Continuing Education Course Listing

christensen_webThe 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.

2022 Courses

Online Course - Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal for Dental Practitioners

In partnership with the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry is offering the continuing education course "Proper Pharmacologic Prescribing and Disposal for the Dental Practitioner", online. This is a two (2) continuing education hour course.

This course is approved by the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners.

Once you have registered and accessed the course, no refunds will be provided.

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Online Course - Implicit Bias

To support clinicians and members of the oral health team in advancing health equity and promoting population-level health, this course is designed to explore how bias influences health outcomes with a specific focus on vulnerable and historically excluded populations. This course will immerse oral health professionals in an educational journey that goes beyond numbers and epidemiological data to introspection and reflection of personal biases and exploration of differences among the professional’s race, ethnicity, and cultural norms to those of patients serviced. At the end of the course, participants will be able to lead, contribute and participate in organizational practices and changes across the culture of dentistry in supporting population-level oral health outcomes and promoting oral health equity. Moreover, participants will leave the course with resources to support inclusion in their clinical practice. This course will discuss implicit bias, the effects of structural and systemic racism, and strategies to address using effective communication techniques presented in modules within the curriculum.

This course is approved by the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners.

Once you have registered and accessed the course, no refunds will be provided.

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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. Dental implants offer not just cosmetic appeal for patients but a more solid foundation for a longer-term investment in their oral health. Dental implants have become the gold standard when it comes to restoring partially and completely edentulous patients. The main purpose of this course is to help dentists and their patients benefit from everything that dental implants have to offer. By integrating comprehensive implant dentistry into their practices, participants can elevate their practices to a higher level.

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2023 Courses

January

  • 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.

February

  • 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.

March

April

  • 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.

     

May

June

  • 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.

July

  • 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.

September

November

  • 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.

December