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DD0047: Clinical Orientation for the Alaska Area Dental Provider

 
Date: 10/08/2024 - 10/11/2024
Course Status: Available
Facility: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Location: Anchorage, AK
Level: Basic
Audience: Dentists, DHA
Quota: 3 - 15 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 29.00 (Total CDE); 4.00 (AGD - 142); 2.00 (AGD - 200); 6.00 (AGD - 250); 4.50 (AGD - 310); 4.00 (AGD - 430); 1.50 (AGD - 490); 7.00 (AGD - 550)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

This course will cover specific challenges of dentistry in Alaska with topics on oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, cusp protected restorations, molar substitution, serial extractions, endodontics, opioid misuse and pain management. The course will have both lecture and hands on training components.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the unique challenges of practicing dentistry in Alaska;
2. Discuss basics of public health dentistry as it applies to practice in Alaska; and
3. Adhere to IHS and public health principles in performing dental services.

Additional learning objectives and session descriptions will be made available by the course director.

Speaker / Presenter:

Dane Lenaker — Orthodontics For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at danel@searhc.org.

Nhi Huynh — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at nhuynh@scf.cc.

Sarah Shoffstall-Cone — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sshoffstallcone@anthc.org.

Bridget DeYoung — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at bridgetwillet@gmail.com.

Megan Milder — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mmilder@southcentralfoudnation.com.

Susanna Romero — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sromero@anthc.org.

KIM HORT — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kim.hort@searhc.org.

Max Klingenstein — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Max.Klingenstein@ihs.gov.

The speaker has no conflicts of interest to report.

Disclosure Policy:

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.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

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

Prerequisites:

Alaska Area dentists and DHATs only.

Tuition Payment Information:

Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

Tuition Policy:

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.