Maryland 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
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Maryland requirements
30 CE hours every 2 years for Dentist and Hygienist. Courses Required for Renewal: 1 CE hour of Infectious Disease Control.
For more information and course descriptions of these courses click here.
MARYLAND REQUIREMENTS:
Dentists: 30 CE hours (15 hours can be taken on line or through correspondence) - required course is 1 hour of Infectious Disease Control. Due every two years, after 12/31.
Dental Hygienist: 30 CE hours (15 hours can be taken on line or through correspondence) – required course is 1 hour of Infectious Disease Control. Due every two years, after 12/31. :
OSHA Compliance and Infection Control
This course has been reviewed and approved for 10 hours.
Ernest Lado, DDS & Frank W Stout, DDS, MS.
Everyday, your profession puts you in an environment in which you may be exposed to a number of infectious organisms, including the cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B and C, herpes simplex, HIV, M. tuberculosis, staphylococci, streptococci, and many more, too numerous to name. Transmission of infection in a health care facility can occur following direct contact with contaminated body fluids or tissues and through indirect contact via contaminated instruments or equipment. Transmission can also follow the inhalation of infectious organisms in droplets or aerosols produced by oral and respiratory fluids.
The risk of exposure to these infectious organisms can be significantly reduced by properly following OSHA protocol. This course gives you everything you need to know how to keep an infectious organism-free office. It discusses training, record maintenance, occupational risk, proper housekeeping, pathways of disease transmission, post exposure evaluation and follow-up, exposure categories, vaccination, universal precautions, and OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard. It includes a protocol manual that you can personalize for your office.
Satisfies multi-state legislative requirements.
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.
Antimicrobials in Dentistry
This course has been reviewed and approved for 8 hour.
Ernest Lado DDS, Matthew J. Dennis, DDS.
This course reviews the development of antimicrobials and their place in dentistry. The goal is to enable you to select appropriate antibiotics in terms of potency against oral pathogens and to balance that potency against possible toxicity and hypersensitivity reactions. You'll learn to classify antibiotics according to their effect on target pathogens and range of activity so that you will quickly bring odontogenic infections under control. Refresh your knowledge of penicillin and the best alternatives when penicillin cannot be prescribed. Be prepared to recognize when antifungal agents are required. Finally, you'll be prepared to manage patients who need antibiotic prophylaxis for endocarditis and those who are taking antibiotics prescribed for medical conditions. The world of microbes can affect dental treatment. After taking this course, you can be confident in your ability to conquer that world.
Sample Courses
Emergency Preparedness
This course has been reviewed and approved for 12 hour.
Thomas Fast, DDS,MS & Siegfried Schmidt, MD,PhD.
Emergency Preparedness is a programmed manual for licensees who prefer the ease and portability of our workbook format. This text is one of our most popular courses. It covers the same material as our Interactive Computer Course, with the addition of more detail on emergency drugs and fluids, injection techniques, dosages, classifications of severity of respiratory and circulatory emergencies, and written technique details. Take your pick from either format, or get both if you want to be an emergency preparedness guru.
Endocarditis
This course has been reviewed and approved for 6 hours.
Eugene Eisman, MD & Thomas B Fast, DDS.
Many routine dental and medical procedures, including the ordinary brushing and flossing of teeth, can release bacteria into the bloodstream. In most cases, these bacteria are harmless. In the case of certain heart patients, however, they may cause infective endocarditis, a serious and sometimes fatal illness.
We cannot predict with certainty which patients will contract the disease. Our best defense is knowing the facts. That’s why it’s important for health care professionals to be able to identify patients with predisposing conditions and take measures to protect them from endocarditis. The course is an important step in that direction. After outlining the anatomy of the heart, it discusses the pathogenesis of endocarditis, the relationship between dental procedures and the onset of endocarditis, clinical and at-risk signs, and dental procedures and antibiotic regimes for susceptible patients. Finally, it instructs the health care professional on strategies to counsel high-risk patients about the disease.
HIV & the 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.
States Served:
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.
Preventive care keeps teeth rooted longer
By Elaine Markowitz, Times Correspondent
In Print: Saturday, May 9, 2009
George Kostakis has seen all kinds of teeth and gums since he started practicing general dentistry in Florida in 1987. He's also seen plenty of advances in dental health.
"In 1978, 70-year-olds averaged nine remaining teeth. And in 1998 they kept an average of 19," the Palm Harbor dentist said. "With proper dental care people today can keep most of their teeth into old age."
The biggest problem he sees is that people wait too long to address problems. By the time pain drives them to seek help, major — and expensive — work may be required.
"Sometimes waiting leads to big problems, such as root canals, doubling the cost of restoring the tooth to good health," he said.
So he advises getting ahead of any problems by getting regular checkups and scheduled x-rays. Those visits may seem costly, particularly if you don't have dental insurance.
But given that a root canal can set you back $800 for a molar, a checkup pales by comparison.
There also are plenty of free or cheap things you can do at home to save your smile, Kostakis said.
Maryland 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
Maryland 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
