$445.00
Description
4. How to Teach Preclinic Instrumentation (4 ceu’s) Friday, July 30, 2027, 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Course Instructor: Cynthia Biron, MA ed, RDH, EMT and team of instructors
This immersive, hands-on workshop prepares dental hygiene educators to teach preclinic instrumentation with clear language, effective demonstrations, and practical methods that help students develop safe, confident, and clinically transferable skills. Participants will practice strategies for explaining, demonstrating, coaching, and calibrating hand instrumentation skills in a simulation-lab environment with one instructor to every 5 attendees. Using HuFriedy hand instruments and periodontally involved typodonts, participants will experience the student perspective while learning approaches to guide correct grasp, fulcrum, adaptation, angulation, activation, and stroke technique. The workshop also includes instruction in teaching instrument sharpening with the Diamond Pony fixture, which supports development of a crisp cutting edge while helping maintain the original contour of the curet blade. Participants will learn its efficient chairside application, autoclavable design, and dry-sharpening process that requires no oil or water. Tuition includes a Diamond Pony sharpening fixture and the encrypted DH Clinic Key, a comprehensive digital resource containing Clinic Quick References, the AAP Flowchart, instrumentation and calibration videos, subject-based dental hygiene national board reviews, the book: The Expert TalEvalarian. Class limited to 20 participants
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe a structured approach for teaching preclinic instrumentation skills from introductory simulation experiences through clinical application.
2. Use concise, student-centered language and demonstrations to teach ergonomic positioning, instrument grasp, fulcrum selection, adaptation, angulation, activation, and stroke technique.
3. Demonstrate effective methods for coaching students through common preclinic instrumentation challenges using visual, verbal, and tactile feedback.
4. Apply calibration strategies to promote consistent faculty expectations, feedback, and evaluation of student instrumentation performance.
5. Demonstrate periodontal instrumentation techniques on Kilgore periodontally involved typodonts using HuFriedy hand instruments.
6. Explain and demonstrate use of the Diamond Pony sharpening fixture to create a crisp cutting edge while maintaining curet blade contour.
7. Identify how to teach safe, efficient chairside sharpening with the autoclavable Diamond Pony fixture which does not require water during sharpening.
8. Integrate the DH Clinic Key resources into preclinic instruction, clinical calibration, student remediation, clinic reference, and national-board preparation.
Our Policy:
Requests for cancellations must be received at least 2 weeks prior to the camp date (July 16, 2027). However, for cancellations received after this deadline, if the cancellation is made prior to the class start date and time,75% of the tuition may be applied toward future camps. Tuitions for no-shows will be forfeited NO EXCEPTIONS.
DH Methods of Education, Inc. is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets and any other travel expenses due to missed flights (delays, cancellations weather related or otherwise) or if the course is cancelled. Course flash drives will ONLY be given out to those who attend the courses. Those who miss class for any reason will not be given the course flash drive.
A word about our course flash drives and materials.
We do not sell the course flash drives and/or materials separately. They are only received after completing the “How to Teach” subject specific course. This is our policy since ownership of the course flash drive and materials copyright agreement and course certification are proof to CODA that the recipient did indeed attend the methodology classroom session. Having the materials alone could be misconstrued as meeting Standard 3-7 since CODA usually recognizes our course materials and associates them with the face to face instruction that demonstrates compliance with the standard. The materials belong to the college or university that pays the tuition, not the attendee.
