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CDA Training to take back to your growing implant office
Runs one full day online lecture followed by a full day in person, hands-on
Our two goals with this CDA training program are to provide the training and education that is necessary for dental assistants to incorporate dental implant treatment into their practice, and to support Vancouver MaxiCourse and Implant Continuum dentists with training for their staff, to better incorporate what is learned at our programs.
Main learning goals:
- Take-home knowledge for all participants to apply in their office on Monday
- Some hands-on practice that will allow participants to apply their new knowledge more easily into their work
- Support for the support staff in tackling a new / relatively new branch of dentistry that their dentist is bringing into their practice.
The program is structured based on key variables:
- demonstrations to see how implemented implant dentistry works in our practice
- a strong hands-on training component on both days
- handouts with resources to aid implementation at the office
- emphasis on common language and systems so that CDA’s can communicate clearly with each other and with patients
Topics covered include:
- working with the implant patient
- practice philosophy
- how our office works [sterile field, instrument setup and care, implant components, sundries, the physical environment, the prosthetic appointment, lab communication]
- infection control with guest speaker Michelle Boucher from Germiphene
- sterilization & sterile fields
- the implant and prosthetic operatory
- workflow
- patient communication
- instruments and armamentarium
- how-to hands-on workshops: scrub up, gloves & gown; instrument bagging and wrapping; understanding the surgical motor
- demonstration & group practice workshop: how to set up an operatory & gown the patient
NEXT COURSE: TBD
Location: Canadian Dental Implant Training Centre
#227 – 1959 152 St
Surrey, B.C.
Part 1 [self-paced online]: 6 CE credits
Part 2 [in-person]: 6 CE credits
Lunch served in-person
Tuition:
$695/CDA regular rate
$1295 for 2 CDA’s
Register Early! Limited to 12 spots
Click HERE to fill out a registration form.
Instructors
Taz Ahamed
Taz has a wide range of experience in oral implantology. After graduating from Vancouver Community College in 1986 as a Certified Dental Assistant, Taz joined one of our MaxiCourse graduates, Dr. Trish Hunter, in her office and learned implant dentistry alongside Dr. Hunter, including Dr. Hunter’s MaxiCourse year in 2010/11.
In September of 2013, Taz decided to join the UBC staff and is currently running the Grad Pediatric Program. She is still working in private practice on days off from UBC to continue enhancing clinical skills, as she truly enjoys assisting with implant dentistry. This includes working in a Prosthodontic office in Vancouver. In addition, Taz is proud of her volunteer work in dental clinics in Africa in 2011.
She has been a member of our MaxiCourse team for four years and her familiarity with UBC continues to be a significant asset to us.
Teena Dhensaw
Teena has played various different roles in dental offices. In 1997, she graduated from Dental Reception training before moving on to Certified Dental Assisting education at Vancouver Community College. Her career largely focused on orthodontic experience in early years, including her Ortho Module, before moving on to the office of Dr. Don Anderson [oral implantologist] for ten years, where she learned the ins and outs of surgical assisting from one of the top GP surgeons in the province. She is also certified to assist in moderate IV sedation.
She has been assisting at surgical study clubs for the last 9 years. At these study clubs, she provides CDA training to other assistants in how to set up, how to think outside the box, and how to process PRF/HcPRP. She has been with the MaxiCourse for over a year and thoroughly enjoys being in a learning environment.
She currently works at Broadway Station Dental for Dr. Trevor Shew [recent Diplomate, ABOI and MaxiCourse graduate]
She loves her work, being a part of any team that makes a difference to improve people’s well-being, starting with their oral health. There’s a certain type of gratitude and confidence that comes with watching people be able to transform their lives. Seeing happiness in people brings her happiness.
Luka Mueller
Luka began her dental assisting career in 2001, following her education at Career Canada College. A passionate lifelong learner, she has both her Ortho Module [UBC 2004] as well as her Prosthodontic Module [UFV 2011].
A dental assistant covering various areas of general dentistry for the last 18 years, she joined Smile Dental Implant Centre in 2014 to challenge herself in a new area of dentistry – implantology. A quick study, her education was rapidly absorbed while working in a busy referral-based implant dentistry practice as well as serving as surgical assistant at the Vancouver MaxiCourse. She now leads our MaxiCourse clinical program at UBC, packing up much of the equipment and supplies of our Surrey-based dental office to transport to UBC for busy clinical weekends with our MaxiCourse participants and her fellow MaxiCourse surgical assistants.