The UMSOD Office of Continuing Education offers nearly 400 hours of continuing dental education courses each year. We are dedicated to lifelong learning and want to help you achieve your goals. Check this site often, as more courses are added frequently.

Have a question? Email umsodce@umaryland.edu or call 410-706-2282. We hope to see you at an upcoming course.

• NEW UMSOD Implantology Continuum Course
  This two-year program is designed to impart to participants the knowledge; skill set and confidence needed to deliver one of the most highly sought services in dentistry today.

• Nitrous Oxide Review
  This course will follow the ADA guidelines for teaching nitrous oxide. It will include background, history, patient evaluation and the entire spectrum of sedation/anesthesia. 

• Hot Button Drug Topics of Interest to Dentistry: Opioid Epidemic, Antibiotic Stewardship, Marijuana and more
  This fast paced 6-hour course will discuss latest supplement issues that may have an effect on pharmacotherapy in patient treatment. 
  
  
• Actions and Algorithms for Medical Emergencies: How to Save a Life (Including Your Own)
  Many potential medical emergencies can be prevented. Gain a comprehensive command of the essential knowledge and skills needed to handle a life-threatening medical crisis.

• Three-Dimensional (3-D) Endodontic Instrumentation and Obturation
  True 3-D instrumentation and obturation has arrived. Furthermore, all participants will have the opportunity to validate these concepts during the hands-on session. 
  
  
• Digital Technology: Three-Dimensional Implant Planning, Design and In-Office Printing of Surgical Guides
  The use of digital dentistry has become mainstream in dental clinics. Intraoral optical impressions are easy to master, save valuable time in the clinic, and improve patient acceptance. This course is composed of a didactic and a hands-on portion. 
  
  
• Optimum Aesthetics
  Implementation of Aesthetic Dentistry could transform a routine hectic practice to a Fun and Fulfilling environment. 

• Infection Control Is Not Optional | Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal | The Scope of Abuse
  Recent breaches in infection control in dental offices in CO, OK, PA and NJ has become a cause of concern for dental consumers. Is it safe to go to the dentist? The answer is yes; when dental practitioners are compliant with recommended infection control practices.

• Nitrous Oxide Administration and Monitoring for the Dental Hygienist
  The Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners (MSBDE) adopted rules and regulations which allow properly-trained registered dental hygienists to monitor and administer nitrous oxide sedation during dental related procedures. This course fulfills MSBDE educational requirements for registered dental hygienists.

• Treating The Complex Prosthodontic Patient
  This presentation will include many clinical examples of situations, where the dentist is faced with an unhappy patient due to existing conditions or complications from prior treatment. 
  
  
• Ridge Preservation for Esthetics, Prosthetics and Implant Placement
  This workshop will provide an understanding of implant site development principles and bone grafting clinical protocols.
  
  
• Cone Beam CT Imaging and Principles: Part I Basic Training
  This course provides a detailed introduction to the cone beam CT. 
  
  
• Cone Beam CT Imaging and Principles: Part II Advanced Basic Training
  This 12-hour course is a continuation of Part 1. 

• Combined Inhalation-Enteral Conscious Sedation | Update of Pharmacology and Review of Airway Management and Emergencies
  This two-day, 12-credit-hour course meets the requirements for renewal of a Class 1 permit for the use of non-parenteral anesthetic technique to attain the level of moderate sedation in adult dental patients.
• Combined Inhalation-Enteral Conscious Sedation for the Adult Dental Patient
  This intensive, 24-hour course offers training in the safe and effective use of combined inhalation- enteral conscious sedation in the adult dental patient.
• Anterior/Posterior Composite Artistry
  Direct anterior and posterior composite restorations are a day to day treatment modality.  This course will take the clinician to the next level in the aesthetic use of these materials.
• Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals
  Through a combination of lecture and hands-on lab work, partcipants will gain skills in the implementation of local anesthesia.  This course will provide the licensed dental hygienist with initial didactic and clinical laboratory components necessary to perform local anesthesia.
• Dentists and Hygienists Treating Patients with Anxiety and Special Needs
  This participation course will give attendees the necessary knowledge and tools to treat difficult or otherwise unmanageable patients. 

• A Potpourri Of Interdisciplinary Orthodontics POSTPONED
  This program will provide a review of the current proposed forms of treatment for cases missing anterior and posterior teeth, with emphasis on maxillary lateral incisors. Clinical situations will be used to illustrate the decision process on treating mutilated dentition.
  
  

• CDT Coding Reimbursement-2020 POSTPONED
  This CDT 2020 coding/reimbursement workshop is provided with the most accurate and up to date information by a current dental director of a dental benefits company. The CDT code review will use actual claims. Practice management tips will include narratives for claim submission, record keeping that will support the claims and when and how to adjust practice fees

  Additional topics to be discussed:

  • Claim rejections, why?
  • What is fraud?
  • How to survive an audit
  • Participating in PPO and DHMO and Medicaid, upside and downsides
  • Learn how insurance companies think
  • Narratives, the what and when

• Nitrous Oxide Administration and Monitoring for the Dental Hygienist POSTPONED
  The Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners (MSBDE) adopted rules and regulations which allow properly-trained registered dental hygienists to monitor and administer nitrous oxide sedation during dental related procedures. This course fulfills MSBDE educational requirements for registered dental hygienists.
  
  
• Infection Control Is Not Optional | Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal | The Scope of Abuse
  Recent breaches in infection control in dental offices in CO, OK, PA and NJ has become a cause of concern for dental consumers. Is it safe to go to the dentist? The answer is yes; when dental practitioners are compliant with recommended infection control practices.

• NEW UMSOD Implantology Continuum Course - Limited to 8 Participants
  This two-year program is designed to impart to participants the knowledge; skill set and confidence needed to deliver one of the most highly sought services in dentistry today.