A Unique Solution Built for Hygienists & Therapists To Deliver Periodontal and Implant Care in Practice — With Greater Clarity, Confidence and Predictability
PROGRAM AIMS
The aim of this programme is to support clinicians in developing the knowledge, structure, and communication skills required to deliver high-quality, patient-centred periodontal and implant disease management, while strengthening their professional identity and value within practice.
- Strengthening clinical knowledge in line with current evidence and guidelines
- Developing communication skills to enhance patient understanding, engagement, and behaviour change
- Implementing a robust, evidence-based and guideline-directed structure for assessment, diagnosis and management of periodontal and implant disease
- Developing professional identity, value, and positioning, enabling clinicians to recognise and communicate the impact they have on patient health
PROGRAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify personal values and build professional identity and vision
- Understand and apply communication skills that enhance engagement
- Perform structured periodontal assessments and diagnoses using clinical frameworks
- Formulate structured management plans for periodontal disease and implant-related conditions
- Apply effective patient education strategies to support patient understanding and engagement
- Prescribe personalised evidence-based home care regimens
- Understand the modalities of non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) and communicate their purpose and value effectively to patients
- Evaluate clinical outcomes and determine appropriate re-evaluation, supportive care, and referral within management pathways
- Identify and communicate key risk factors influencing periodontal and peri-implant disease progression
- Shift from role-based to value-based identity and learn about professional value recognition and positioning
GDC Development Outcomes: A, C
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
1. Professional Identity & Leadership
Delegates will be able to:
- Reflect and understand their core professional values
- Develop a professional identity based on their core values
- Describe the shift from role-based to value-based identity
- Understand and develop leadership skills
2. Communication Foundations
Delegates will be able to:
- Understand what patient engagement is
- Describe principles of engaging communication
- Describe strategies to manage challenging conversations
3. Structured Periodontal Care
Delegates will be able to:
- Understand The Predictable Periodontal Care Framework and the different stages:
- Assessment
- Education
- Personalisation
- Therapy
- Reassessment
- Optimisation
- Supportive care
- Recognise how each stage contributes to long-term disease management
4. Assessment & Diagnosis of Periodontal Disease
Delegates will be able to:
- Outline components of a comprehensive periodontal assessment
- Apply a simplified periodontal assessment methodology
- Communication through assessment
5. Patient Education
Delegates will be able to:
- Describe the prevalence and global burden of periodontal disease
- Explain the impact of periodontal disease on:
- Oral health
- Systemic health
- Communicate:
- Periodontal disease as a silent disease
- Periodontal disease as a largely preventable condition
- Describe the role of biofilm in disease initiation and progression
- Explain the significance of:
- Continuous biofilm formation
- The need for daily disruption
- Describe individual susceptibility to disease
- Identify and communicate importance of managing risk factors
7. Capability-Centred Home Care
Delegates will be able to:
- Describe components of effective home care regimens
- Personalise oral hygiene advice based on patient needs
- Describe strategies to support patient adherence and long-term behaviour change
8. Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy (NSPT)
Delegates will be able to:
- Describe the modalities of NSPT
- Explain the purpose and objectives of NSPT
- Communicate its value and rationale effectively to patients
- Understand how to deliver minimally invasive periodontal therapy
9. Re-evaluation, Optimisation & Supportive Care
Delegates will be able to:
- Describe the purpose of re-evaluation following therapy
- Identify clinical indicators of:
- Improvement
- Stability
- Disease progression
- Understand and apply the role of optimisation to long-term periodontal care
- Describe the aims of supportive periodontal care
- Identify factors influencing recall intervals
10. Advanced Periodontal Management
Delegates will be able to:
- Describe non-surgical and surgical management approaches for:
- Furcation involvement
- Intrabony defects
- Identify trauma from occlusion and appropriate management
11. Implant Assessment, Disease & Maintenance
Delegates will be able to:
- Describe principles of implant assessment
- Recognise features of peri-implant health and disease
- Outline approaches to implant disease management
- Describe the role of home care in implant success
- Identify when referral is indicated
12. Professional Value & Positioning
Delegates will be able to:
- Describe strategies to enhance professional visibility to patients and teams
- Explain the role of and understanding how to:
- Collect patient testimonials
- Build clinical portfolios
- Social visibility
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
- Delivery of content by Dr Dip Malde – dentist with practice limited to periodontology and implant dentistry
- On demand, online content – 9 hours
- Practical resources
- 60-minute 1:1 call for personalised support
PROGRAM RESOURCES
- The Predictable Periodontal Care Framework
- Periodontal assessment and management workflows
- Implant assessment and management workflow
- Periodontal consent form
- Interdental brush prescription chart
- Professional Value Recognition Tool
- Whatsapp support group
- CPD certificate on complete completion of the online content – 9 hours
Quality Assurance
This program has been quality assured by Dr Dip Malde based on the guidance provided by COPDEND
Conflict of interest
Dr Dip Malde is also the founder of The Teeth Keeper range of dental brushes. All attempts have been made to avoid any commercial bias within the program. Any reference to The Teeth Keeper materials is intended for educational purposes.