2018 Catalog: General Courses

This one-day abbreviated course will provide dentists and dental hygienists with some of the basics of dental disease prevention including information on fluoride varnish, fluoridation, sealants, silver ion antimicrobials, glass ionomers, oral health education, and program planning.

This course is limited to the first 25 registrants.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. List at least three evidence-based prevention best practices in dental disease prevention;
2. Describe the steps in the POARE planning model; and
3. Create and carry out a prevention project at the participant's own clinic.

CHRISTOPHER HALLIDAY — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at christopher.halliday@ihs.gov.

Elaine Sanchez — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at ESanchez@nappr.org.

Aliandra Maes — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at AMaes@nappr.org.

Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@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

Participants must be dentists, dental hygienists, or dental therapists in order to participate in this course.

Payment must be by check and accompanied by Tuition Payment Form

IHS DIvision of Oral Health, ATTN: CDE Coordinator

5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 08N34 A

Rockville, MD 20857

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.