Louisiana Dental Continuing Ed Courses
NEW! All Dental is now the low price of $8 per credit Hour
PACKAGES HOURS COST
Dentistry - 548/549 Sedation In Dentistry 1 & 2 24.0 $150.00
Dentistry - 553/554 Innovations in Modern Endodontics 1 & 2 24.0 $150.00
COURSE TITLE
Alternative Medicine: A Guide to Patient Counseling
Antimicrobials in Dentistry
Beyond Anthrax: Bioterrorism & the Health Professions
Cardiovascular Screening in Dental Offices
Care & Maintenance of Dental Implants
Chemical Dependency in Health Care
Clinical Classification of Toothaches
Dental Local Anesthesia
Dental Local Anesthesia. (Exam Only)
Dental Management of Common Medical Conditions
Dentistry & Street Drugs (Exam Only)
Dentistry & Street Drugs
Diabetes Mellitus
Domestic Violence
HIV & the AIDS Epidemic
HIV / AIDS & Public Health Issues
HIV/ AIDS Review
Infection Control in Dental Offices
Instrument Recycling for Infection Control
Local Anesthetics
Medical Emergencies and CPR* in the Dental Office
Medical Emergencies and CPR* in the Dental Office. (Exam Only)
Medical Errors
Medical History to Prevent Anaphylaxis
Miscellaneous Charges
Myofascial Pain & the TMJ
Nutrition & Health
Nutritional Counseling
Oral Histology
Orofacial Disease Update
Osteoporosis: Prevention, Management, and Screening
Using Dental X-Rays E-Book
Over-the-Counter Medications
Personnel & Property Loss in Risk Management
Pharmacology for Dentistry. (Exam Only)
Problem Solving in Endodontics
Problem Solving in Endodontics. (Exam Only)
Provisional Restorations: Key to Clinical Success
Sedation in Dentistry I
Sedation in Dentistry I. (Exam Only)
Sedation in Dentistry II
Sedation in Dentistry II. (Exam Only)
Simplified Oral Anatomy
The Hidden World of Chemosensation: Taste, Smell, & Flavor in Health
TMJ
Tooth Bleaching
Tuberculosis
Ultrasonics in Periodontal Therapy
Understanding Oral Electrosurgery/ Radiosurgery: A Practical Approach
Viral Hepatitis: Managing Occupational Exposure
........... PLUS other courses and extra exams on main page
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Louisiana requirements
40 CE hours for Dentist and 24 CE hours for Hygienist every 2 years. 40 CE hours for Dentist and 20 CE hours for Hygienist every 2 years.
For more information and course descriptions of these courses click here.
We also offer demos of all the courses
LOUISIANA REQUIREMENTS:
Dentists: 40 CE hours (20 hours can be taken online or through correspondence), and CPR must be taken in a classroom. Due every two years on 12/31.
Dental Hygienist: 20 CE hours (10 hours can be taken online or through correspondence), and CPR must be taken in a classroom. Due every two years on 12/31.
Clinical Classification of Toothaches
This course has been reviewed and approved for 8 hours.
Ernest Lado, DDS.
Even when they are not his own, toothaches can be a dentist’s most vexing and challenging problems. They come unexpectedly, often needing immediate attention, invariably on a day when you’re already running behind schedule. When a patient calls complaining his tooth hurts, you and your staff need to render initial and efficient assessment over the phone and schedule treatment appropriately. Your reputation is at stake. A patient in pain that is poorly attended to is a public relations nightmare. When a patient does come in, you need to treat him quickly and effectively. He needs to get out of pain and out of your office as fast as possible.
This course gives you and your staff everything needed to deal with a problem that can be more of a pain in the neck for you than a pain in the mouth for your patient, and does so in using clear and concise language. It first discusses proper classification of toothaches based on the presenting clinical signs and symptoms. It then covers the dynamics of pulpal-periapical processes, radiographic evidence of pathological pulpal-periapical conditions, pulpal conditions that are caused by a progression of pulp disease.
After reviewing the various tests that help provide a diagnosis of the problem, you will be able to practice your skills by trying your hand at solving a few clinical cases. One of our most popular courses for dentists, we think you’ll like it.
Care and Maintenance of Dental Implants
This course has been reviewed and approved for 3 hours.
Keith Rossein, DDS.
Approximately 28 million Americans are without teeth. On average, Americans 45 to 75 have only half their teeth, and 75 million Americans are missing 2 to 3 teeth. These statistics are not pretty. Given the 90% success rate of implants, their greater stability, comfort, and ability to inhibit the process of bone resorption, dental implants have become one our best options for patients wanting a healthy, attractive smile.
This course helps prepare you to provide service to implant patients by enhancing home care and office maintenance. Among the issues it covers are the gingival, connective tissue and bone relationships to dental implants, causative factors of peri-implantitis, factors for long-term clinical success, maintenance protocol, procedures for assessing implant health, and oral hygiene products and home care techniques for implant patients.
Local Anesthetics
This course has been reviewed and approved for 7 hours.
Ernest Lado, DDS.
Prior to the late 1800's, the sheer thought of having dental treatment broke many a stalwart patient into a cold sweat. At the time, most dental procedures consisted of grueling extractions during which a major source of pain-relief poured out the mouth of a whiskey bottle. Early anesthetics took much of the pain out of dental treatment, but had serious side effects including allergic reactions and addiction. These problems disappeared with the introduction of lidocaine, which is now the "gold standard" of local anesthesia.
The challenge remains, however, to use local anesthetics correctly. That’s why this course is so important to your practice. It helps you provide optimal dental care with minimal patient discomfort. Among the topics the course covers are the fundamentals of neurotransmission, properties of local anesthetics, appropriate techniques for effective local anesthesia, reasons for failure to achieve ideal anesthesia, adverse systemic reactions and management techniques for emergencies related to local anesthetics. Keep the workbook for your office reference library.
Review of Oral Histology
This course has been reviewed and approved for 8 hours.
William Balton,DDS
Dr. Balton’s long involvement as an educator and clinician makes him an ideal person to help you brush up on oral histology. The course is designed as a concise and simplified review of basic histology as it relates to the oral and perioral tissues. It cuts through all the minutia that bogged you down in school so that you can clearly understand the important facts about oral histology. The course begins with a fundamental review of the four basic tissues of the body in lucid terms that is accompanied by diagramatic drawings by Joanne Balton. Enough anatomy is included to enable you to picture the tissues in a functional setting.
The course continues with a detailed histologic examination of the specific tissues of the teeth, followed by a discussion of the histologic components and functions of the periodontal ligament, surrounding bony structures, gingiva, and oral mucosa, including the specialized mucosa of the tongue. The discussion concludes with a description of the histology and functions of the major and minor salivary glands.
A thorough knowledge of normal histology and the role of normal tissues in the physiology of the oral anatomical structures will, of course, give us a solid foundation for understanding the pathology of these tissues and organs.
Diabetes Mellitus
This course has been reviewed and approved for 5 hours.
Siegfried Schmidt, MD, PhD.
The course begins with a discussion of the anatomy and physiology of the pancreas and its role in metabolism. The author goes on to define diabetes mellitus and the role of insulin in carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism. A summary and discussion of blood glucose regulation follows.
The symptoms and characteristics of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are examined as well as other, rarer types of diabetes. The role of glucose tolerance testing, a review of diabetic skin lesions, and signs and manifestations of poor metabolic control will broaden your understanding of this disease.
A discussion of the management of diabetes mellitus, including the maintenance of the patient’s oral health, need for physical exercise, glucose monitoring, nutrition, pharmacological treatment, and emergency intervention will improve your ability to counsel patients and respond appropriately to signs of poor metabolic control.
The workbook concludes with an appendix listing the drugs that raise and lower blood glucose, as well as several photographs of clinical lesions. This course is an excellent, concise review for health professionals.
HIV & Aids Epidemic
This course has been reviewed and approved for 4 hours.
Frank W Stout, DDS, MS & Siegfried Schmidt, MD, PhD.
This workbook deals with the immunology and pathogenesis of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Discover the nature of the immune system, in particular, cellular immunity, T-Lymphocytes and the progress of the disease as the immune system collapses. Learn to discuss with patients the epidemiology, transmission and prevention of AIDS. Know the signs and symptoms of the opportunistic infections.
Implement universal precautions, disinfection, and sterilization, and waste disposal procedures in your office. Know your legal responsibilities. Use the appendixes for reference into new therapies and protocols for occupational exposure.
For a concise and accurate study of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, this course is a superlative resource. It is designed for practitioners who are applying for their initial licenses in states with mandatory AIDS education and is suitable for all licensees who want to review the new knowledge that has come to light as advances in AIDS therapy have accelerated.
Sample Courses
Clinical Classification of Toothaches
This course has been reviewed and approved for 8 hours.
Ernest Lado, DDS.
Even when they are not his own, toothaches can be a dentist’s most vexing and challenging problems. They come unexpectedly, often needing immediate attention, invariably on a day when you’re already running behind schedule. When a patient calls complaining his tooth hurts, you and your staff need to render initial and efficient assessment over the phone and schedule treatment appropriately. Your reputation is at stake. A patient in pain that is poorly attended to is a public relations nightmare. When a patient does come in, you need to treat him quickly and effectively. He needs to get out of pain and out of your office as fast as possible.
This course gives you and your staff everything needed to deal with a problem that can be more of a pain in the neck for you than a pain in the mouth for your patient, and does so in using clear and concise language. It first discusses proper classification of toothaches based on the presenting clinical signs and symptoms. It then covers the dynamics of pulpal-periapical processes, radiographic evidence of pathological pulpal-periapical conditions, pulpal conditions that are caused by a progression of pulp disease.
After reviewing the various tests that help provide a diagnosis of the problem, you will be able to practice your skills by trying your hand at solving a few clinical cases. One of our most popular courses for dentists, we think you’ll like it.
Dental Local Anesthesia
All time best course on how to practice safe and effective Local Anesthesia in Dentistry. Practical updated text with latest advances in science, technology and pain control techniques, reflecting new drugs and devices. From basic concepts to specific injection techniques, proper care of equipment, including Armamentarium needed for Local Anesthesia Delivery. Text included: Handbook of Local Anesthesia, 5th Edition, By Stanley F. Malamed, D.D.S.
States Served:
FTC Red Flags Rule Suspended
On April 30, 2009, the American Dental Association's (ADA) President, Dr. John Findley, announced that Congress suspended the Red Flag bill for an additional 90 days. This exciting advancement is the result of ADA, Congressman Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), House Small Business Chair Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and nine other dentist and physician House members, who penned a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); ADA dentists also played a major part by e-mailing their congressman more than 11,000 times in regards to this issue.
The FTC created the Red Flag rule in an effort to reduce the opportunity for “identify theft” via the credit card processing activities, which take place in businesses daily. The rule, which mandates that all financial institutions and creditors develop written plans to prevent and detect identity theft, was accepted and set to take effect on May 1, 2009. However, we concur with the ADA in their opinion that dentists do not fit the definition of “creditors,” and therefore should not be required to comply with the Red Flag rule.
These efforts are admirable and we are pleased to inform you about this recent development, but it is imperative that you remember we have not succeeded yet. Please continue to visit our Web site as we will be posting pertinent updates. You can also visit the ADA’s Web site, www.ada.org, for additional information about this issue and ways you can make a difference.
UPDATE: DELAYED UNTIL AUGUST 1, 2009
2009 Legislative Update
It is vitally important that LDA members stay abreast of governmental issues, especially those that directly affect dentists and their practices. The LDA is committed to helping its members have their voices heard. For updates on the LDA's government affairs, visit the Government News section of the Web site, or click here. Visit the LDA's Grassroots Action Center to send a message to our state legislators!
HB 717
HB 717, which is legislation creating the Physician Advisory Group (PAG), is also headed to the House Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday, May 12.
If passed, HB 717 creates a group of medical and dental professionals who are non-partisan, transcend administrations, and have clinical and scientific backgrounds and knowledge to help the Department of Health and Hospitals make appropriate fiscal and health care decisions in regards to the $1.47 billion in state general funds that will be used in Fiscal Year 2009-2010 for Louisiana’s Medicaid program.
HB 687 Update
HB 687, the legislation prohibiting the practice of dentistry at elementary and secondary schools, PASSED favorably out of the House Health and Welfare Committee Tuesday, May 12. The bill will now be going to the full house.
Prevention of Swine Influenza A (H1N1) in the
Dental Healthcare Setting
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides important and up-to-date information to the public and healthcare providers on the recent outbreak of swine influenza in humans. Interim CDC Guidance for Clinicians & Public Health Professionals regarding case identification, Infection Control for Care of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in a Healthcare Setting, mask and respirator use, and other topics pertinent to dental healthcare providers can be found by going to the main CDC swine flu Web site, or by clicking here. This information will be updated regularly and may change on a daily basis; check the Web site frequently.
We urge dental health care providers to view the main CDC swine flu Web site on a regular basis for the latest updates. Below is a list of Frequently Asked Questions from dental providers. The CDC Web site answers these questions and many others.
What should I do if a patient presents for routine treatment and has acute respiratory symptoms with or without fever?
What should I do if a patient with acute respiratory symptoms requires urgent dental care?
What should I do if staff report to work with acute respiratory symptoms?
Prevention of Disease Transmission in the Dental Healthcare Setting
Patients with an acute respiratory illness may present for dental treatment at outpatient dental settings. The primary infection control goal is to prevent transmission of disease. Early detection of a suspected or confirmed case of swine influenza and prompt isolation from susceptible persons will reduce the risk of transmission. To prevent the transmission of respiratory infections in healthcare settings, including influenza, respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette infection control measures should be implemented at the first point of contact with a potentially infected person.
Infection control issues during patient assessment:
Patients with an acute respiratory illness should be identified at check-in and placed in a single-patient room with the door kept closed.
Offer a disposable surgical mask to persons who are coughing, or provide tissues and no-touch receptacles for used tissue disposal.
The ill person should wear a surgical mask when outside the patient room.
Dental healthcare personnel assessing a patient with influenza-like illness should wear disposable surgical facemask*, non-sterile gloves, gown, and eye protection (e.g., goggles) to prevent direct skin and conjunctival exposure. These recommendations may change as additional information becomes available. Check the CDC Web site for updates regarding the swine flu.
Patient and dental healthcare workers should perform hand hygiene (e.g., hand washing with non-antimicrobial soap and water, alcohol-based hand rub, or antiseptic handwash) after having contact with respiratory secretions and contaminated objects/materials.
Routine cleaning and disinfection strategies used during influenza seasons can be applied to the environmental management of swine influenza. More information can be found at here.
*Until additional specific information is available regarding the behavior of swine influenza A (H1N1), the guidance provided in the October 2006 “Interim Guidance on Planning for the Use of Surgical Masks and Respirators in Healthcare Settings during an Influenza Pandemic” is being recommended at this time, and is reflected in the above recommendations. These interim recommendations will be updated as additional information becomes available. For more information on the October 2006 “Interim Guidance on Planning for the Use of Surgical Masks and Respirators in Healthcare Settings during an Influenza Pandemic,” click here.
Louisiana dental continuing ed classes for dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants- dental implants,dental osha compliance, endodontics,tooth bleaching,periodontal classes, dental anesthesia, dental pharmacology
Louisiana dental continuing ed classes for dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants- dental implants,dental osha compliance, endodontics,tooth bleaching,periodontal classes, dental anesthesia, dental pharmacology
