Free Webinars

Everything we think about maintaining dental implants may be wrong! It turns out that titanium poses some unique challenges requiring solutions that differ from how we maintain natural teeth. Learn about what works best to keep implants healthy and functioning and how to blend this evidence-based information into your existing routines.

This presentation provides a description of First Nations and Inuit health and well-being prior to European contact and discusses the impact that colonialism and anti-Indigenous racism had and continues to have on Indigenous peoples’ health. Learn how to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into reconciliation initiatives and into your dental hygiene practice.

This engaging webinar dives into the changes that occur in middle age for both men and women to learn about the physiological changes, sex-specific symptomatology, and changes in immunity that influence oral health. It also provides concrete steps and treatment pathways that you can apply immediately into clinical practice.

Emerging studies are starting to show a strong link between oral health and gut health. Periodontal bacteria have been shown to worsen inflammatory bowel disease and potentially play a role in the development of colon cancer. This webinar will examine the emerging evidence on how the oral microbiome and subsequent inflammation play a role in gastrointestinal health.

Oral dysbiosis, the primary cause of poor oral health, is largely influenced by age and other chronic medical conditions. This presentation will explore the complex healthcare needs of high-risk populations and offer a review of evidence-informed dental hygiene therapies and strategies for treating oral dysbiosis, including a new treatment option called Prevora.

This presentation, originally released during CDHA’s 2021 Virtual Conference, raises awareness of the issues of workplace bullying and examines psychological safety through three lenses (performance, mental health, and legal). Learn how to effectively address and eliminate psychological harm in the workplace using prevention strategies, knowledge, and courage.

This presentation, originally released during CDHA’s 2021 Virtual Conference and delivered in collaboration with the Canadian Dental Association, Canadian Dental Hygienists Association, and Canadian Dental Assistants Association, provides details on the experiences of dental team members, our role in creating a healthy workplace, and the resources that can be found on the Healthy Workplace Matters microsite.

This webinar, in collaboration with the Healthy Professional Worker Partnership, examines the mental health, leaves of absence, and return to work experiences of dental hygienists compared to other healthcare professionals in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and midwifery. Learn how personal, familial, work, organizational, and pandemic factors influence the mental health, distress, burnout, and intention to quit the dental hygiene profession.

Originally released in 2020, this webinar focusses on summarizing the rationale for an updated periodontal diagnosis system, the changes adapted in the 2017 AAP WWDC as they relate to the diagnosis of periodontitis and gingivitis, and key strategies for utilization of the updated diagnostic system for improved client care. Access to this webinar will register you for Part 1: Introduction and Part 2: Staging & Grading.

Originally released in 2020, this webinar focusses on application of the updated periodontal diagnostic system in common real-life case scenarios to increase comfort with the changes in verbiage and establish best practices for client-centered dental hygiene diagnosis and care. Access to this webinar will register you for Part 1: Introduction and Part 2: Staging & Grading.

Converting one’s research into a scientific paper is not a simple task and requires a succinct writing style and inclusion of several critical components. This presentation, originally presented on February 26, will assist new researchers and aspiring writers in successfully preparing manuscripts for publication.

Routine oral care can be challenging for both caregivers and dental professionals. This presentation, originally released during CDHA’s 2021 Virtual Conference, will provide an overview of how to help individuals with disabilities learn to tolerate dental treatment and set them up for a lifetime of good oral health.

Did you know that 4 out of 5 dental hygienists report work-related pain? Untreated chronic pain can result in physical and financial disaster. This presentation will offer evidence-based strategies to promote pain-free dental hygiene practice.

This presentation will provide an overview of the results of the 2021 CDHA job market and employment survey, focusing on trends in compensation segmented by geography and other criteria.

This webinar provides key principles related to the development, administration, and scoring of reliable, valid, and fair Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and includes the presentation of three distinct OSCE activities by dental hygiene educator colleagues that should help you integrate OSCEs within your dental hygiene curriculum.

Recreational cannabis became legal in Canada in October 2018. Most recently, edibles were introduced, adding to the market of oils and combustibles. This comprehensive presentation will focus on the associations of cannabis use with poor oral health, risk of oral changes, addiction, mental health complications, and more!

This engaging presentation will provide dental hygienists with best practices and tools to create their own digital footprint using various social media platforms. Learn the dos and don’ts of social media for healthcare professionals, including code of conduct, privacy considerations, and professional responsibilities.

Learn about CDHA’s professional liability insurance and clinic business insurance programs. This offering will provide an overview of the college complaint process and the civil or legal processes involved when a member faces an allegation of professional negligence or misconduct.

Learn to communicate with confidence to elected officials about the priorities of Canadian dental hygienists. This presentation will emphasize ways to effectively deliver messages in the public policy sphere.

This webinar summarizes Canada's new food guide and provides updated, evidence-based guidance about how to promote good healthy food choices and eating behaviours in your practice. Dietary guidelines and considerations, and a suite of tools and resources will be examined to better educate your clients on the updated recommendations.

Concern has been expressed that noise levels found in dental practice are at an intensity, duration and/or frequency that could result in noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) or tinnitus in dental professionals. Using an evidence-based approach, this webinar will explore the impact and implication of noise exposure on individual wellness in the work environment.

How do you determine if students are learning what they’re supposed to be learning? Assessing this can be a very meaningful activity for educators and students and it can also improve the quality of learning in the classroom. This webinar will review the fundamentals of assessment: the what, when, why, and how.

The presentation will focus on the accreditation process used by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) to evaluate dental hygiene education programs in Canada.

Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC Canada) states “Adherence to hand hygiene and medical equipment cleaning and disinfection/sterilization procedures are examples of practices that may result in infection if best practices are not followed.”

Many provincial, national, and international organizations support community water fluoridation as nearly 70 years of research and practice prove that fluoridation helps to prevent tooth decay. This webinar will provide you with background information to help you better understand community water fluoridation and shed light on why it remains an important, safe, effective, and equitable means of reducing dental decay in communities.

Silver-containing products have long been used as antimicrobial agents in many medical applications, including dentistry. Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been used for caries management in other countries for more than 80 years, gained acceptance by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2014, and was approved by Health Canada in 2017. During this webinar, Dr. Scott Tomar will discuss the mechanisms by which SDF works, the clinical indications for SDF, and its method of application based on the scientific literature.

According to the CDHA 2015 Job Market and Employment Survey, many dental hygienists are working without any type of employment contract. Additionally, many dental hygienists are unsure whether they are an employee or self-employed. Although the number of dental hygienists with a contract has increased over 2013 and 2011, many questions arise when thinking about employment contracts