Increasing Diagnostic Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence Presenter: Dr. John Flucke Sponsor: Philips Oral Healthcare Mon  5/20/24    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT Mon  5/20/24    11:00 PM UTC CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU Reserve Your Seat Now top

In the last five years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen explosive growth in both our personal as well as professional lives. That growth continues and it is imperative that doctors keep abreast of these amazing advancements in diagnostic accuracy and practice efficiency. Using AI enhanced radiographs not only helps the doctor and team, but it is also a tremendously powerful tool to help patients better understand their problems and solutions.

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Assessment is the Key to Building Your Periodontal Toolbox Presenter: Kerry Lepicek, RDH Sponsor: VOCO America Tue  5/21/24    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT Tue  5/21/24    11:00 PM UTC CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU Reserve Your Seat Now top

How many times have you started to clean your patients’ teeth and discovered severe bleeding, heavy biofilm, or worse recurrent decay? Using the assessment phase as a guide will enable us to formulate a dental hygiene diagnosis, develop a treatment plan, select interventions, and evaluate our progress. In this CE webinar, we will discuss the benefits of completing the assessment phase of ADPIE. We will emphasize the critical role a complete medical history, periodontal exam, radiographs, and biofilm assessment play in your patients' oral health. As dental hygienists, we have the power to motivate, enhance and elevate our patient care and it all starts with a complete assessment!

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Practical Bur Selection for Successful Restorations Presenter: Dr. Lori Trost Sponsor: Microcopy Wed  5/22/24    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT Wed  5/22/24    11:00 PM UTC CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU Reserve Your Seat Now top

More than ever, dentists are looking for predictable and efficient methods to deliver exceptional restorations. Our restoration checklist includes: sealed margins, functional occlusion, accurate inter-proximal contacts, while offering beautiful esthetics. However, central to every restoration is the bur that is selected to perform a specific role during the procedure. Whether removing decay, finishing a composite, establishing a margin, or adjusting a pristine ceramic surface, dental burs answer to a broad scope of restorative procedures. This CE webinar will discuss proper bur selection from start to finish for everyday clinical dentistry.

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Achieve a Higher Level of Artistry with Anterior Composites Presenter: Dr. David Chan Sponsor: Tokuyama Dental America Thu  5/23/24    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT Thu  5/23/24    11:00 PM UTC CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU Reserve Your Seat Now top

This CE webinar will help participants achieve a higher level of composite artistry with results that can seamlessly emulate natural teeth or rival the beauty of porcelain restorations by learning the concepts of creating amazing anterior composites along with advanced restorative applications to shape/polish composites that predictably emulate nature. The webinar will discuss the polychromatic nature of natural human teeth and how composite resins can be used to emulate that polychromatic appearance effortlessly and predictably.

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Local Anesthetic Urgencies and Emergencies Presenter: Dr. David Isen Sponsor: Pierrel S.p.A. Mon  5/27/24    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT Mon  5/27/24    11:00 PM UTC CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU Reserve Your Seat Now top

Local anesthetics are very safe drugs. However, they do sometimes, rarely, exhibit side effects. Practitioners inject thousands of dental cartridges every year and usually do not think about those potential issues. When they occur, we may be unprepared and unaware of what to do. This CE webinar will discuss the side effects and potential emergency situations that are associated with both local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors. As well, ways to mitigate these situations will be presented. Specifically, local anesthetic allergy, toxicity and cardiovascular emergencies will be explored.

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Problem Driven Material Selection Presenter: Dr. Todd Snyder Sponsor: GC America CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

There are so many different direct restoration restorative materials available that it often gets overwhelming as to what one should buy or use. At the same time dentists want simplification in their systems and a good return on their investment of time and materials. This CE webinar will discuss various types of direct restorative materials and how we can simplify our systems and create the best possible outcome for our patients.

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To Probe, or Not to Probe - Implant Maintenance Demystified Presenter: Jessica Woods, MPH, RDH, RDA Sponsor: Premier Dental CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Millions of patients have successfully been treated with dental implants but why is there still so much confusion - to probe, or not to probe? There are many significant differences between a natural tooth and a dental implant that must be considered. This CE webinar will review these differences and discuss the related required protocols for maintenance while demystifying the probe vs no probe dilemma.

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The Mechanical Room in Your Dental Practice: Looking at the Past, Present, and Future Presenter: Dr. Marie Fluent Sponsor: Air Techniques CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

While the dental patient typically never steps into the mechanical room, the equipment in this room is vital to the operation of the entire dental practice. The main components of the mechanical room consist of the air compressor and vacuum system—literally the heart and lungs of your practice. Simply put, without these systems, your practice cannot function! This CE webinar will discuss the vital equipment in the mechanical room including air compressors, central vacuum systems, and amalgam separators. Air quality issues in the mechanical room, and technological trends in equipment (such as internet connectivity and variable frequency drives on vacuum systems), and eco-friendly considerations for the future will be addressed to enhance equipment performance, minimize downtime, reduce cost of repairs, and promote sustainability efforts.

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Episode 521: Unleashing Special Smiles: A Dentist's Dedication to Special Needs Care View All Episodes from: GC America Dental Podcast Series

Series: GC America CE Credits: 0.5 Guest: Dr. Jacob Dent Podcast Classroom ▶

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Episode 391: Are You Tired of Wrestling with Retraction Cord? View All Episodes from: VOCO Dental Podcast Series

Series: VOCO America CE Credits: 0.25 Guest: Dr. Foroud Hakim Podcast Classroom ▶

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Episode 453: Tips and Tricks for Temporaries in Cosmetic Dentistry View All Episodes from: VOCO Dental Podcast Series

Series: VOCO America CE Credits: 0.25 Guest: Dr. Jennifer Derse Podcast Classroom ▶

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