State of the Art Dental Hygiene

Ms. Arvie Malik and Ms. Ara Aguiar, present an intensive and practical workshop showing how a strong dental hygiene practice makes for healthy patients and a healthy office.

Participants will focus on clinically relevant information that is needed in a successful esthetic restorative or prosthodontic dental practice, and use that information as they perform their dentistry with the aid of the clinical microscope.

is your chance to experience an entirely new and exciting aspect of dental hygiene! This invigorating one-day hands-on course allows the dental hygienist to be introduced to the newest technologies in the field of dental hygiene such as magnification, illumination, endoscopic procedures and laser therapy. You will “wet your appetite” for sophisticated technical adjuncts as well as develop advanced instrumentation skills and proper ergonomics to protect your health. Even if you never use these technologies again, the experience will greatly improve your treatment outcomes and ignite your passion for hygiene. This course has received consistent rave reviews from participants.

• Learn skills that will improve your results for patients and start your journey as an advanced periodontal therapist.
• Visualize the sub gingival area while utilizing the latest evidence-based technological tools to perform power scaling exercises using ergonomically designed instruments
• q Develop treatment planning strategies and verbal skills to enhance treatment profitability and increase your value to the entire dental team.

This workshop combines lecture and hands-on formats along with the small class size to provide individual, needs-specific mentoring from instructors to participants.

Students are encouraged to bring a challenging or interesting case for review with the instructors and possible sharing with the entire class.

Arvie Malik, R.D.H., B.S., practices periodontal therapies and is an oral health educator full time in a private restorative practice in Newport Beach, California. Ms. Malik, a graduate of Texas Women’s University. She is a dental hygiene instructor at West Los Angeles College

Ara Aguiar, R.D.H., M.B.A., is a full time faculty member in the department of Dental Hygiene of West Los Angeles College. She lectures to classes for hygienists and students, and is also an experienced dental management consultant.

Ms. Malik and Ms. Aguiar devote time to teaching at the Newport Coast Oral Facial Institute and other professional venues. Both are members of the American Dental Hygienists Association, the California Dental Hygiene Educators Association and many additional dental organizations.

Tuition—Refund Policy: NCOFI recognizes that a registrant may need to withdraw from a previously scheduled course. Notification of such withdrawals received 30 days or more prior to a scheduled course will be accommodated. For notification of withdrawals received within 30 days or less please contact us. NCOFI reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any course or presentation as appropriate, with advance notification to registrants. In such an event, course fees may be refunded in full or transferred to a future course date. In no event shall the Institute be liable for any cancellation or change penalties assessed by airlines as a result of course date changes or cancellations.

The course will be held at 360 San Miguel Drive (intersection of Avocado and San Miguel), Suite 200 (second floor), Newport Beach, California. If you are driving, a parking lot adjoins our facility. We are within easy walking distance of the Four Seasons Hotel – Newport Beach and the Marriott Newport Beach Hotel and Spa. Maps are available.
Course hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

The tuition for this one day course is $595.  For additional information or to register you many CALL 1-800-686-1155, FAX 949-760-5048, or LOG ON to www.ncofi.org.

Students are encouraged to bring a challenging or interesting case for review with the instructors and possible sharing with the entire class.

**Participants are cautioned about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into their practice.

NCOFI is an accepted National Sponsor for FAGD/MAGD credits and an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.

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