Continuing Dental Education

TIBURON, California – The average dentist logs about 75 hours of dental continuing education annually, far more than needed to meet state requirements. In a recent dental survey conducted by TheWealthyDentist.com, dentists were asked how many hours of formal continuing education they log per year. Though the most common response was 50 hours a year, a remarkable number of dentists reported 150 or more hours a year.

VANCOUVER, Washington – InterDent Service Corporation, a leading provider of dental practice management services, announced today the rollout of the Dental Resource Center (DRC) to its 130 dental practices. The DRC is a part of Gentle Dental University, the company's Web-based learning site. The resource center offers 190 e-learning modules covering not only dentistry, but everything a dental practitioner needs to know to run a successful business, including clinical skills, compliance, office management and patient education. The e-learning modules run eight to 15 minutes long and the dental practice modules are mostly 3D animations providing accurate "movies" of new clinical techniques that dentists or dental hygienists can put to use immediately. Many of the modules have CE credits and manufacturers can also sponsor training modules to educate dentists on new products. Gentle Dental, together with its sister offices, serves the dental needs of thousands of patients throughout eight states.

TULSA, Oklahoma – PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announces the enhancement of the http://ineedce.com web site. http://ineedce.com is a tool for dental professionals to complete continuing education credits online.

ALBANY, New York – The New York State Dental Foundation’s updated infection control course is now available at www.nysdentalfoundation.org

CHICAGO, Illinois – The American Dental Association (ADA) launched its continuing education (CE) program online this month for dental professionals, with an initial offering of nearly 60 peer-reviewed courses.

AUSTIN, Texas – 360training today announced it has acquired educational content provider, Home Study Educators (HSE), a Florida-based provider of continuing education for healthcare professionals in the dental industry. Since its inception in 1991,HSE has helped 60,000 dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and lab personnel comply with continuing education requirements.

ALBANY, New York – Courses for dentists and staff scheduled for June 8, 9 and 10 at the New York State Dental Association (NYSDA) Semi-annual Board of Governors meeting in Cooperstown have been cancelled.

FARMINGTON, Connecticut – In partnership with the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, OrthoClear will be hosting a workshop on April 6, 2006 for dental practitioners interested in integrating the next generation of invisible orthodontics into their practices. The meeting will feature OrthoClear’s founders and clinical advisors, as well as experienced OrthoClear doctors.

COOPERSTOWN, New York – The New York State Dental Association (NYSDA) and the NYS Dental Foundation are pleased to sponsor courses for dentists and staff on a variety of pertinent topics in June at the NYSDA Semi-annual Board of Governors meeting in Cooperstown.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Nobel Biocare will introduce a new continuing and post-graduate education program in a series of 17 training and education conferences on four continents around the world. The "Nobel Biocare World Tour 2006" will start on 9 March in Frankfurt and end on 18 November in Barcelona. Nobel Biocare expects around 30,000 participants to attend these training and education events. Heliane Canepa, President and CEO for Nobel Biocare said: "From our close collaboration with dental professionals around the world, we know that this type of knowledge transfer among dentists and industry addresses a large need."