Dental Implants Demystified: Expert Hygiene Protocols for Long-Term Success
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Dental implants are here to stay — but is your hygiene team equipped to care for them properly?
In this episode of The DSO Hygienist, we break down evidence-based implant maintenance protocols, common pitfalls, and what every hygienist needs to know to ensure long-term success for patients and practices.
Lynn Pencek brings a unique balance of industry knowledge, instructional design, and clinical experience. With a
twenty-plus year employment with Orascoptic, Lynn experienced working for a company owned by a solo dentist grow
into a Fortune 200 company.
As a member of the Nobel Biocare team, she helped offices bring in new technology and develop efficient
workflows for dental implant treatment. As a school manager with Hu-Friedy, she possesses a high level of knowledge
about instrument design. She has experience with surgical assisting, clinical workflows, digital case planning for guided
surgery, account and inventory management, marketing, and patient education for case acceptance.
Being a Dental Hygienist, Lynn wanted to learn more about the care and maintenance of dental implants than
what was provided. Lynn has a passion to unravel the questions and common misunderstandings dental hygienists have
about dental implant maintenance. Lynn has founded her company, “Practice at Your Best”.
Lynn started her clinical career as a graduate of Broome County Community College Department of Dental
Hygiene. She is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Dental Hygiene and received her Master of
Science in Dental Hygiene from The University of Maryland School of Dentistry. Lynn has held Dental Hygiene faculty
appointments at Thomas Jefferson University and Community College of Philadelphia. She has served as a Corporate
Council member for Dimensions in Dental Hygiene, representing Nobel Biocare and Orascoptic. As a past president of
the Philadelphia Dental Hygiene Society and a ten-year attendee of Career Fusion, Lynn has spent her career helping
dental professionals explore options for having their best careers.
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