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About Dr. Uche Odiatu
Dr Uche Odiatu DMD is a professional member of the American College of Sports Medicine and
a practicing dentist in Toronto. This busy health care professional is an NSCA Certified Personal
Trainer, Certified Yoga Instructor, Certified Boot Camp Instructor and has given 700 plus
lectures in England, Canada, the USA, the Bahamas, Denmark, Bermuda and Norway. Has
been theinvited guests in over 400 radio and TV shows from Alaska to Atlanta and from NYC to
California. He won a 2023 Lifetime Achievement award from The Global Dental Summit; 2023
Dental speaker of the year from the state of New Orleans and a Denobi Award 2023 for his
contribution to the industry. He was nominated for dental educator of the year by Dr Bicuspid.
You can visit him Twitter and Instagram @fitspeakers www.DrUche.com
Friday AM Session
Transform your Body, Transform your life
An invigorating presentation designed to give health care professional strategies on how they
can eat mindfully, exercise regularly develop a fitness modus operandi. The research shows
that physically active professionals and CEO’s have stronger resilience, faster reaction time,
more energy and sharper cognitive ability than their inactive counterparts. Most health care
professionals are surprised to uncover the robust science between their personal health and
their professional performance. Finally, a different kind of program to help health care
professionals perform better in & out of the office in 2024 and beyond.
1. Learn how your health & vitality impacts your work life balance
2. Develop a nutrition and fitness mindset 24/7 & enjoy the benefits at work and at home
3. Discover how other business and world leaders have become empowered & act Today
NOT Tomorrow
4. Gain insight into the new science of the human microbiome
Friday PM Session
Secret lives of your patients: Lifestyle habits that influence healing
Our patients don’t leave their stressful jobs, poor sleeping patterns (insomnia, apnea, snoring),
their physical fitness (or lack) or their eating patterns (mindless eating & evening feeding
frenzies) in the car before they sit in our chair. There’s irrefutable scientific evidence that these
habits can ramp up inflammation or dial it down. Well adjusted, rested, physically active, healthy
eating patients enjoy a physiology that supports a better response to our prevention/restorative
interventions. In this high energy entertaining program, be prepared to have your hair blown
back
Objectives:
1. Discover how eating habits can dial down or ramp inflammation and how it affects your
treatment outcomes
2. Learn why it’s important to identify the sleep deprived patient (not just apnea) right away at
the New Patient exam
3. Understand why your sedentary patients don’t heal as well as your active living patients.
ALERT 85% of your patients lead sedentary lives.
4. Gain greater insight into the relationship between chronic inflammation & disease and
become a leader in your
Saturday AM Session
Exercise session - Uche’s ZenBody30: energize & revitalize
Lifelong athlete, practicing dentist and NSCA Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Yoga
Instructor, Certified Boot Camp instructor will guide you through a 30–60-minute gentle series of
exercises to tone and move your 600 muscles and 206 bones. Beginners to intermediate
exercisers will enjoy the opportunity to experience a unique way to wake up their muscles and
energize the spirit. (Business Casual attire is fine)
1. Receive the components of a time efficient complete exercise program for the busiest dental
professional
2. Discover the value of adding a flexibility and balance component to your workouts
3. Gain insight into the influence of a meditative period in your day to support the mind-body
connection
About Dani Botbyl, RDH
Dani Botbyl is an educator, author, and researcher and has been a trailblazer for the
advancement of ultrasonic technology in dental hygiene practice and education in North
America. She is credited with leading the first team of researchers to investigate the topic of
ultrasonic instrumentation education in dental hygiene programs. The culmination of her
knowledge and research has produced multiple publications in industry and peer-reviewed
journals and textbooks. In 2018, with her co-authors, Dani was awarded the Canadian Journal
of Dental Hygiene Research Award for Best Original Research Paper. Dani co-authored the
second edition of Ultrasonic Periodontal Debridement: Theory and Technique (2024) and is a
contributing author to the sixth edition of Darby and Walsh Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice
(2024). Dani has presented hundreds of evidence-based programs to dental hygiene students,
faculty and practicing clinicians nationally and internationally, served as the National Clinical
Educator with Dentsply Sirona 2000-2023 and held a faculty position at Niagara College of
Applied Arts and Technology in Welland, Ontario Canada for over a decade. Dani’s passion for
enhancing the practice of dental hygiene create learning experiences that are not to be missed!
Dani Botbyl is an educator, author, and award-winning researcher and who been a trailblazer
for the advancement of ultrasonic technology in dental hygiene practice and education in North
America and abroad. The culmination of her knowledge and research has produced multiple
publications in industry and peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Dani has presented
hundreds of courses to students, faculty and practicing clinicians nationally and internationally.
Her passion for enhancing the expertise of dental hygienists creates learning experiences that
are not to be missed!
You can visit her @dani.ultrasoniccoach and dani.botbyl@outlook.com
DHET Methodology
Effective Strategies for Teaching Ultrasonic Debridement in Dental Hygiene Programs
This course explores the evolution of ultrasonic instrumentation from an educator’s perspective.
Participants will learn to optimize student outcomes by analyzing instrument characteristics and effective assessment rubrics. Additionally, this session identifies common student challenges and provides solutions to enhance clinical understanding and performance in ultrasonic instrumentation.
1. Examine the evolution of traditional and contemporary ultrasonic instrumentation research from an educator’s perspective to optimize student learning outcomes.
2. Analyze various ultrasonic instrument designs and discuss how students can best perceive the clinical significance of length, diameter, shape, profile, and cross section.
3. Define key elements of an ultrasonic assessment/evaluation rubric and identify common student
deficiencies with solutions to address these deficiencies.