2023 Catalog: All Courses

This IHS Oral Health Annual Dental Meeting of Oklahoma City, Bemidji, and Great Plains areas will provide continuing dental education courses, introduction of dental and local exhibits of vendors, and networking sessions for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental front office, and other healthcare professionals throughout Oklahoma City, Bemidji and Great Plains Area.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1.   Meet the required opioid prescribing class requirements [1 hr annually] as set forth in State Statute
2.   Describe the mechanisms of resorption
3.   Gain greater knowledge of ergonomics for dental professionals through an evidenced-based but practical approach.
4.   Discuss indications for consideration of pharmacologic and advanced behavior management techniques.

Bob Smith — I am a trusty Shellback For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Bob.Smith@ihs.gov.

Keasha Myrick — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Keasha.Myrick@ihs.gov.

Jeff Puckett — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jeff.puckett@dentistry.ok.gov.

Ellen Kimbrell — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at ekimbrell@oklahomaparentscenter.org.

Whitney Smith — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at whitney.a.smith26.mil@health.mil.

Shantel Barnes — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tmz6@cdc.gov.

Mary Hamburg — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mary-hamburg@ouhsc.edu.

David Bales — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at david.bales@ihs.gov.

Amy Suhr — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at amy.suhr@tchealth.org.

Scott Williams — Commissioned Corps For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at scott.williams@ihs.gov.

Tina Isham-Amos — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tina.isham-amos@aol.com.

Sara Getz — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sara.getz@ocme.ok.gov.

Carrie Webber — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at cwebber@jamesonmanagement.com.

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

Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

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.