2010 Catalog: All Courses

The purpose of this course is to provide general dentists and their staff basic treatment techniques in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ECC. Participants will understand clinical concepts of primary and secondary prevention in treating ECC. Fluoride varnish, oral hygiene, and ART will be taught.

This course is designed for a clinic that wants to implement caries management techniques as part of the overall care of your pediatric patients. It is done in your clinic to get buy-in from all providers of care and to give you hands-on training in your own setting. It is a course requested by the Chief Dental Officer for his/her clinic. The clinic will be responsible for arranging patients.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the role of fluorides in the prevention of ECC.
2. Develop a comprehensive ECC prevention program.
3. Treat caries with ART.
4. Be familiar with dental restorative materials and armamentarium for ART.
5. Be more confident with patient management and child-parent interactions.

DAVID KRISE — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at david.krise@mail.ihs.gov.

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

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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.