Continuing Education

Date: CANCELLED (Previously scheduled for Friday, January 21, 2022) 
Credits: 6 Lecture Hours
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Course Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: OU College of Dentistry 
Presented By: Michael C. Fling, D.D.S.

Cost: 
In-Person Dentists: $295
In - Person Hygienists/Staff: $195

Webinar Dentists: $245
Webinar Hygienists/Staff: $145

Course Overview:
Preparation design for full and partial coverage has changed with the advent of modern materials. Digital impression techniques are commonplace. Restoration fabrication techniques for crowns, dentures and temporaries are numerous. There are a multitude of ways to sequence treatment with all these options. This presentation looks at these items and reviews the following learning objectives:
• Preparation design for full coverage and veneer restorations when restoring with contemporary materials
• Retraction and isolation techniques for pristine digital impressions
• Pros and cons of digital impressions dentistry
• How to articulate digitally generated impressions
• Restoration fabrication techniques of crowns and dentures with digital printing, milling and pressing
• Indications and material choices for contemporary restorations
• Is Zirconia a friend or foe?
• Material choices for cementation and bonding
• Fabrication of intermediate restorations and composite overlays
• Fabrication of exquisite provisional restorations (temporaries)
• Rational of a make sense sequence of restorative treatment

Presented By: Sharukh S. Khajotia, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Date: Friday, March 4, 2022
Credit Hours: 6
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: OU College of Dentistry, Room 104
Fees: Dentists: $295
          Hygienists & Staff: $195

Course Overview:
Dental bonding agents and resin luting cements are constantly evolving areas of restorative dentistry. In addition, new products have been introduced in the glass ionomers and resin-modified glass ionomers categories. Dentists are faced with a large range of restorative dental materials and are expected to separate advertising from reality. In this presentation, Dr. Khajotia will differentiate among the various categories of adhesive systems and resin cements from the perspective of critical Biomaterials Science considerations and clinical use, without personal bias or commercial interests. He will also discuss glass ionomers and resin-modified glass ionomers from that perspective. During this presentation, Dr. Khajotia will review the composition, manipulation and properties of bonding agents, resin luting cements, glass ionomers and resin-modified glass ionomers, with an emphasis on the latest generation of bonding agents. Dr. Khajotia will then provide attendees with a unique insight into current research in his laboratory on the development of an antibacterial bonding agent, and on interactions between oral biofilms and dental biomaterials. Overall, this presentation will provide participants with the tools needed to review and select suitable bonding agents, glass ionomers and resin cements with confidence.

For more information on this course, click here. 

Date: Friday, May 13, 2022 (Previously scheduled for Friday, November 12, 2021)
Credits: 3 Lecture Hours
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Course Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: OU College of Dentistry and Zoom 
Presented By: Debbie Ozment, D.D.S.

Cost: 
In-Person Dentists: $150
In-Person Hygienists/Staff: $75

Webinar Dentists: $100
Webinar Hygienists/Staff: $50

Course Overview:
Get the latest updates on how your care impacts the long term health and vitality of your patient family. This course will investigate current research and real-life case studies related to oral pathogens and systemic disease. Take your team to the next levels and give patients the care they crave.

For more information or to register, click here. 

Date: POSTPONED (Previously scheduled for Saturday, December 4, 2021)
Credits: 4 Hands-On Hours
Registration: 8:00 a.m.
Course Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: OU College of Dentistry, Radiology Clinic
Presented By: Farah Masood, D.D.S., M.S.
Cost: Dentists, Dental Hygienist and *Dental Assistants: $250

 *Must be 18 years or older. Dental assistants must have a permit and radiation safety training completed prior to course date. Enrollment limited to 14 participants.

Course Overview: Hands-on training will be done under direction of experienced instructors. The participants will: - Expose periapical images and bitewings on manikins. - Use Digital Dexis sensor, and paralleling technique with XCP sensor holders. - Learn correct use of XCP and sensor placement. - Learn techniques to correct errors like over-angulation, under-angulation, cone cutting, overlapping, under or over exposure. - Learn the diagnostic criteria for images. - Retake images that do not meet the diagnostic criteria after feed-back from the instructors.
Participants will work in pairs during each hand-on training. Each participant will take ½ FMX, self-assess, receive feedback and retake images as needed.
Sticky tabs will also be available for use if requested by any participant.

Please check back for rescheduled date.