Continuing Education Update by Dr. Howard Goldstein

Welcome to 2020. We just finished another great year of CE at Dentaltown and I would like to thank all the amazing educators who’ve contributed to make us the No. 1 location for quality, online dental continuing education.

Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics: Legacy Versus Modern Concepts
by Dr. Lane Ochi
At last, the follow-up to the course “Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics.” This is the first of Ochi’s two courses recorded at Townie Meeting, and covers the fundamental rules of bonding and impression taking, among many areas. This course is a must for all restorative dentists.

Principles of Predictable Full-Mouth Rehabilitation
by Dr. Cory Glenn
This course goes through all aspects of the process of full-mouth rehabilitation to make it predictable for every restorative dentist. Discussion includes how to plan it, the various steps, how to prep segmentally, etc.

Composite Full-Mouth Rehabilitations
by Dr. Cory Glenn
This course goes through all aspects of the process of full-mouth rehabilitation using only composite for totally predictable treatments for every restorative dentist. Glenn discusses how to plan it, the various steps, etc. This course is a must for every restorative dentist.

Silver Is the New Black: Improving Your Practice with Silver Diamine Fluoride
by Dr. Jeanette MacLean
Silver diamine fluoride is a revolutionary approach to combating caries in an effective, noninvasive manner. Discover the history and science behind this powerful oral medicine that recently received the prestigious FDA “breakthrough therapy” designation and learn how to successfully incorporate this caries management treatment into your clinical practice.

Less Is More: Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Treatment Options for Enamel Defects
by Dr. Jeanette MacLean
Another course by the same great author! MI Paste, Icon Resin Infiltration and etch/bleach seal can improve—or even completely reverse—the appearance of congenital enamel defects and white spot lesions while preserving tooth structure and repairing the patient’s natural enamel. Learn three simple, painless and minimally invasive treatment options that can increase patient satisfaction and attract new patients to your practice.

The Tongue’s Role in Airway, Sleep, and Feeding Issues in Children
by Dr. Richard Baxter
This CE course is for any dentist who treats children. It will discuss what we can do as dentists to help kids with airway, sleep, speech and feeding problems, particularly related to tongue ties. Learn about the impact a restricted tongue can have on a child’s quality of life, and discover steps we can take as dentists to help kids thrive.

Cysts That Every Dental Professional Should Know
by Deborah Levin-Goldstein, RDH, MS
Cysts may be commonly seen clinically and radiographically in the oral region and, as such, are imperative for all dental professionals to recognize and understand. The etiology, clinical manifestations, symptoms and treatment options of common odontogenic and nonodontogenic cysts as well as pseudocysts are discussed.

Dental Implants from Planning to Restoration: Grafting with Socket Preservation and Implant Placement
by Dr. Charles Schlesinger
This CE lecture focuses on basic grafting techniques. Rationale and techniques utilized in basic socket preservation will be discussed, in addition to grafting along with implant placement. This course is a must for anyone placing grafts or thinking about placing grafts for implants.

Creating a Remarkable Dental Practice: The State of the Dental Industry
by Fred Joyal
This CE course dives into the current state of the dental industry, from insurance to technology to millennial employees, and also goes into the ideal mindsets necessary for a remarkable practice, and how to develop them.

Failing Maxillary Dentition to Guided Immediate Loaded Implants with Restorations
by Dr. Thanos Ntounis
This course contains a detailed case presentation that discusses diagnostic requirements for a complex transition from a failing dentition to implant restorations of crown and bridge designs. Guided immediate implantation and immediate loading are utilized. The entire surgery is recorded in high resolution.

Everyday Posterior and Anterior Composites
by Dr. John Nosti
Nosti discusses simplified techniques for everyday posterior and anterior composites to provide an aesthetic outcome while at the same time being profitable. Materials, techniques and instrumentation will be reviewed, along with understanding several important factors to reduce failures.

Troubleshooting Dentures
by Dr. Joe Barker
Dentures have always been frustrating to many dentists and patients. From the exam through post insertion of the dentures, there are many pitfalls and troublesome areas. This course will help to eliminate these areas and to increase patient satisfaction by covering all areas of denture construction.

Improving Your Confidence and Competence in Office Oral Surgery: Atraumatic Surgical Extractions, Flaps and Splitting Teeth
by Dr. Jay Reznick
This presentation covers important oral surgery topics for the general dentist, including management of patients on anticoagulants, antibiotic prophylaxis, design and use of surgical flaps, handpieces and hand instruments, surgical extractions, splitting teeth, retrieving root tips, and atraumatic extraction techniques.

The Rubber Dam
by Dr. Rok Stern
This definitive course will show how to achieve rubber dam isolation, beginning with materials and equipment, and then how to properly isolate teeth for a variety of dental procedures. Learn how to easily and predictably achieve isolation in a timely fashion. One will learn the necessary skills to isolate any tooth for an endodontic procedure and for all direct and indirect restorative procedures.

Endo for GPs: Better, Faster and Safer Root Canals—Instrument Separation, Obturation and More
by Dr. Manor Haas
In this practical course, you’ll learn how to perform root canals better, faster and safer. Many clinical tips and tricks will be demonstrated both for novice and experienced GPs who may want to perform (more) root canals with less stress. Topics discussed include instrument separation, irrigation, obturation, etc.