2010 Catalog: All Courses

People are by virtue of their assignment location, thrust into professional roles for which they have not been adequately prepared by previous schooling or experience. “Challenges” is designed for all new Indian Health Service [IHS], tribal, and urban dentists within their first three to six months of service. The course provides a basis for understanding and working in the IHS dental programs as well as to establish a baseline of skill and knowledge to be able to provide dental services efficiently and effectively.

1. Provide an overview of IHS history, mission and structure, personnel issues, and career development.
2. Increase efficiency to provide stainless steel crowns and other pediatric services.
3. Increase efficiency in diagnosis of endodontically treated teeth, periodontal disease and caries.
4. Be able to demonstrate sound oral surgical technique, diagnosis and treatment of infections.
5. Provide principles of health promotion and disease prevention and be able to interpret them relative to oral health.

Kenneth Moran — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kenneth.moran@tchealth.org.

LORI GOODMAN — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lori.goodman@ihs.gov.

Craig Bruce — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at craig.bruce@tchealth.org.

Matthew Brunson — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at matthew.brunson@tonation-nsn.gov.

ROBERT PALMER — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at robert.palmer@tchealth.org.

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

Must have a current dental license.

Please Make Checks Payable to: Clinical Support Center

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40 North Central Ave., Suite 780

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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.