2010 Catalog: All Courses

This one hour in-house training will provide an update on Caries Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Management to the staff at Shiprock. This course will look at the difficulty in diagnosing carious lesions, how to assess caries risk, and different management strategies.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Understand why explorers are not the best choice for diagnosing pit and fissure caries.

2. Understand what makes a patient high risk for dental caries.

3. Treat dental caries through means other than destructive surgical procedures.

Rickey Thompson — After graduation from dental school in 1989, worked in the private sector for a year before joining the U.S Air Force. Transferred to the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in 1993. PHS assignments have included Fort Peck Service Unit, Southern Colorado Service Unit, and Shiprock Service Units. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Rickey.Thompson@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.