We’re thrilled to share an exciting course now available by the Kois Center, providing a groundbreaking step forward in dental hygiene education:
The Digital Precision Periodontal Medicine & the Hygienist: A Critical Role for Maximum Health course is now live! This lecture series is now available both in-person (at the Kois Center in Seattle, WA) and virtually, allowing anyone, anywhere, access to resources that can expand their knowledge and transform their clinical practice. Our new virtual access capabilities also allow our participants the choice to learn in a traditional desktop format or through an immersive VR experience – letting you choose the way you learn.
Learn Anytime, Anywhere
Designed for today’s busy clinician, this course offers world-class education on demand. Learn at your own pace as you explore the critical relationship between oral health and systemic health, with a special emphasis on periodontal medicine and its effects beyond the oral cavity. With flexible access, including an option with VR technology, this is not your average continuing education course… it’s a new era in learning.
Whether you’re looking to sharpen your clinical skills or enhance patient outcomes, this course equips you with the knowledge to play a proactive role in preventing and managing conditions like heart disease and diabetes through improved periodontal knowledge and care.
What to Expect:
- Twenty Modules, One Journey
Led by Dr. Doug Thompson, this lecture series features 20 comprehensive modules, each ranging from 35 to 100 minutes. You’ll dive deep into evidence-based research, diagnostic criteria, salivary diagnostics, treatment strategies, maintenance protocols, and a clear roadmap for applying these wellness-based concepts into your everyday clinical practice.
- Exceptional Value
With each module priced at just $135 (for a total of $2,565), this program offers affordable, expert-led education. Get started with Module 1—free as a course preview today!
- Earn While You Learn
By completing the full course and passing the associated quizzes, you’ll earn 14 Continuing Education (CE) credits—helping you stay current while maintaining your professional credentials. To obtain CE credits, individuals must submit their CE letter to their accrediting board or body. CE letters are issued immediately once the final module is completed and can be found in the ‘My CE Letters and Certificates‘ section of a user’s Kois Center account.
- Become a Kois Center Recognized Specialist
Online or in-person, completing this course as a Registered Dental Hygienist grants you the prestigious title of Kois Center Recognized Specialist: Hygienist. This distinction highlights your commitment to excellence in periodontal care by showing that you have achieved the knowledge and clinical competency to apply wellness dentistry-based practices, evidence-based research, and proven treatment protocols into your daily practice.
Ready to Start Your Journey?
Register today and take the first step toward transforming your practice and your patients’ health.
Dr. Thompson has completed hundreds of hours of continuing education at the Kois Center in Seattle, Washington, directed by Dr. John Kois. In 2015 he was offered and accepted a part time faculty position teaching about Personalized Periodontal Medicine.In 2016, he added the Wellness Dentistry topic to his teaching role.
In addition to his dental training, Dr. Thompson is completing a Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine through the American Academy of Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine. He has published professionally, and in 2015 Dr. Thompson founded the Wellness Dentistry Network, a dynamic online hub of team and patient education oral-systemic implementation tools utilized by a collaborative network of dentists and other healthcare professionals with a keen awareness of how oral conditions affect whole body health.
Dr. Thompson can be reached at doug@wellnessdentistrynetwork.com
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