The UMSOD Office of Continuing Education offers nearly 400 hours of continuing dental education courses each year. We are dedicated to lifelong learning and strive to provide continuing education programs that will have an immediate impact on your ability to provide excellent patient care and grow your practice.

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.

• Collaborative care for the medically complex dental patient
  This course focuses on understanding medical consults for the dental management as well as dental consults for the medical management of medically complex patients. It addresses the Who, Why, When, What and How of such instances.
• The Effect of Gingival Phenotype on Periodontal Health
  The aim of this presentation is to explore the importance of converting thin phenotype into a thick phenotype for the maintenance of periodontal and peri-implant health. We will also cover the different phenotype modification techniques (PhMT) for soft and hard tissues.
• The Digital Flow: From a CT Scan to Surgical Guide to Implant Placement
  History has shown us that a Panorex and periapical radiograph will be fair diagnostic tools in implant placement. The next generation of diagnostic tools is here. The goals of these diagnostic tools are to craft more conservative flap reflections, enable better implant placement based on a prosthetic solution and decrease the amount of surgical time in the patient's best interest.
• Management of Gummy Smile: Esthetic Crown Lengthening and Lip Repositioning
  This is a 2-hour presentation that focuses on how periodontal soft tissue management aid the restorative dentist and orthodontist to obtain a pleasant natural smile with healthy gingival tissues. Excessive gingival display classification etiologic factors, and treatment solutions will be discussed using evidence-based therapies.

• Advanced Aligner Tips, Tricks and Pearls
  This two hour CE webinar is all about making your clear aligners more predictable in your practice. Join Dr. Amanda Wilson, DDS, MDS as she shares her aligner tricks and tips.

• Updates in Light-Curing: Unraveling the new era of light-cured materials
  In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of light-curing applied to your clinical practice. You will understand the difference between monowave and multiwave curing lights and their clinical implication according to the different light-cured materials in the market. And last, you will understand how to read manufacturers’ labels and instructions and avoid misleading advertising. 
• How Not to Kill Your Patient: Importance of the Medical History
  

  This course is set up to be a brief overview of the medical history and to highlight the most common complications in each of the seven physiologic systems. It includes important facts, relevant tests, and other key information when it comes to treating the medically complex patient. It also goes over the importance of medical consults and key things to ask for when completing them to encourage high quality responses.

• Introduction to Forensic Odontology
  Forensic odontology is the proper handling, examination, and analysis of dental and oral and maxillofacial remains for use in legal proceedings or by investigative agencies.
• Digital treatment options for the fully edentulous patient
  Treating the fully edentulous patient can be one of the most rewarding endeavors in clinical dentistry. At the same time, it can be one of the most intimidating endeavors from a treatment planning and execution perspective. In this course, we will explore and simplify the principles that will lead to both surgical and prosthetic success for treating these patients with three different prosthetic solutions: digital complete dentures, digital over-dentures, and digital fixed hybrid solutions.
• Emerging Dental Technologies: 3D Tomosynthesis, Dental MRI and Artificial Intelligence
  This one day continuing education course introduces the principles of 3D tomosynthesis, a new intraoral imaging technique, MRI that is being developed for use in dentistry and Artificial Intelligence (AI) focusing on its use in dentistry.
• The Non-Odontogenic Toothache
  

  This presentation is aimed at general dentists as well as specialists. The objective is to give an overview of conditions that mimic a toothache, but are in fact various manifestations of orofacial pain.

• A Review of Dental Ethics at Chairside 
  Dr. Hancock will review the five fundamental principles that form the foundation of the ADA Code: patient autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and veracity.
• Key Points to Achieve a Natural Looking Restorations Using Dental Composite 
  The purpose of this course is to present direct esthetic restorative options based on a minimally invasive approach. Principles, materials and clinical techniques will be outlined to help the dentist achieve excellent esthetics, function and affordable solutions while preserving naturaltooth structures.
• Controlled Substance Risk Assessment and Tapering the At-Risk Patient
  Current data is presented with respect to the presence of controlled substance use among general practice patients, cost effective strategies for conducting a valid assessment, and crisis strategies for management, tapering, and interprofessional collaboration.
• Exploring the Limits of Skeletal Expansion with Mini Screws 
  This lecture aims to present how mini screw supported expansion may and may not work for your practice setting with case demonstrations.

• 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.
• Ceramic Crowns: Esthetics and Function 
  This presentation will explore the selection of ceramics from aspects of biological compatibility, occlusion, and patient acceptance. Cases demonstrating success and failure of currently utilized ceramic materials will be presented
• An Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Injuries to the Permanent Dentition 
  This course is suitable for general dentists, pediatric dentists, endodontists, and other dentists who are interested in dental trauma to the permanent dentition. The course will be for 90 minutes and will include information from the most recent guidelines by the International Association of Dental Traumatology that were published in 2020.
• Periodontal Maintenance on the Implant Patient 
  This course will go over basic implant anatomy, diagnosis of peri-implant disease, risk factors, surgical and non-surgical treatment options and make special emphasis in peri-implant maintenance and long-term stability of peri-implant tissues.
• A "St. Louis-Style" Oral Pathology Safari 
  Participants will journey through the "St. Louis" oral pathology landscape to encounter several exotic oral pathologies. Participants will experience how these cases were diagnosed and managed.

   

• Evolving Your Practice with Comprehensive Implant Dentistry: Prosthetic & Surgical Treatment Provided by the Same Hands 
  

  The primary goal of this program is to help general dentists find their "dental implant comfort zone." We live in a day and age where dental implants have essentially become the standard of care for missing teeth and the more involved and knowledgeable a well-trained general dentist is, the more comprehensive the care they can provide for their patients.

• Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal | Abuse: The Regulations, and the Impact of COVID-19 | Infection Control In The Era of COVID-19 
  These courses satisfy the continuing dental education credits required for Maryland dental re-licensure in infection control, abuse and neglect, and prescription drug monitoring and disposal. For individual course descriptions click the corresponding link Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal for Dental Practitioners, Abuse Regulations for the Dental Team: The Impact of COVID-19, and Infection Control In The Era of COVID-19: What Dental Practitioners Need to Know.

• The Oral Systemic Connection 
  

  The lecture is of two parts: the first part will cover the oral manifestations of systemic diseases and conditions this includes but not limited to nutritional, hematologic, metabolic, endocrine, gastro-intestinal, connective tissue, granulomatous, infectious, cutaneous, and drug induced manifestations. The second part of the lecture will cover the possible hypotheses of correlation between periodontal disease and systemic diseases and conditions and literature yet available.

• Orthodontics and the Family Practice Dentist 
  This course is geared towards enabling Family Practitioners to better serve their multigenerational family based offices. 
• Lasers in Dentistry—Come and See the Light 
  

  This lecture will consist of an overview of laser fundamentals including tissue interaction and safety; a brief description of different available lasers; and many clinical case applications for treatment of both soft and hard tissues.

• When to Worry about White Lesions in the Oral Cavity
  

  This course will discuss common neoplastic and nonneoplastic white lesions, how to interpret biopsy results, and how to implement or find evidence-based management.

• Reducing Post-Operatory Sensitivity Through Adequate Bonding Procedures 
  

  In this presentation we will discuss possible technical mistakes that lead to post-operative sensitivity and how to avoid them, focusing on total etch and self-etch techniques.

• Advances and Challenges of Digital Dentistry for Dental Implant Surgeries 
  

  This presentation will allow dentists to become familiar with the digital workflow, with an emphasis on the implementation of the additive manufacturing, namely 3D printing technology for dental implant surgeries. The various 3D technologies (FDM, SLA and DLP) and their pros and cons will be discussed. Various clinical scenarios will be presented to demonstrate advantages and challenges of digital technologies.

• Why are your patients angry and fearful and what can you do about it? 
  Relational leadership, narrative leadership, and emotional intelligence are evident in highly effective, smoothly running, and cohesive teams. Learn how to put these elements to work in your unit and beyond.
• Medical History Taking in Dental Patients 
  Dental patients may present with complex medical history of past and current illnesses which may impact delivery of dental care. This course will describe the importance of taking a thorough medical history and how it may impact dental therapy, alter treatment plans and perhaps even avoid medical emergencies.

• Local Anesthesia for Dental Hygienists 
  

  The Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners (MSBDE) adopted rules and regulations which allow properly trained registered dental hygienists to monitor and administer local anesthesia, including a mandibular block during dental related procedures. This course fulfills MSBDE educational requirements for registered dental hygienists.

  Through a combination of lecture and hands-on lab work, participants will gain skills in the implementation of local anesthesia.  

  Attendees will participate in a two days of didactic learning, including hands-on demonstrations, followed by a written examination. On the third day participants will administer local anesthesia to a lab partner including proficiency testing. Course work includes readings and a homework assignment. Course participants must pass the written and proficiency clinical examination with a 75 or greater. This course prepares the participant to successfully pass the CDCA written local anesthesia examination for certification by the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners.

• 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.

• Sensory Informed Pediatric Practice: Dental Professionals Course 
  

  Sensory Processing Disorder is more prevalent in children than autism, and as common as ADHD. Understanding SPD will help you make adjustments in your practice, to increase positive outcomes.

• 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.

• Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal | Abuse: The Regulations, and the Impact of COVID-19 | Infection Control In The Era of COVID-19 
  These courses satisfy the continuing dental education credits required for Maryland dental re-licensure in infection control, abuse and neglect, and prescription drug monitoring and disposal. For individual course descriptions click the corresponding link Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal for Dental Practitioners, Abuse Regulations for the Dental Team: The Impact of COVID-19, and Infection Control In The Era of COVID-19: What Dental Practitioners Need to Know.
  
  
• Local Anesthesia for Dental Hygienists 
  

  The Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners (MSBDE) adopted rules and regulations which allow properly trained registered dental hygienists to monitor and administer local anesthesia, including a mandibular block during dental related procedures. This course fulfills MSBDE educational requirements for registered dental hygienists.

  Through a combination of lecture and hands-on lab work, participants will gain skills in the implementation of local anesthesia.  

  Attendees will participate in a two days of didactic learning, including hands-on demonstrations, followed by a written examination. On the third day participants will administer local anesthesia to a lab partner including proficiency testing. Course work includes readings and a homework assignment. Course participants must pass the written and proficiency clinical examination with a 75 or greater. This course prepares the participant to successfully pass the CDCA written local anesthesia examination for certification by the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners.