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Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar

Time: 6:30-8:30 pm; this virtual lecture will begin promptly at 6:30 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required.
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CE Credits: 1.0 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $25.00
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $18.50
Military, $18.50
**Payment is made following the program.**

Course Description

Discussion of common emergencies and their management in a dental office.

Learning Objectives

Be prepared to manage patient in common office emergency.

Speaker

Man Ching Ho, DMD
Dentist-anesthesiologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Division
School of Dental Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. 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.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credits.

Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar

Time: 6:00-7:30 pm EST; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 6:00 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required.

CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $37.50
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $28.00
Military, $28.00
**Payment is made following the program.**

**NOTE: For the best viewing experience, use the Google Chrome browser or download the Zoom app.

Implant Management in the Esthetic Zone

Course Description

This course will enable general practitioners and specialists to integrate basic implantology concepts into your teaching and private practice. Merging basic concepts from biology, surgery, and prosthetics to provide predictable esthetics outcomes for the implant restorations. The course emphasizes fixed implant-supported restorations (single crowns and small span bridges) in the esthetic area. The course includes different treatment stages that include: the treatment plan, prosthesis design, impression techniques, provisional and final restorations, recall, and maintenance.

Learning Objectives

• Classify prosthetics patients and case selection.
• Value diagnostic information in implant cases radiograph, cast, and clinical information required for treatment planning in the esthetic zone.
• Application of surgical and biological principles for implant restorations outcome.
• Learn the importance of soft tissue management in the outcome of esthetic implant-supported restorations
• Understand impression technique, abutment selection, provisionalization, and final restorations of implants.
• Understand restorations design and materials for implant-supported fixed prosthesis.
• Learn the importance of recall and maintenance protocol for patients with implant restorations.

Speaker

Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar

Time: 5:00-6:30 pm EST; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 5:00 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required.

CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $37.50
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $28.00
Military, $28.00
**Payment is made following the program.**

**NOTE: For the best viewing experience, use the Google Chrome browser or download the Zoom app.

Speaker

Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar

Time: 6:00-7:30 pm EST; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 6:00 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required. 

CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $37.50
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $28.00
Military, $28.00
**Payment is made following the program.**

**NOTE: For the best viewing experience, use the Google Chrome browser or download the Zoom app.

Orofacial Rehabilitation: The Impact of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics on Survivorship

Course Description

Maxillofacial prosthodontics integrates the basic principles of prosthodontics into a broader oral-facial application that spans beyond the alveolar structures. With creativity, the prosthetic rehabilitation possibilities enable patients to be “capable” of performing oral function. This lecture discusses how maxillofacial prosthetics can be employed to improve the livelihood of patients with congenital and acquired orofacial abnormalities and defects.

Learning Objectives

• Understand what maxillofacial prosthetics is
• Understand what survivorship is
• Understand the role of prosthodontics within complex multidisciplinary patient care

Speaker

Virtually presented via Zoom Webinar

Time: 6:00-8:00 pm; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 6:00 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required.
Register here»
CE Credits: 2.0 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $50.00
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $37.50
Military, $37.50
**Payment is made following the program.**

Speaker

Dr. Jason Kim

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. 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.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 2.0 continuing education credits.

Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar

Time: 6:00-7:30 pm EST; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 6:00 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required.

CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $37.50
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $28.00
Military, $28.00
**Payment is made following the program.**

**NOTE: For the best viewing experience, use the Google Chrome browser or download the Zoom app.

Speaker

Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar

Time: 6:00-7:30 pm EST; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 6:00 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required.

CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $37.50
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $28.00
Military, $28.00
**Payment is made following the program.**

**NOTE: For the best viewing experience, use the Google Chrome browser or download the Zoom app.

Speaker

Virtually presented via Zoom Webinar

Time: 5:30-7:00 pm; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 5:30 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE; Registration is still required.
Register here»
CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits

The Scope, Origins and Maintenance of Dental Fear

Course Description

Dental fear negatively affects the health of over 53 million Americans. Many dental professionals believe that anxious patients do not come to treatment at all, or that professionals can easily recognize dental fear. Neither of these are true. This lecture will review the prevalence of dental fear and phobia, and the research linking dental fear to oral health problems. We will learn how fears are acquired and discuss the implications of this research for treating children. We will discuss how fearful patients present, and how to understand your patients’ levels of fear. We will review how fear and phobia maintain across time and discuss the implications of this for dental practitioners.

Learning Objectives

Participants will understand the prevalence of dental fear, how it presents, and mechanisms underlying its development and maintenance.

Speaker

Dr. Amy M. Smith Slep received a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Stony Brook University in 1995. She is now Professor in the Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care at NYU. Along with her collaborator, she co-directs the Family Translational Research Group, which includes over 20 research staff and students focused on understanding violence in families. Dr. Slep’s research focuses on many different aspects of conflict and violence in families: the development of dysfunctional parenting, the connections between parenting and partner conflict, the dynamics of conflict escalation and de-escalation in productive and destructive conflicts, what facets of exposure to violence impact children’s functioning and how these impacts can be buffered, and how to best prevent family violence. Her work on definitions of maltreatment has resulted in definitions that are now being used through the military. She has published over 70 scientific articles and book chapters and has received nearly 40 federal research grants. She is a licensed clinical psychologist.

Disclosure: Dr. Slep has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. 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.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 1.5 continuing education credits.

Virtually presented via Zoom Webinar

Time: 5:30-7:00 pm; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 5:30 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE; Registration is still required.
Register here»
CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits

Non-pharmacologic Management Strategies for Dental Fear

Course Description

Dental fear negatively affects the health of over 53 million American adults. Standard dental treatment (anti-anxiety medication or anesthesia) is compassionate but maintains the cycle of fear and avoidance. This presentation will discuss the evidence for non-pharmacologic approaches to dental fear. Existing non-pharmacologic treatments are effective but are rarely available in typical practice settings and not easily disseminated. We will cover (a) the basic cognitive-behavioral principles and methods underlying these treatments; (b) universal assessment of dental fear; (c) questions to ask patients with moderate to severe fear; and (d) ways to improve treatment of patients with a variety of dental fear triggers. Finally, we will also cover two promising directions for dental feat treatment currently being researched at PDM, both of which are highly disseminable stepped-care approaches (1) a human-delivered option, comprising a low-intensity level (app + brief interview to foster dentist-patient communication around fear) and higher intensity level (for those needing more intensive treatment — 1 hour of additional in-chair fear treatment from a mental health professional performed in the dentist’s office); and (2) a virtual reality-delivered option, similar to #1 but with the in-chair treatment via a virtual reality program.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the pros and cons of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches to dental fear.
• Describe the basic cognitive-behavioral principles and methods underlying these treatments.
• Delineate how to assess for dental fear and what questions to ask patients with dental fear.
• Discuss stepped-care approaches being researched for dental fear.

Speaker

Dr. Richard E. Heyman is Professor in the Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care at New York University. He earned a B.S. from Duke University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon. He’s a licensed psychologist.

Dr. Heyman has received over 60 grants/contracts from major U.S. funding agencies on a variety of topics, from dental fear to social determinants of health to couples communication to community-level prevention of family maltreatment, substance problems, and suicidality. Dr. Heyman has published over 200 scientific articles/chapters on these topics.

At the core of Dr. Heyman’s research is translating basic knowledge into prevention and treatment and on improving adoption of evidence-based practices.

Disclosure: Dr. Heyman has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. 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.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 1.5 continuing education credits.

virtually via Zoom webinar

Time: 6:30-8:00 pm; This virtual lecture will begin promptly at 6:30 pm via Zoom Webinar.
Registration: FREE to view (does not include continuing education credits); Registration is still required.
Register here»
CE Credits: 1.5 lecture credits
To receive continuing education credits:
Dentist, $37.50
Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, $28.00
Military, $28.00
**Payment is made following the program.**

Surgical Orthodontics for the Correction of Dentofacial Deformities

Course Description

Dentofacial deformities in adults require the combination and skills of the orthodontist and maxilofacial surgeon. In order to achieve all the functional and esthetic goals. In digital dentistry’s days virtual planning of orthodontics and orthognatic surgical corrections has become a valuable tool. Results can be compared to planning both for reevaluation and sharing information with colleagues and our patients. Virtual planning account for more reliable and precise results in our orthognatic surgery. Orthodontic preparation is the gold standard for maximizing the surgical correction. Cases will illustrate our treatment protocol from A to Z for these complex and challenging situations.

Learning Objectives

• Better understanding of the advantages of a team approach to the correction of dentofacial deformities integrating Orthodontics & Orthognatic Surgery

Speaker

Miguel Hirschhaut, DDS

– DDS, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1988-1993

– Fullbright scholarship from Fundayacucho, Venezuela to attend the Penn Orthodontic Program.

– Orthodontist Specialist, U Penn 1993-1995.

– Private practice limited to Orthodontics in Caracas, Venezuela for the last 26 years.

– Invited Professor of Orthodontics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Dept of Orthodontics. Since 1995 till present.

– Author of several publications in refereed journals and 2 book chapters.

– Reviewer for: Dental Press Orthodontic Journal, Brazil; Acta Odontologica Venezolana, Universidad Central de Venezuela; Veritas Odontologica, Universidad Javeriana de Bogota, Colombia.