great community of like-minded colleagues. Help your patients change their habits iTOP participants frequently state that the course has changed their own perception of the importance of correct biofilm control and the way they talk about it to their patients, and has exceeded their expectations of a high-level training that will benefit both their clinic and their patients. According to dental professionals who have already attended, iTOP is a school for a new generation of dental professionals – a place where biofilm control meets behaviour change. At iTOP seminars, participants experience a balanced combination of the latest up-to-date scientific knowledge and practical hands-on training for daily biofilm management using different techniques and tools, with the clear aim of providing optimal biofilm control for each individual case. The course with practical benefits for your dental practice During the first level of the iTOP programme – iTOP introductory – dental professionals deepen their know-how on the complex issues of biofilm mechanics in relation to patient motivation, practice their own biofilm-management skills, and learn tools and techniques that will support them in their daily work. The course brings a number of practical benefits to its participants, both from a clinical and economic perspective. Thanks to a new perception of their oral health, your patients will benefit even more from your high-quality work, which will lead to further recall appointments, recommendations and patient loyalty in general. The iTOP training will also allow you to provide biofilm-management instructions as a chargeable service, and running a clinic with a concept of prophylaxis at the highest, individual level will distinguish your dental practice from others. The course is usually a full one-day event in which participants learn both the research-based background and, even more importantly, the practical aspects of biofilm control via the Touch-toTeach(T2T) method. The best understanding comes from an optimal balance of knowledge and handson experience. The iTOP programme is innovative because it is based on gaining exceptional Discover iTOP – a hands-on workshop that will shape the way your patients perceive their oral health Join the course that will create a real shift in your patients’ oral-care routines. iTOP teachers explain why they recommend this prophylaxis training to all dental professionals
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