Continuing Education Update by Howard M. Goldstein, DMD

The end of the year is getting closer. Get your 2016 CE credits completed now, rather than waiting until the last day! (Yes, Dec. 31 really is the busiest CE day of the year here at Dentaltown.) We recently released some great new courses that are worth checking out even if you don’t need the credits.

Next Level Endodontics: Endodontic Fundamentals
by Dr. Martin Trope
Based on their decades of academic and clinical expertise, Dr. Martin Trope and the Next Level Endodontics faculty have created a curriculum on the fundamentals of predictable clinical success. This series emphasizes the biologic requirements for successful endodontics. Strategies discussed include cutting-edge instrumentation and root-filling technologies that promise excellent results for prevention and treatment of apical periodontitis, as well as for the tooth’s long-term survivability. Completion of this program is a prerequisite for Trope’s world-renowned, hands-on courses. 

Ceramic System Selection and Laboratory Communication Protocol: Making Predictable Happen
by Dr. Arthur Volker
The world of dental ceramics can be difficult to navigate. This webinar aims to classify and discuss the properties of the most widely used ceramic materials available. Also, shade selection and laboratory communication protocols for optimal functional and aesthetic results are addressed.

Handbooks and Policies: What Every Employer Needs to Know
by Paul Edwards
Every year, hundreds of employment laws are added or changed at both the federal and state levels. As an employer, you must be 100% compliant with all of these laws 100% of the time. But if you don’t keep your policies up to date, it can spell disaster in terms of government audits, employment lawsuits and more. Learn how to protect your practice from the common problems that lead to liability by watching this course.

Delayed Versus Immediate Implants and the Principles of Bone Preservation and Augmentation (Recorded live at the CAD-Ray Symposium)
by Dr. Jay Reznick
Dr. Reznick demonstrates how to extract teeth in an atraumatic way, which in turn leads to implant success. He goes into details on the decision process involved, as well as the pros and cons of delayed versus immediate placement of implants. The principles and importance of ridge preservation also are taught, as well as how to graft around an immediate implant. This course is a must for anyone who’s placing implants or thinking about doing so in the future.

To Pull or Not to Pull: Apical Surgery Versus Implant Replacement
by Dr. Daniel G. Pompa
With the introduction of new surgical approaches in apical surgery, and a systematic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of compromised teeth, clinicians should be able to more accurately determine the long-term prognosis of a surgical, nonsurgical or replacement treatment option, and determine its potential success, by taking this course. 

Keys to Your Success (Filmed live at Townie Meeting)
by Dr. John Nosti
Dr. Nosti covers a plethora of topics and shares concepts that he’s learned from his practice that have allowed him to continue to perform with a less than a 50 percent overhead. Topics include treatment-planning presentations, from single-unit crowns to full-mouth reconstructions. Learn the one procedure that can increase your production significantly. Increase new patients, increase referrals, decrease overhead, and more.

Inside Secrets to Grow Your Practice (Filmed live at Townie Meeting)
by Sandy Pardue
This course will teach steps to help you gain control and grow your practice. Learn what it takes to avoid practice-management blunders and myths that may be working against you and the systems that top-producing practices use to increase efficiency, productivity and profitability. Tools are provided to close the back door so that new patients stay and existing patients get back in the chair.

Next Level Endodontics: Anesthesia and Pain Control
by Dr. James G. Hupp
This course describes strategies to obtain profound anesthesia to perform comfortable endodontic treatment. Also, current evidence will be presented regarding the use of analgesics and antibiotics for posttreatment care of endodontic patients. 

The Standard of Care: What Is It? What Is It Not? Key Information Both Specialists and General Dentists Need to Know
by John Dovgan
This course will educate you on the definition of the “standard of care” and how to meet it, as well as key legal terms you need to know. Guidelines are given for what is looked for in dental board cases and malpractice cases, as well as local anesthetic and sedation mistakes that dentists make. Learn which lines should not be crossed, and typical treatment notes you should incorporate into practice.

Pediatric Dentistry: Anesthesia, Pulp Therapy and Stainless Steel Crowns
by Dr. Josh Wren
With the Affordable Care Act mandating dental coverage for those 19 and younger, more than 3 million pediatric patients will be added to 150,000 dental practices. Treating children may become a necessity for your dental office. Pulp therapy and stainless steel crowns are procedures often considered complex when performed on pediatric patients—this course will alleviate any fear of the unknown that leads to this misconception. Indirect pulp therapy, pulpotomy and pulpectomy are discussed, with emphasis on diagnosis and technique. Stainless steel crowns are also discussed, with procedural steps explained and shown. The course also discusses Wren’s process for using nitrous oxide, appropriate topical anesthesia and local anesthesia to achieve painless injections.

Busting the Myths of Occlusion: Practical Concepts for Everyday Dentistry
by Dr. Barry Glassman
This two-hour course clarifies many of the common myths of occlusion and provides you with the ability to implement the reality-based concepts to improve your ability to help each and every patient. Basic TMD concepts are reviewed to help end much of the confusion associated with the term “TMD.” This is the occlusion course that gives useful, commonsense advice.

Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics
by Dr. Lane Ochi
Successfully treating patients with fixed prosthodontics requires a mastery of materials and mechanical concepts, as well as a respect for tooth structure. We need to be aware of the interactions between preparation design, margin configuration, core buildups or posts, and the luting agent. After viewing this course, you’ll be able to identify the causes of failures and prevent them from recurring.

Delayed Versus Immediate Implants and the Principles of Bone Preservation and Augmentation (Recorded live at the CAD-Ray Symposium)
by Dr. Jay Reznick
 Dr. Reznick demonstrates how to extract teeth in an atraumatic way, which in turn leads to implant success. He goes into details on the decision process involved, as well as the pros and cons of delayed versus immediate placement of implants. The principles and importance of ridge preservation also are taught, as well as how to graft around an immediate implant. This course is a must for anyone who’s placing implants or thinking about doing so in the future.