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DE0001: Alaska Area Dental Chiefs Meeting

 
Date: 10/26/2011 - 10/28/2011
Course Status: Completed
Facility: ANTHC Consortium Office Building
Location: Anchorage, AK
Level: Basic
Audience: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Support Staff
Quota: 5 - 75 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 30.50 (Total CDE); 2.00 (AGD - 016); 3.00 (AGD - 142); 1.00 (AGD - 149); 1.00 (AGD - 150); 1.00 (AGD - 156); 1.50 (AGD - 157); 2.00 (AGD - 253); 6.00 (AGD - 258); 1.00 (AGD - 434); 2.00 (AGD - 490); 1.00 (AGD - 554); 1.00 (AGD - 557); 4.00 (AGD - 670); 2.00 (AGD - 730); 2.00 (AGD - 750)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

The purpose of this three-day meeting is to provide dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants with dental information/education that they will be able to use in their daily practice.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this meeting, the participant will be able to:
1. Identify tools and community resources to deal with addictions in the workplace.
2. Facilitate prevention of progression of tooth wear.
3. State basic treatment planning for the special needs patient.
4. List factors effecting selection of posterior restoratives.
5. Take impressions to completion with a perfect gypsum pour.
6. Relate national changes in the Alaska Medicaid program as it relates to adult and children's dental services.
7. Screen and identify at least three indicators of abuse.
8. Explain the mechanism of action and safety of chemotherapeutics to parents.
9. Demonstrate use of oxygen, oral airways and other emergency equipment.
10. Identify at least four systemc disorders associated with periodontitis.
11. Describe effective advice in motivating a patient.
12. List risk factors for dental caries in preschool children.

Speaker / Presenter:

Chris Fish — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Chris.Fish@aol.com.

LISA CONE — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lisac@searhc.org.

Beatrice Gandara — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at bgandara@u.washington.edu.

Evan Young — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at evan.young@aol.com.

Mark Davis — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mark.davis@aol.com.

Sarah Shoffstall-Cone — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sshoffstallcone@anthc.org.

Cindy Armstrong — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at cindy.armstrong@aol.com.

Bradley Whistler — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at bradley.whistler@aol.com.

Patti Bland — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at patti.bland@aol.com.

Donald Chi — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at donald.chi@aol.com.

Sharon Peabody — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sharon.peabody@aol.com.

Philip Weinstein — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at philip.weinstein@aol.com.

Mary Williard — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at marywilliard@coquilletribe.org.

Kathy Balasko — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at klbalasko@anthc.org.

TODD SMITH — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Gregory.Smith2@ihs.gov.

Kathy Phipps — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kathyphipps1234@gmail.com.

Charles Herndon — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Charles.herndon@aol.com.

Disclosure Policy:

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.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

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

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition Payment Information:

Tuition Policy:

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.