Event Description
This recorded webinar explored how curved left and right ultrasonic instruments can disrupt and remove biofilm in ways that surpass the capabilities of traditional straight ultrasonic instruments and hand instruments. Dani Botbyl shared practical clinical insights and demonstrated how this unique technology can become an integral part of periodontal debridement procedures.
Using live demonstrations and specialized camera setups, participants were guided through real-world adaptation techniques for curved ultrasonic inserts, including applications in furcations, concavities, and at the CEJ. The session focused on improving both clinician efficiency and patient comfort through enhanced instrumentation techniques.
Learning Objectives
- Examine the clinical benefits of curved left and right ultrasonic instruments over straight ultrasonic instruments and hand instruments.
- Discuss how incorporating curved ultrasonic instruments into periodontal debridement procedures can enhance patient comfort.
- Explain how to adapt a variety of surfaces of curved instruments in furcations, concavities and at the CEJ.
About the Speaker
Dani Botbyl is an educator, author, and award-winning researcher who has been a trailblazer for the advancement of ultrasonic technology in dental hygiene practice and education across North America. She led the first team of researchers to investigate ultrasonic instrumentation education in dental hygiene programs, resulting in multiple publications in industry and peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.
Most recently, Dani co-authored the second edition of Ultrasonic Periodontal Debridement: Theory and Technique (2024) and is a contributing author to the sixth edition of Darby and Walsh Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice (2025). Dani has presented hundreds of evidence-based programs to dental hygiene students, faculty, and practising clinicians worldwide. She also served as the National Clinical Educator with Dentsply Sirona from 2000–2023 and held a faculty position at Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology in Welland, Ontario for more than a decade.
Her passion for advancing dental hygiene practice continues to create engaging and impactful learning experiences for clinicians across the profession.
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