Silky Sharma

Silky Sharma

RDH, EdD

Biography
Dr. Silky Sharma, RDH, Ed.D is an Associate Professor at Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, and has been a faculty member since 2010. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Illinois with a focus on Evidence-Based Decision Making. Dr. Sharma earned her Doctorate from Grand Canyon University in Education, in Teaching and Learning with an emphasis on Adult Learning. She has continued to practice dental hygiene, providing patient-centered care at a perio-focused office for 18 years. Dr. Sharma is a clinic coordinator and provides courses on Periodontology for Dental hygienists, Advanced Perio Instrumentation, Perioscope-Clinic, Scientific Literature, Pain management, and Oral Pathology. She presents continuing education programs for dental colleagues on various topics. She is a consultant dental hygiene examiner for CDCA, the national dental/dental hygiene competency assessment organization. She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and is passionate about teaching and learning from health care professionals.

Testimonials

It was an excellent review as I have not been practicing in over 20 years.

Webinar Attendee

Dr. Sharma was very knowledgeable and easy to follow along

Webinar Attendee

Loved the passion that Dr. Sharma has for our profession!

Webinar Attendee

"Very thorough presentation with a lot of useful information and nice review of existing steps of care!"

Kathleen P. RDH

"Love Dr.Silky's personality, great speaker and fun to listen to her. Very real and down to earth."

Seminar Attendee

"Love the speaker today, everything was very organized."

Olivia K. RDH

"Overall great class-great speaker & topic, nice facility & good food.Staff was friendly and helpful. Appropriate breaks and class length."

Tesha B.

"Dr.Silky Sharma is a fantastic educator! Useful information for dentists and hygienists alike!"

Seminar Attendee

"Great speaker, clear, focused, and to the point. I thought the speed was great."

Seminar Attendee

"Studies are very interesting and speaker is very good, highly intelligent, real-life & experienced!"

Kendra S. RDH

"I loved the way Dr.Silky Sharma came up to us at the table and introduced herself."

Deborah R. RDH

"Dr. Sharma did a fantastic job with speaking, knowledge and engagement."

Tiffany S. CDA

"Wonderful speaker, informative and funny! Great handout!"

Michelle D. RDH

"Funny and kept crowd engaged. Would love to attend another seminar with Dr.Sharma!"

Brittanie S. RDH

"Good refresher of perio and helps to hear a practicing hygienists real life situations to apply to own practice."

Caitlin S. RDH

"The topic was very thoroughly communicated & the speaker was very knowledgable."

Jennifer B. RDH

"Concord Seminars in general are very organized & the speakers are very knowledgable. The best in-person courses."

Seminar Attendee RDH

"Great information and case studies. Lots of applicable material."

Seminar Attendee RDH

"Great course! Loved the speaker."

Seminar Attendee RDH

"Great seminar! Very Informational & relevant."

Rebecca N. RDH

"Very worthwhile spending my Saturday here. Thank you!"

Karen G. RDH

"Really enjoyed presenters personality-brought studies down to earth."

Seminar Attendee RDH

"Great course with lots of useful info I can apply clinically."

Seminar Attendee RDH

"Thank you! You have elevated my passion for the profession!"

Seminar Attendee RDH

"These are the best seminars! Good location, easy parking, facilities are great."

Jacqueline G. RDH

Dr. Sharma did not try to over pack the 2 hour seminar with an overwhelming amount of material and she spoke in terms of "real life practice" not just text book theory.

Debra

There were real world examples used and real world outcomes were explained.

Webinar Attendee

Dr. Silky Sharma was so thorough but also very honest about how she felt about the different studies. I enjoyed her explanations of each study as well, very easy to stay engaged with her.

Danielle A.

Dr. Sharma is very realistic and relates the use of products to actually using them in her practice and diagnosing per patient

Joanne O.

I liked Dr. Sharma's honest assessment of modalities

Angela A.

I needed this! Now I can make better informed choices on instrument selection when purchasing and selecting what I need based on the patients needs.

Michele V.

I like how thorough she is in her description of why she chooses certain instruments. I like her insight on kit assembly specific for SRP and recalls. I appreciate her speaking and making recommendations based on “real life situations” i.e. her own clinical experience at her personal offices.

Webinar Attendee

This live webinar was a great review of dental instruments and a knowledgeable speaker.

Webinar Attendee

Friendly and engaging speaker. Easy to listen to.

Webinar Attendee

I like that Dr. Sharma is a practicing RDH and had suggestions on single instruments that can be life changing.

Webinar Attendee

I liked the different examples given w/opportunity to practice classification.

Webinar Attendee

I liked the in depth explanation of each periodontal classification.

Webinar Attendee

The case studies really helped me to bring clarity on the periodontal classifications.

Timothy S. DDS

I enjoyed reviewing the case studies to apply and practice what we learned.

Cortney L.

Very detailed great explanations of anesthesia techniques

Erika M.

This webinar was a good refresher on injection locations and diagrams on injection sites

Webinar Attendee

Dr. Sharma was knowledgeable and broke down the concepts in easy to understand drawings to help with remembering nerve routes.

Webinar Attendee

Perhaps the best review of techniques of local anesthetic delivery.

Webinar Attendee

So thorough in a way that was easy to understand, I left it feeling extremely confident in the subjects that she spoke about which then allows me to feel secure in recommendations that I make.

Marissa G.

Very thorough review of the wide variety of hand instruments

Webinar Attendee

I liked the knowledge of which new instruments to utilize

Melanie B.

I liked the research driven information - I desired the review and why for instrumentation and this course did that for me

Timothy S.

I enjoyed learning about choosing the right instrument for NSPT and introduction of instruments with I am not familiar

Webinar Attendee

I learned about dental hygiene instruments I have not used before and I am excited to try them on my patients.

Webinar Attendee

I loved all the examples she gave us of different instruments and how they work.

Webinar Attendee

Dr. Sharma is very knowledgeable, did a great job at communicating!

Webinar Attendee

Great information. Dr Sharma does a great job with explaining information and applying it to case studies.

Sarah

I like the step by step approach to organizing the periodontal staging and grade process

Webinar Attendee

The case studies made the grading and staging categories practical and real.

James R.

I liked Dr. Sharma's straightforward approach to assessing patient perio staging and grading to simplify the process and save time. A big plus!

Sherisse M.

Dr Sharma was very thorough in her explanations of the injection techniques and the videos were extremely helpful!

Webinar Attendee

I appreciated the videos of technique.

Webinar Attendee

This is exactly the kind of course I've been needing in terms of my local anesthesia technique. Dr. Sharma was extremely knowledgeable, explained concepts thoroughly, and cared about the information and her audience.

Yana L.

Dr. Sharma explained everything very well. The case studies have been incredibly helpful! The doctor I work for wants to implement the new protocol and I cannot tell you how helpful this webinar has already been. I can help my colleagues to better understand how to implement staging and grading.

Hollie M.

This live webinar gave me a better understanding of new classifications for periodontitis

Webinar Attendee

I deal with a lot of perio patients so all this information was very helpful

Webinar Attendee



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