Continuing Education

Judge for Yourself: Oral Hygiene Products

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1.5 hours

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2019 Lecture Series

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Speaker: Ms. Judy Bendit

Toothbrushes, toothpaste and mouthwash. ... so many options, so little time. But which ones are best for your patients? Please join me for this overview of what to look for in selecting the right products for each patient's needs. Determine where to look for the evidence to help you make the right decisions and then "Judge for Yourself" and select products to make our patients successful in their oral hygiene protocol.

Hygiene

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Release Date: 06/25/2019

Comprehensive Dental Examination Basics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1.5 hours

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2019 Lecture Series

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Dr. Mike Racich

This evidence-based presentation will have all dentists performing the comprehensive dental examination clinically and didactically better than ever before. All who take this course will immediately be able to apply the presented concepts clinically for patient evaluation optimization.

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1h

Release Date: 04/10/2019

The Pharmacological Management of Dental Caries

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1h

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Speaker: Dr. Geoff Knight

Despite observing the ability of carious dentin to remineralize as arrested caries, dentists continue to treat caries by amputation rather than pharmacologically supporting the remineralization process. This program explores the benefits pharmacological enhancements to remineralization.

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 10/17/2018

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Front Office Mastery.

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Speaker: Ms. Sandy Pardue

This is a comprehensive course that teaches doctors and team members how to organize their front office systems. Learn how to create productive days with less stress, better control the phones, increase new patient numbers, reactivate patients, improve communication skills, increase treatment acceptance, predict and control broken appointments and excel in other activities that will result in increased income.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 2 hours

Release Date: 08/01/2018

Are You Staying Ahead of the Ultrasonic Curve?

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 2 hours

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2018 Lecture Series

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Speaker: Dani Botbyl, RDH

This course details how ultrasonic scaling technology can be used for more than the removal of moderate to heavy calculus, and discusses how to implement ultrasonic practices to remove light calculus and to remove and disrupt biofilm.

Hygiene

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 11/09/2017

Oral Diseases Associated with Children and Adolescents

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Speaker: Deborah Levin-Goldstein, RDH, MS

This course is the third in a series of oral pathology presentations emphasizing common diseases prevalent among patients throughout the life span. This course discusses conditions and diseases commonly seen in children and adolescents. The etiologies, clinical manifestations, symptoms and treatment options for these conditions and diseases are emphasized.

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.25

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 10/25/2017

Silver is the New Black: Improving Your Practice with Silver Diamine Fluoride

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.25

Running Time: 1 hour

Speaker: Dr. Jeanette MacLean

Silver Diamine Fluoride is a revolutionary approach to combating caries in an effective and non-invasive manner. Learn EVERYTHING you need to know on how to successfully incorporate this new option for caries management into your clinical practice today including restorative options.

Pediatric

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Release Date: 09/20/2017

Pediatric

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Cracking the Code

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Speaker: Patti DiGangi, RDH

This course explores how current dental terminology (CDT) code gaps have contributed to a delay in therapeutic care of early periodontal disease, recognition of its medical relevance, and the communication between dental and medical professionals.

Periodontics

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 09/01/2017

Periodontics

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Treating the Transgender Dental Patient... Filmed Live at Townie Meeting

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Speaker: Dr. Anne Koch

This presentation goes into detail the fascinating personal and professional history of Dr. Anne Koch. She will also address all the required aspects of care, beginning with a description of terms, as well as how to create the proper office environment. This will lead to a discussion of the medical challenges these patients face and how they may affect their dental treatment.

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 2 hours

Release Date: 08/16/2017

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 2 hours

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2017 Lecture Series

Frustration: The Breakfast of Champions... Filmed Live at Townie Meeting.

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Ms. Vicki McManus

Every team knows that addressing frustration head on is a cornerstone of massive success! Think about it—who’s more frustrated, the janitor who cleans your building or you, the team delivering high-quality care? Vicki is a certified emotional intelligence coach and CEO of two award-winning companies. She has a wide array of firsthand experience dealing with frustration.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hr

Release Date: 08/16/2017

Townie Meeting 2017 Lecture Series

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hr

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2017 Lecture Series

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The Townie Meeting 2017 series contains 13 courses from great speakers. 25 hours of excellent education in both clinical dentistry and practice management. Only $295 to view and claim CE credits.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Series Cost to View: $295

Series Cost for Credit: Included

Total Credits: 25

Course Count: 13

Release Date: 08/16/2017

Communication, Coding and Collections: The Three C’s of the Profitable Practice.

Cost to View: $295

Cost for Credit: Included

Total Credits: 25

Course Count: 13

Speaker: Laci Phillips

When the first question a patient asks is, “How much will my insurance pay?” our daily lives begin to revolve around insurance. Learn to step out of that mindset and step into customer service, quality health care and ultimately a profitable practice. Discover how excellent communication, proper coding and above-average collections can impact your practice’s efficiency and financial health.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Release Date: 06/14/2017

Understanding Survivors of Childhood Abuse

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1.5 hours

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Speaker: Linda M Douglas, RDH, BSc

This course provides insight into the failure of some patients to seek dental treatment or perform adequate self-care, and the relationship to mental health issues caused by childhood abuse.

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 06/01/2017

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Silver Diamine Fluoride: Another Arrow in the Quiver to Defeat Decay

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Speaker: Judy Bendit and Patti DiGangi

The never-ending war against oral disease comes with one benefit: We’re given new weapons every so often to help make a fighting difference for countless patients. One of the newest weapons that has emerged is silver diamine fluoride (SDF). SDF’s unique composition has proven to be an incredibly useful medicament not only for extreme cases but in day-to-day traditional dentistry as well.

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 03/02/2017

Honing Our Edge: Options for Maintaining Periodontal Hand Instruments

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

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Speaker: Karen Siebert, BSDH, MA

As clinicians, the hand scaling instruments we use become part of our professional persona. Many hygienists refer to loving or hating certain instruments. It is an emotional attachment. More importantly, maintaining the working edge is a challenge, one that’s a constant source of discussion in the dental hygiene profession. However, how to best maintain a consistent edge is a much more complicated matter.

Periodontics

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 11/01/2016

Periodontics

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Caring for Patients with Eating Disorders..... Filmed Live at Townie Meeting

Speaker: Ms. Linda Douglas, RDH

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric illnesses, and dental professionals are in an ideal position to help improve outcomes for such patients. This course provides an overview of eating disorders and their oral and systemic warning signs, plus insight into the psychological, systemic and oral-health aspects of eating disorders.

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 09/14/2016

Understanding Exceptional-Needs Patients

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

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Speaker: Nadine Russell, RDH, BSc

Through nonjudgmental and supportive care, dental hygienists can provide evidence-based, patient-specific care that will give patients improved oral health and, in turn, greater overall health. After reading this article, dental hygienists should feel more confident about providing dental care for patients with exceptional needs.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 07/01/2016

Dental Hygiene Instruments...What’s Hot, What’s Not, you be the Judge.

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Speaker: Judy Bendit RDH.

Your selection of instruments reflects upon your level of experience, professional confidence, clinical knowledge, and most significantly, the decisions your instructors made for you when they chose your basic instrument kit in school. Take this one hour journey to decide if you are using the latest and greatest instruments, or if you have exactly what you need to offer your patients the best care possible...

Hygiene

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 04/06/2016

Oral and Dental Sequelae of Cancer Therapy

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Lauren Levi, DMD

How should dentists treat patients undergoing cancer therapy? The course will discuss dental oncologic issues including the pathophysiology and management of osteoradionecrosis of the jaw. It will also review the oral side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment to the head and neck and the ideal time to treat patients while they are undergoing cancer therapy.

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 02/17/2016

Hygiene – The Low Hanging Fruit of Restorative Dentistry

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Speaker: Dr. Mac Lee

If every patient accepted all needed dentistry, how busy would you be? If your patients understood the need for the dentistry as well as you do, what would your acceptance ratio be? Dentist and team tend to confuse patient more than they educate them in terms the patients understand. This program gives your hygienist, dentist and team the verbal skills necessary for high treatment acceptance.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 12/30/2015

Repair and Protect Enamel with Remineralizing Agents

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Deborah Levin-Goldstein, RDH, MS

Caries is a dynamic disease process involving the cyclic demineralization and remineralization of the tooth structure. A key preventive approach is maintaining an oral environment favorable to remineralization. Fluoride’s ability to promote remineralization is limited by the availability of calcium and phosphate in saliva. The four types of remineralizing therapeutics that attract calcium and phosphate will be discussed as well as the caries process and CAMBRA.

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 08/26/2015

Saving Ailing/Failing Implants with the Laser Assisted Peri-Implantitis Procedure.

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

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Speaker: Allen Honigman DDS, MS

This course provides the scientific background and clinical evidence to support the use of the PerioLase® MVP-7™ pulsed Nd:YAG dental laser in the LANAP® and LAPIP™ protocols to effectively treat periodontal disease and peri-implantitis. The presentation includes findings of investigations as well as numerous case studies with up to 4.5-year follow-up results.

Laser Dentistry

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 04/08/2015

Laser Dentistry

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

This course is Sponsored by Millennium Dental Technologies. Select members maybe be eligible to opt in to view this course for free.

The Indispensable Team. Recorded Live at Townie Meeting!

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Speaker: Sarah Cottingham

Learn how dental and medical practices have transformed their stagnant “OK” results into a thriving, growing masterpiece! This is created by an indispensable team! Do you have one? Are you an indispensable team member? Individuals and teams will hear about those elements that make the difference. Recorded Live at Townie Meeting 2014!

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $18

Cost for Credit: +$18

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Release Date: 03/04/2015

The New OSHA Hazard Communication Standard

Cost to View: $18

Cost for Credit: +$18

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2014 Lecture Series

Speaker: Leslie Canham, CDA, RDA

This course will introduce the participant to the new Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication Standard. Employers are required to provide training to employees on the chemical safety and employees have the right to know and understand about the hazards they are exposed to in the work place.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 02/18/2015