Dental Takeover
Date: October 24, 2025
Cost: $50 per person
Description: Beyond the Mouth: Exploring the Interplay of Inflammation, Chronic Disease & Oral Health
This course delves into the connection between oral health, chronic inflammation, and systemic diseases. With a staggering percentage of adults affected by chronic conditions and periodontal disease, it is crucial to understand the underlying cause of this malady and its implications for overall health. We will examine the significant role chronic inflammation plays in contributing to various health conditions, including heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and certain types of cancer. We shed light on the oral systemic link, emphasizing the impact of oral inflammation as a potential risk factor. Participants will learn how to recognize and address oral inflammation as a potential contributing factor to chronic diseases, enabling them to provide more comprehensive care to their patients.
What is Dental Takeover? Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology offers over twenty vocational programs for students in high school (secondary) and adult (post-secondary) students. Programs are offered in transportation, construction, cosmetology, emerging energy, and health care, including dental assisting and Expanded Functions Dental Assisting.
The dental program instructors are not only committed to teaching, but continuing the education of dental professionals in Pennsylvania, and that is where the idea of the Dental Takeover came to be. The Idea of the Dental Takeover is to “take over” all the CPI program classrooms with dental education lecturers so dental professionals can receive continuing education credits by learning something of their own personal interests.
Every odd year, Dental Takeover will sponsor a speaker for a one-day event. Every even year, the Dental Takeover will be a 2-day event, hosting many speakers, and the dental professional will be able to schedule the speakers that they want to hear for continuing education.
The 2024 Dental Takeover hosted 90 dental professionals and “took over” 7 CPI classrooms, hoping to take over more in 2026.
In 2025, Carol Jahn from Waterpik will be speaking on a topic, “Beyond the Mouth” Exploring the Interplay of Inflammation, Chronic Disease & Oral Health, and we would like to welcome you to CPI for this event!
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