Managing periodontal patients using the healthy gums do matter toolkit

Aims and Objectives:

• How to approach periodontal disease management using the Healthy Gums DO Matter Toolkit.
• To understand the importance of screening, diagnosing and treating periodontal disease and the legal and ethical duties of care.
• To understand your role as clinicians within periodontal disease.
• To look at the challenges of managing periodontal disease working under the NHS contract.
• To introduce the Healthy Gums DO Matter toolkit for managing periodontal disease working under the NHS contract.
• To understand the importance of effective communication and behaviour change.
• To introduce how to assess patient engagement.
• To look at how to protect yourself from medicolegal problems.