Join rdhu for a special day for u!

Join us for a Boutique-Style Conference where we break away from the routine and reimagine the hygiene recall visit. This immersive experience brings together clinical strategy, communication mastery, and instrumentation precision.

Dr. Tim Donley, Beth Ryerse, and Dani Botbyl each bring their unique expertise to help you elevate your care, inspire your team, and enhance the patient experience—one visit at a time.

You’ll leave with a ready-to-implement blueprint from each session to take back to your practice and apply with confidence.

Meet the lineup of speakers and their compelling topics!

1) Workshopping The Ideal Recall Visit Protocol:

Which Patients; Which Sites; What’s Next

Presented by: Dr. Tim Donley, DDS, MSD

Course Description:

There are as many approaches to the maintenance visit as there are hygienists! That makes no sense. Every recall routine should have an effortless way to determine which patients need treatment, which sites in those patients need attention and a very clear pathway for what to do next. When you include that as a regular part of your routine you reduce stress, increase confidence and earn the respect you deserve.

In this workshop you will have an opportunity to use group think and shared experiences to finally develop a customized approach that will work for everyone. Your patients will leave their recall visit having every dental need identified and with the education and motivation to want to have those needs addressed. You will finish each recall visit knowing that all areas of disease have been addressed efficiently and effectively. You will have made a real difference in your patients’ lives.

This workshop is carefully designed to result in happiness, confidence and job satisfaction. You deserve nothing less.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the new goal of dentistry and position yourself as the primary driver in the practice.
• Develop a priority patient approach and leverage the approach to get what you want from your employer.
• Develop a smarter debridement philosophy – the problem site approach
• Leave with a framework that allows you to effortlessly collect the info that you need to collect and deliver the messages that you need to deliver.
  

2) Positive Communication: With Clients, Team…Everyone!

Presented by: Beth Ryerse-Donley, RDH

Course Description:

As key team members in a healthcare setting, RDH’s play a vital role in communicating with other professionals as well as our clients.

To advocate effectively, we must continuously improve the rapport that we have with everyone we encounter. Much more than just words, transmitting thoughts, ideas and concerns is a skill that can be developed and refined.

We are all communicating, every minute of every day. The messages we send verbally and non-verbally, are one part of communication. Whether or not they are received and how they are interpreted is the other part.

In this course, we will delve into strengths and weaknesses in communicating and understand how to maximize our talents for greater professional and personal satisfaction.

Learning Objectives:

• Have an increased understanding of the nuances of communication
• Develop skills to identify and overcome barriers to successful communication
• Learn simple techniques to enhance interactions with coworkers (and others)
• Create a personal plan for positive communication outcomes

3) Precision Makes Perfect!

Optimizing Ultrasonics for Effective Debridement of Line Angles, Tight Contacts, and the CEJ

Presented by: Dani Botbyl, RDH

Course Description:

Effective removal of biofilm, calculus, and stain from anatomically challenging areas is essential for resolving oral inflammation. This workshop offers a structured approach to selecting and using ultrasonic tips for precise instrumentation of line angles, tight contacts, and the cementoenamel junction (CEJ). In a simulation lab setting, participants will work with typodonts, manikins, and their choice of magnetostrictive or piezoelectric tips to enhance their critical thinking and clinical skills.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop patient-centered debridement plans focusing on the selection of ultrasonic tips that ensure optimal access to line angles, tight contacts, and the CEJ.
• Apply site-specific ultrasonic techniques to achieve thorough and efficient debridement of line angles, tight contacts, and the CEJ.
• Evaluate case variables to determine instrumentation time and the need for adjunctive hand scaling to ensure complete periodontal debridement.

Date:

Saturday, November 15th, 2025

Time:

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Registration & Continental Breakfast Begins at 8:00 AM)

A catered lunch will be provided!

Location:

Dentsply Sirona Academy

60 Courtneypark Drive

Mississauga, ON

What Your Colleagues Are Saying About Past rdhu Conferences

• As a long practicing dental hygienist, I was feeling slightly apathetic; the conference rejuvenated and inspired me! Thank you rdhu! ~ Lori
• Everything was excellent, so proud to be a part of an amazing group of dental professionals. ~ Sally
• All three courses and presenters were excellent today! Great review of old knowledge but new knowledge also gained. ~ Giona
• Overall the best full day course I have been to.  All presenters were exceptional leaders and role models. The facility and meal was excellent. ~ Shannon
• In person sessions make me feel refreshed and ready to go. Each presenter did a great job with providing vital information. ~Tara
• Overall day was awesome, so much knowledge and was refreshed for practice in the real world. Loved every presenter! ~ Deneeka
• A great day of learning and refreshing your dental knowledge. I enjoyed networking at the event and brushing up on my skills. ~Maryam
• It was overall great! Very informative and engaging, great speakers! Loved the hands-on portion as well. ~ Sarah
• Great presentations - very informative. I have been an RDH for 20 years and I love that I feel new again, learning new info and techniques! ~ Karen
• All courses were very informative. I have learned alot. I will apply to my practice. ~ Jagjit
• The courses were very informative, educational and very useful. All presenters were fabulous and very educational. ~Balwinder
  
  

Bios:

Tim Donley, DDS, MSD

Tim Donley DDS MSD is currently in the private practice of Periodontics and Implantology in Bowling Green, KY. Tim is a sought-after international speaker whose courses are always highly rated. His forte lies in taking the latest research and packaging it in a way that makes sense. Dentistry Today recently listed him among its Leaders in Continuing Education. He lectures and publishes frequently on topics of interest to clinical dentists and hygienists. He is currently working with medicine crafting collaborative care protocols to improve patients’ dental and medical outcomes.

Beth Ryerse-Donley, RDH

Beth Ryerse-Donley, RDH, lecturer, trainer, mentor, author and key opinion leader has been actively and meaningfully involved with the dental hygiene profession for many years.

She is dedicated to opening the lines of communication among all the stakeholders in the dental/hygiene professions. Her passion for her career has led to a depth of understanding and accumulated knowledge gained through clinical experience and unique opportunities.

She is the past elected CDHA Ontario Board Director and a previous Canadian Delegate to the International Federation of Dental Hygienists, and a certified soft-tissue diode laser trainer.

Beth is an engaging, enthusiastic, dynamic professional educator who has fun when she interacts and takes joy in growing with her peers in their commitment to life-long learning.

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!