Free Webinars

Does having periodontal disease increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, adverse pregnancy outcomes, cancer or even Alzheimer’s disease? This presentation will review the current evidence on the link between oral and systemic health, and provide talking points for communicating this information to clients.

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.

This presentation will review clinical attachment loss (CAL) and its application relative to the 2017 AAP periodontal and peri-implant disease classification. Resources and references will be provided to support didactic and clinical calibration activities in dental hygiene education.

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.

Learn about the work of CDHA including the annual report highlights of the previous fiscal year.

This session, focussing on the background, purpose, and importance of evidence-based practice, will help you gain the knowledge and confidence to transform your dental hygiene practice into a centre of evidence-based decision making.

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.

This webinar, originally presented June 2021 in collaboration with the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), reviews key strategies outlined in the updated 2017 AAP/EFP WWDC and discuss its usefulness as a tool to communicate disease activity and risks of future with patients.

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

Originally Presented: April 29, 2015

This webinar will begin with a review of previously identified ergonomic risk factors in the dental hygiene profession and a discussion of why these risk factors are problematic. The presenters will then provide a brief overview of the objectives and methods of their recently completed study, which evaluated the physical demands of dental hygiene.

Originally presented: October - December, 2012

Canadian Dental Hygienists are commonly affected by work-related injuries, pain and discomfort. 24% of respondents in the CDHA 2011 job market & employment survey reported having an occupational injury or medical issue related to their work as a dental hygienist. Issues and injuries to the shoulder, back and neck are most prevalent.