You and Your team are Invited to Dental Hygiene Night with Advanced Oral Surgery & Periodontics!

Treat, Monitor, or Refer? A Clinical Approach to Periodontal Decision-Making.

with Dr. Chase Taylor

Doctors, Hygienists, & Dental Assistants are invited to join us for dinner and a 2-hour educational presentation

When: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026

Time: Registration begins at 5:30pm | Program: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Where: Wyndham Minneapolis South / Burnsville, 14201 Nicollet Ave, Burnsville, MN

Earn: 2 Continuing Education CE Credits

Program Summary:

Periodontal decision-making isn’t always straightforward. This course focuses on navigating clinical gray areas and developing the judgment needed to determine when to treat, monitor, or refer.

Are We Actually Maintaining? Even experienced hygienists can encounter challenges when determining what true periodontal maintenance should look like. We will explore how periodontal maintenance differs from a routine prophylaxis and how care should reflect the patient’s periodontal history, current status, and ongoing disease management. The goal is to ensure periodontal maintenance is more than simply “just a cleaning.”

Participants will work through common, challenging periodontal findings and learn to evaluate probing depths, clinical attachment levels, bleeding, recession, furcation involvement, radiographic findings, and changes over time.

TOPIC: Treat, Monitor, or Refer? A Clinical Approach to Periodontal Decision-Making.

Learning Objectives:

1. Differentiate active disease, stable periodontal conditions, and sites needing further evaluation.
2. Interpret probing depths, clinical attachment levels, bleeding, recession, furcation involvement, and radiographic findings. 
3. Apply evidence-based decision-making to determine when to treat, monitor, modify treatment, or refer.
4. Differentiate true periodontal maintenance from a routine prophylaxis.

About Dr. Chase Taylor:

Dr. Taylor is originally from Alabama where he attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham earning a Master of Science in biology and neuroscience and Bachelor of Science in biology, with minors in chemistry and psychology. From Alabama, Dr. Taylor moved to Arizona to attend dental school at A.T. Still University - Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health. During dental school, Dr. Taylor found his passion for periodontics and was accepted to the University of Florida's Periodontics and Implant Dentistry residency. After completing residency, Dr. Taylor became a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and works in private practice specializing in periodontics, implant dentistry and oral plastic surgery.

There is no cost for this event, but registration is required.

We hope to see you and your team there!

Any questions please feel free to call or text Tera Welch, AOSP's Practice Relations Ambassador at 651.353.3259