PATIENTS WITH ORAL/FACIAL PIERCINGS

PATIENTS WITH ORAL/FACIAL PIERCINGS -  The healthcare professional needs to be aware of this latest fad and how it affects treatment. Educate yourself so you can educate your patients. 

Author: Wendy Paquette,LPN,BS 

Course Objectives:
1. Understand current trends that affect patients with oral and facial piercings.
2. Recognize problems that can occur.
3. Review patient education and treatment options.

2 CREDIT(S)
Sponsored by Home Study Solutions   ON DEMAND FREE

Periodontal Disease: Principles of Prevention

Free CE Webinar

Periodontal Disease: Principles of Prevention  Join Inside Dentistry for the latest installment of the Roundtable. We’ve brought together 3 opinion leaders to discuss periodontal disease and advances in treatment philosophy and modalities from the specialist, general practitioner, and hygiene perspectives.  PRESENTERS: TIM DONLEY, DDS; GREGG HELVEY, DDS, CDT; BETSY REYNOLDS, RDH CDE CREDITS: 1 INTERACTIVE COST: $0.00 COMMERCIAL SUPPORTER: PARKELL PROVIDER: AEGIS PUBLICATIONS, LLC  Learning Objectives: Discuss treatment options beyond scaling and root planing Review demographic and other factors that contribute to risk for periodontal disease Examine preventive measures that can be introduced to reduce the prevalence/severity of periodontal disease among these at-risk populations RESERVE YOUR SPOT click here

The Dental Needle: Improving Patient Satisfaction and Growth 

Presenter: Dr. Sean Boynes	Release Date: 11/23/2015
Credits: 1 CEU, Free Self-Study	Expiration Date: 11/23/2018

One of the main ways dental providers are judged is their ability to provide anesthetic injections. A major component to successful injections relates to the use of the dental needle. The needle weighs very heavy in the overall dental lore. This CE webinar will discuss and explore the characteristics and use of the dental need within the dental profession. During this CE webinar, the student will: • Discuss practice characteristics of dental needle use • Evaluate the properties of dental needles used for anesthetic administration • Develop an understanding of risks associated with needle use. Sponsored by Septodont  ON DEMAND

The 60 Minute Countdown

The 60 Minute CountdownThursday: Live CE Webinar Presenter: Jamie Marboe, RDH, BS Thu  12/17/15  8:15 PM ET  5:15 PM PT Fri  12/18/15  1:15 AM UTC CE Credits: 1 Live, Interactive CEU

This CE webinar focuses on hidden and often overlooked time management errors. We will uncover how typically, we are our own worst enemies. Jamie will help you identify and then set aside some old beliefs and mindsets that are keeping you from a successful, on time schedule. We will focus on creating the ideal appointment and day in order to successfully keep your 60 minute countdown' from becoming the 60 minute MELTDOWN! Reserve Your Seat Now     (no charge for this webinar)

sponsored by Acteon

The New Goal of Periodontal Therapy and How Best to Achieve It

CDEWorld webinar "The New Goal of Periodontal Therapy and How Best to Achieve It,” presented by Tim Donley, DDS. For your convenience, the webinar is now available on-demand at CDEWorld.com. VIEW THE WEBINAR Presenters: Tim Donley, DDS Private Practice, Bowling Green, KY Provider: Dental Learning Systems, LLC Supported by: Parkell, Inc Credits: 1 Self-Study Cost: $0

Description: The emerging information confirming an inflammatory basis of periodontal destruction changes everything in terms of the goal of periodontal therapy. The link between oral and systemic inflammation makes achieving this goal more important than ever. Attendees to the webinar will leave with a clear understanding of what the new goal of periodontal therapy is and how best to achieve it. Learning Objectives: Describe how risk assessment, biofilm control and host response interact to result in periodontal and systemic disease Discuss which patients and which sites we should be treating aggressively and what the end point of therapy must be for these patients Review how to best help patients achieve and then maintain a preferred level of oral health

ORAL MALODOR: A REVIEW OF KEY PRINCIPLES

Comprehensive review of the etiology of oral malodor, its diagnosis and Clinical recording of the condition.

Participants will learn:

• Examination and charting of Oral Malodor
• When to refer a patient and in which cases

Target audience: Dentists, dental assistants and hygienists

AGD PACE subject code(s): 010

Speaker : Sean Lee DDS

ON DEMAND 

No Strings Attached: Living in a Cordless World

No Strings Attached: Living in a Cordless World Presenter: Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS CE Credits: 1 CEU (Home Study)

Release Date:12/2/15

Successful oral health care providers take advantage of new technologies to provide better quality and more convenient care both in and out of the office. Cordless cell phones and charging batteries are an everyday occurrence. Cordless devices allow individuals to perform tasks in remote and unusual places as well as making it easier in traditional office settings. Cordless curing lights, cordless lasers, cordless x-ray systems and cordless sensors, cordless toothbrushes, cordless water devices are just a few of many that exist today. Yet a majority of dental hygienists are polishing the same way they always have. In a competitive world, every professional needs to keep current on new technologies for care. Upon completion of this CE webinar, the participant will: • Review polishing from the porte polisher to today’s options • Understand the difference between selective polishing and essential selective polishing • Compare and contrast current polishing options

ON DEMAND  sponsored by DentalEZ

UPDATE ON MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: 2016

Today there are more medically compromised patients coming into our offices than ever before. As a result, a more detailed medical history and medical evaluation should take place prior to treatment.

This webinar will cover the essential drugs needed to make a medical emergency kit for the office. In addition, we will discuss four (4) basic tests that can easily be performed to help in the physical diagnosis of a patient’s medical status. Lastly, we will discus the “Conversational History” and how this can pick up many medical issues not revealed by the standard health history form.

Participants will learn:

• To recognize the most frequent life threatening emergencies.
• How to determine when and how to administer essential drugs.
• Utilize three (3) simple chair side, non-invasive tests.
• How to use drugs Intra-nasally vs. via the IM route
• How to avoid up to 75% of Medical Emergencies from occurring.

Speaker(s):Daniel G. Pompa D.D.S.

sponsoered by Colgate Oral Health Network 

Available on demand

Infection Control for Dental Technology Equipment

Infection Control for Dental Technology EquipmentThursday: Live CE Webinar Presenter: Jackie Dorst, RDH, BS Thu  2/18/16  7:00 PM ET  4:00 PM PT Fri  2/19/16  0:00 AM UTC CE Credits: 1 Live, Interactive CEU

Jackie Dorst's CE webinar provides the latest infection control and sterilization protocols. She will review proper techniques and product selection for effective cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of clinical technology equipment. Attendees will learn how to implement efficient infection control systems to protect equipment and provide safety for patients and the dental team. Reserve Your Seat Now     (no charge for this webinar) Visit http://vivalearning.com/ for a complete schedule of free dental CE webinars.

9 Ways to Curb Cancellations

9 Ways to Curb Cancellations Wednesday: Live CE Webinar Presenter: Sally McKenzie Wed  2/10/16  7:00 PM ET  4:00 PM PT Thu  2/11/16  0:00 AM UTC CE Credits: 1 Live, Interactive CEU

Another "no-show"! Now what? It is commonly cited as the number one practice frustration, the number one production killer, and the number one source of stress, Patient failures cost individual practices tens of thousands of dollars annually. In this CE webinar, learn how you can improve patient education and reduce cancellations/no-shows at your practice. Reserve Your Seat Now     (no charge for this webinar) Visit http://vivalearning.com/ for a complete schedule of free dental CE webinars.