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Caring for the Patient with a Spinal Cord Injury

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Understanding the clinical implications and the barriers to care faced by patients with this type of disability is key to helping them maintain their oral health.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Identify the types of spinal cord injuries (SCIs).
  2. Discuss the barriers faced by individuals with SCIs when trying to access professional oral healthcare services.
  3. Describe the clinical implications of treating patients with this type of injury.

This course was issued in February 2022 and expires February 2025. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for AGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID# 317924
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Camille Biorn, RDH, BS, is an associate clinical professor and radiology coordinator at Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello, where she has provided clinical instruction for 22 years to both junior and senior dental hygiene students. Her areas of interest include exposure and interpretation of digital dental radiography, critical analysis of dental hygiene instrumentation, dental hygiene diagnosis and treatment planning, and providing dental hygiene care for patients with special needs. Biorn can be reached at: biorcami@isu.edu.


Leciel K. Bono, RDH-ER, MS, EdD(c), FADHA, is an associate professor, graduate program director, and interim chair of the Department of Dental Hygiene at Idaho State University. She specializes in advocacy and interprofessional education experiences for dental hygiene students. Bono also serves as the president elect for the Special Interest Group on Graduate Dental Hygiene Education for the American Dental Education Association.


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