2014 Catalog: Dentist Courses
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DD0050: Challenges in an Indian Health Service [IHS] Dental Practice
The goal of Challenges is to share experiences and ideas among dentists new to the Indian Health Service. We plan to help strengthen your skills and clinical confidence particularly in the specialty areas of endodontics, pediatric dentistry, and oral surgery, so that you can address the unique treatment needs of a diverse patient population. The course will include clinical data analysis, personnel training, and problem solving.
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Recognize and provide emergency treatment of mandible fractures and dental infection.
2. Recognize and diagnose crown-root fractures.
3. Apply different suture techniques.
4. Recognize and treat the Early Childhood Caries.
5. Demonstrate proper selection and placement of stainless steel crowns.
6. Practice proper root canal instrumentation using Profile System.
GARY KEEL — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at gkeel@scf.cc.
Jennifer Lombrano — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at gi.jlo100@gmail.com.
Mary Williard — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mwilliard@ctclusi.org.
John Etter — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jetter@scf.cc.
It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.
None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org
Dentists practicing in Alaska for less than one year.
Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.
