September 14, 2010 CE Class

XYLITOL - The Next Frontier In Our Fight Against Dental Decay

We have the technology and products available for our patients to develop lifelong strategies for maintaining good oral health, but still they are getting tooth decay and gum disease. Getting our patients to avoid sweet between meal snacks and brush after every meal and floss every day is a lost cause. So what is the alternative? The answer is XYLITOL!

Course Objectives:

To teach about the history and research of xylitol
To provide an understanding how xylitol interferes with bacterial function
To explain about the many preventive and therapeutic benefits of xylitol
List several ways xylitol can benefit dental patients
Recognize products that provide 100% xylitol

If you would be interested in receiving some xylitol products, literature and discount coupons to offer to your dental patients, please bring your office business card to the meeting.

Presenter - Susan Clark, RDHEF

Susan is a native New Yorker who resides in Temecula, California. She has Associate Degrees in Humanities, Dental Hygiene and is a Myofunctional Orofacial Therapist. Most recently, she has taken a position as the West Coast Regional Product Educator for Xlear, Inc.; the leading manufacturer of xylitol dental defense products.

She is a member of the ADHA and an active member of the CDHA; where she was appointed to the Public Relations Council and the Cal-Hy-Pac Committee. She is an active board member of the Tri-County Dental Hygienists' Society, as Chair of Legislation. She is an Alumni of It's Academic 2008 and Career Fusion 2009, 2010.

Susan wrote and self-published a resource guide book for hygienists called "Exploring Dental Hygiene, Finding the Hidden Rewards" www.sgclark.net.

Susan established a Fluoride Varnish Program and provides education and oral hygiene instructions for the underserved, abused and neglected children of the Childhelp Foundation in Beaumont, California.

She has written numerous articles for DentistryIQ.com, e-Village, Modern Hygienist, Hygienetown and Pinktooth Network. As a key opinion leader, Susan's motivational PowerPoint Presentations inspire audiences as she speaks to senior dental hygiene students at dental hygiene colleges, and universities, component meetings and dental study clubs.