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The Wonderful World of Special Care

Speaker:

Dr. Brooke Fukuoka

May 8, 2026

Date:

Time:

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

3

CE Credits:

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The Wonderful World of Special Care

This interactive course builds empathy for patients with special needs through simulations that highlight their unique challenges in the dental office.

Dr. Brooke Fukuoka

About the Course

The Wonderful World of Special Care is an interactive course that puts the learner in the shoes of many of our patients. This course contains simulations that leave the learners with a newly formed empathy for our patients' struggles in the dental office. Step out of your world and into ours as you engage and feel what it is like to experience the world in a different way. Sit in the "Splash Zone" for a particularly interactive experience.

Educational Objectives:

  • Objective 1: The learner will have a better understanding of what it feels like to be blind in the dental office.

  • Objective 2: The learner will practice non-verbal communication.

  • Objective 3: The learner will witness the power of visual aides.

  • Objective 4: The learner will learn how to alter the environment to influence behavior.

Your Instructor

Dr. Brooke Fukuoka

Dr. Brooke is a passionate speaker whose primary focus is improving oral health for patients who have special healthcare needs and geriatric patients who live in long-term care.  She has practiced in a diverse array of settings and has built programs to help expand access to care for her patients. In her part time practice, Your Special Smiles PLLC, she practices portable dentistry, hospital dentistry, teledentistry and most importantly has developed a professionally aided home hygiene program in two long-term care facilities. She also works full time with a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family Health Services of Idaho where she has developed their Advanced Delivery Dental Clinic for patients who have special healthcare needs. She is active in organized dentistry and enjoys working with diverse groups of people.  Her high-energy and fast-paced courses can be catered to any group regardless of size or education level. She strives to create a fun, yet educational, interactive environment where learners gain knowledge and experiences they can immediately implement into practice.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure

GC America, Elevate Oral Care, Marthwatch, ArmorDental, Delta Dental




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