Course Details

The Wonderful World of Special Care: Special Care Concepts that can help any Patient be more Comfortable in your Chair

Brooke Fukuoka, DMD

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Time: 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM Code: F16 Cost: $35; after August 27th $50 Date: Friday, Sept. 25

Subject:  Patient Special Care |  Audience: All Attendees   |  CE Credits: 2.5 hours Lecture

Course Description:

The Wonderful World of Special Care is an interactive course that puts the learner in the shoes of many of our patients. This course contains simulations that leave the learners with a newly formed empathy for our patients’ struggles in the dental office.  Step out of your world and into ours as you engage and feel what it is like to experience the world in a different way. Sit in the “Splash Zone” for a particularly interactive experience.

Learning Objectives:

  • An understanding of what it feels like to be blind in the dental office
  • Able to practice non-verbal communication
  • Aware of the power of visual aids
  • Know how to alter the environment to influence behavior

About the Speaker:

Dr. Brooke is a passionate speaker whose primary focus is improving oral health for patients who have special healthcare needs and geriatric patients who live in long-term care.  She has practiced in a diverse array of settings and has built programs to help expand access to care for her patients. In her part time practice, Your Special Smiles PLLC, she practices portable dentistry, hospital dentistry, teledentistry and most importantly has developed a professionally aided home hygiene program in two long-term care facilities. She also works full time with a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family Health Services of Idaho where she has developed their Advanced Delivery Dental Clinic for patients who have special healthcare needs. She is active in organized dentistry and enjoys working with diverse groups of people.  Her high-energy and fast-paced courses can be catered to any group regardless of size or education level. She strives to create a fun, yet educational, interactive environment where learners gain knowledge and experiences they can immediately implement into practice.

Financial Relationship – Grants/Research: Delta Dental of Idaho, HRSA; Honorarium: Elevate Oral Care, Mouthwatch, GC America, Armor Dental

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