2017 Catalog: All Courses

This course will provide the participant with information on the etiology of dental caries, effective preventive regimens, and the need to work as a team. Current data from the IHS Basic Screening Survey will be presented, and the IHS Early Childhood Caries Collaborative will be discussed. Audience will include dental staff, medical staff, and nursing staff.

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the etiology of dental caries, the effects of sugar, and the infectious nature of the disease.
2. Identify three preventive regimens to prevent ECC.
3. Identify how the medical clinic and dental can work together to prevent ECC.
4. Identify the four objectives of the IHS ECC program.

Richard Champany — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sr_champany@msn.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

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Title V compacted programs should send $150.00 per student to:

IHS Division of Oral Health, ATTN: CDE Coordinator, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 08N34 A, Rockville, MD 20857.

Tuition is required only for staff from Title V Compact programs, and is required at least 2 weeks prior to the course.

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.