DETAILS

• On-demand & Fully online
• Ask Susan questions directly
• Certificate of Completion
• 3 Hours of AGD PACE Credit
• Lifetime Access to updates
• Audience: Dentists and Registered Dental Hygienists
• Get your whole office certified and show you provide the best care available in your community

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Conducting a Thorough Head, Neck, Oral & Oropharyngeal Cancer Screening Utilizing The Cotten Method™

This course is designed to examine the components of a comprehensive head and neck evaluation and increase confidence in performing this critical life-saving procedure. This course is based on the four science-based pillars of screening in The Cotten Method™ of screening; etiologies, risk factors, signs and symptoms, and the visual and tactile, extraoral, and intraoral evaluation. This course will demonstrate why the four pillars are essential in a comprehensive screening. 

Module One Objectives:

1. Discuss the ramification of tobacco and alcohol 
2. Summarize the role of Betel Quid in oral cancers
3. Examine the Human Papillomavirus, transmission of HPV, how HPV causes cancer and the HPV cancer vaccine.

Module Two Objectives:

1. Recognize additional risk factors for oral cancer
2. Describe the importance of an oral cancer risk assessment
3. Explain the importance of regular oral health appointments for the edentulous patient

Module Three Objectives:

1. List the signs and symptoms associated with head and neck cancers and other conditions
2. Recognize the importance of a verbal and written inquiry of signs and symptoms
3. Name the ten symptoms of cancer that shouldn’t be ignored

Module Four Objectives:

1. Demonstrate a comprehensive extraoral evaluation with best practices in palpation and positioning
2. Demonstrate a comprehensive intraoral evaluation with best practices in palpation and positioning
3. List the anatomical structures evaluated in the intraoral evaluation

Module Five Objectives:

1. Summarize the ADA and ADHA oral cancer policies
2. List areas of potential liability 
3. Describe thorough documentation 
4. Name and explain available CDT codes for an oral assessment and screening of a patient

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Susan Cotten BSDH, RDH, OMT, is dentistry’s oral cancer coach! She lives and breathes early detection of oral cancer, comprehensive screening on every patient, and reducing liability.

Susan is the founder and CEO of Oral Cancer Consulting, she developed The Cotten Method™ the most advanced method of screening for head, neck, oral and oropharyngeal cancer for dental providers to date. She works with dental offices and DSOs to increase confidence in screening, aid in early detection, reduce the risk of liability and increase rates of survivorship.

Susan is an international speaker, consultant, author, and the Dental Workgroup Lead for the Alliance for HPV Free Colorado where she develops and delivers training on HPV, HPV vaccine, HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer, and screening. She is the oral cancer screening coordinator for Colorado Mission of Mercy, and a Regional Coordinator and RDH Advisory Board member for The Oral Cancer Foundation.

TERMS & CONDITIONS This collaboration between Oral Cancer Consulting LLC and National Network of Healthcare Hygienists is a fully online, self-paced program that offers 3 AGD PACE continuing education credits. There are no cancellations or refunds. There are no live components to this program. To earn CE and a certificate of completion, you must complete the entire course, pass the final assessment and have a valid dental or dental hygiene license. Only the person who enrolls will receive a certificate of completion. Questions may be directed to NNHH and the instructor, and tech assistance is available. You are purchasing lifetime access to the program, and as such will have access to any updates or revisions to the modules for the life of the program.