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Continuing Education

The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry is committed to offering a variety of innovative Continuing Education courses designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the diverse groups of oral health professionals throughout the state of Oklahoma and surrounding areas. Information regarding Continuing Education opportunities offered through the College are updated regularly on this web page. 

Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Office of Continuing Education by calling (405) 271-4050 or via  email.  

If you would like to be notified about upcoming CE courses via email, please click here. 

Upcoming CE Courses

Opioid, Ethics, CPR, OSHA and Infection Control Refresher - September 6 (In-Person and Webinar)

Five courses, seven CE credits, one day!

Course Details

Presented By: CPR for Life, Kim Graziano, RDH, MPH, and Jeff Puckett
Date: Friday, September 6, 2024 
Credit Hours: 7 
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM 
Location: College of Dentistry, Room 163 and Live Zoom Webinar 

Participant Cost

In-Person Cost:
Dentist In-Person - $299
Clinical/Administration Team In-Person - $199

Webinar Cost:
Dentist Webinar (No CPR) - $249
Clinical/Administration Team Webinar (No CPR) - $149

Course Schedule

8:45 a.m. – Check-in (coffee and pastries provided)
9:00 a.m. – CPR, Christy Johnson with CPR for Life (in-person only)
10:45 a.m. – Ethics, Jeff Puckett
11:45 a.m. – Lunch (lunch provided)
12:45 p.m. – Opioid Refresher, Jeff Puckett
 3:00 p.m. – OSHA and Infection Control, Kim Graziano, RDH, MPH

Course Overview

This course combination will provide you with one hour of ethics taught by Jeff Puckett, two hours of OSHA and infection taught by Jeff Puckett, and a two-year CPR re-certification card. The CPR re-certification card will be provided by email upon completion of the course.

For more information or to register click here. 

 

Social Media for Dental Professionals - October 11 (In-Person and Webinar)

Presented By: Isabel Rambob, DDS, FICD
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Credit Hours: 3
Time: 9 AM to 12 PM
Location:
OU College of Dentistry, Room 163
1201 N Stonewall Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
and Live Zoom Webinar

Participant Cost

In-Person Cost:

Dentists: $225
Clinical/Administrative Team: $149

Webinar Cost:

Dentists: $175
Clinical/Administrative Team: $99

Course Description

With 2.9B users on Facebook and 2.5B on Instagram, you can’t afford to be invisible online. Most likely patients are checking you and/or practice on social media before making a decision to schedule an appointment with you. Learning how to effectively navigate the social media world is a must-have skill of the digital age. In this session, we will present how to simplify the process of managing your social media presence.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

·       Understand the basic principles of branding

·       Identify the 5 stages of customer/patient awareness

·       Establish a content creation strategy

·       Analyze content performance

For more information or to register click here. 

 

Differentiating Your Practice: Interdisciplinary Considerations in Periodontics and Prosthodontics Approach Nov. 15 (In-Person and Webinar)

Presented By: Jekita Kaenploy, DDS, MS and Jaewon Kim, DDS, MS, MSD, PhD
Date: Friday, November 15, 2024
Credit Hours: 3
Registration: 8:45 a.m.
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location:
OU College of Dentistry, Room 104
1201 N Stonewall Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
and Live Zoom Webinar

Participant Cost

In-Person Cost:

Dentists: $150
Clinical/Administrative Team: $105

Webinar Cost:

Dentists: $115
Clinical/Administrative Team: $79

Course Description

This course offers practitioners a comprehensive understanding of how to integrate both disciplines into their practice seamlessly. Designed for dental professionals seeking to elevate their clinical expertise, this course emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in achieving optimal patient outcomes. 

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the fundamental principles of periodontics and their interplay in comprehensive patient care.
  2. Develop profieciency in conduting interdisciplinary assessments to diagnose complex dental cases requiring collaborative treatment. 
  3. Learn to formulate evidence-based treatment plans integrating periodontal and prosthetic interventions for optimal patient outcomes. 

Click here to register. 

Additional CE Courses

DO NO HARM Dental, Putting Safer Pain Management into Practice

The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, in association with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, is pleased to announce a new continuing education program titled “DO NO HARM: Putting Safer Pain Management into Practice.” This program was created specifically to satisfy the educational requirements for Oklahoma dental licensure. The two-hour CE was derived from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement Cooperative’s program created to provide CME credits to clinicians.

An introduction to the program is provided by Dr. Edmund Braly, director of pre-doctoral and clinical education for the division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the OU College of Dentistry. He then turns the narration of the four-module course to Dr. Steven Crawford, senior associate dean for the OU College of Medicine. The modules include: Module 1: Overview; Module 2: Epidemic; Module 3: Pain; and Module 4: Analgesia. 

 Registration InstructionsRegister

 *If you have any problems getting connected, contact TrainingInstitute@odmhsas.org.

   

Contact

Kylie Faherty
Director of Alumni and External Affairs
(405) 271-4380
Kylie-Faherty@ouhsc.edu

All courses, unless otherwise noted, will take place at the OU College of Dentistry, located at 1201 N. Stonewall Ave. in Oklahoma City.

For courses held at the college, complimentary parking is available on the first level of the Stonewall Parking Garage (P4). Please bring your parking ticket with you to the course for validation. Click here to view a campus map. 

Course registration begins 30 minutes prior to the scheduled course time. No refunds will be issued if you miss a course. In the event you are unexpectedly unable to attend a course, please give 48-hours  notice, and credit may be extended to another course.

The College reserves the right to cancel courses, should the need arises.

 

Accreditation

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The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry is a 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. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/cerp.

Oklahoma Dental Foundation

The OU College of Dentistry provides classroom and clinical space for several of the Oklahoma Dental Foundation's continuing education courses for dental auxiliaries. The College does not participate in the administration of these courses. For more information, please contact the Oklahoma Dental Foundation directly at (405) 421-1299, or visit their website.