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This course presents a prototypical, evidence-based, hierarchical infection control/exposure control protocol predicated on Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions to prevent or minimize healthcare-associated infections in oral healthcare settings. The recent COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the need for additional interim precautions which are summarized at the end of this document, some of which that may be considered for a future infection control standard.

<div class="bg-aliceBlue" style="padding:10px;"><strong>Syllabus: Infection Prevention, Hazardous Waste Management, and Hazard Communication Compliance</strong>

The information in this 13-module syllabus is intended (1) to meet initial educational/training requirements for Dental Students, Dental Hygiene Students, and Dental Assistant Students as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, (2) to provide a framework for an in-service training program in oral healthcare settings to meet annual educational/training requirements as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, and (3) to serve as a resource for oral healthcare personnel wishing to review evidence-based information on specific topics related to infection prevention, hazardous waste management, and hazard communication compliance.

This course offers an overview of infection prevention as well as a summary of several of the modules in the series. For more in-depth information on a specific topic, please refer to the additional modules from this series that are cited in the course.

[Infection Prevention, Hazard Waste Management, and Hazard Communication Compliance](https://assets.ctfassets.net/u2qv1tdtdbbu/5b9qPA39nMCDWmzUaZjYvM/ff77d8e04625cfd6bbbe757296bed34b/Infection_Prevention_Hazardous_Waste_Syllabus_-2023_update.pdf)</div>

This course will describe how to develop infection control/exposure control strategies appropriate for the oral healthcare setting.

Clinical Practice Guideline for an Infection Control/Exposure Control Program in the Oral Healthcare Setting

Participants in this course will be introduced to evidence-based information on infection control-related administrative policies and work restrictions to minimize (1) adverse reactions to latex products, (2) exposure of susceptible oral healthcare personnel (OHCP) to opportunistic infections, and (3) the exposure of patients to OHCP who have been exposed to or are infected with transmissible pathogens.

This course provides best available evidence for the development of strategies to minimize latex-related problems among oral healthcare personnel (OHCP) and patients, to minimize the exposure of OHCP with acute or chronic diseases to patients who have been diagnosed with a transmissible infectious disease, and to minimize the exposure of patients to OHCP who have been exposed to or have been diagnosed with an infectious disease.

<div class="bg-aliceBlue" style="padding:10px;"><strong>Syllabus: Infection Prevention, Hazardous Waste Management, and Hazard Communication Compliance</strong>

The information in this 13-module syllabus is intended (1) to meet initial educational/training requirements for Dental Students, Dental Hygiene Students, and Dental Assistant Students as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, (2) to provide a framework for an in-service training program in oral healthcare settings to meet annual educational/training requirements as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, and (3) to serve as a resource for oral healthcare personnel wishing to review evidence-based information on specific topics related to infection prevention, hazardous waste management, and hazard communication compliance.

[LEARN MORE](https://assets.ctfassets.net/u2qv1tdtdbbu/5b9qPA39nMCDWmzUaZjYvM/ff77d8e04625cfd6bbbe757296bed34b/Infection_Prevention_Hazardous_Waste_Syllabus_-2023_update.pdf "Infection Control Syllabus")</div>

Participants in this course will be introduced to evidence-based information on infection control-related administrative policies and work restrictions to minimize (1) adverse reactions to latex products, (2) exposure of susceptible oral healthcare personnel (OHCP) to opportunistic infections, and (3) the exposure of patients to OHCP who have been exposed to or are infected with transmissible pathogens.

Infection Control-Related Administrative Policies and Work Restrictions

This course presents concept of postexposure management of healthcare personnel and provides evidence-based guidance on the importance of prompt wound care, reporting, and evaluation of occupational exposures to pathogenic organisms, the timely initiation of postexposure prophylaxis, and the implementation of postexposure follow-up strategies in order to prevent infection and the development of disease.

<div class="bg-aliceBlue" style="padding:10px;"><strong>Syllabus: Infection Prevention, Hazardous Waste Management, and Hazard Communication Compliance</strong>

The information in this 13-module syllabus is intended (1) to meet initial educational/training requirements for Dental Students, Dental Hygiene Students, and Dental Assistant Students as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, (2) to provide a framework for an in-service training program in oral healthcare settings to meet annual educational/training requirements as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, and (3) to serve as a resource for oral healthcare personnel wishing to review evidence-based information on specific topics related to infection prevention, hazardous waste management, and hazard communication compliance.

[Infection Prevention, Hazard Waste Management, and Hazard Communication Compliance](https://assets.ctfassets.net/u2qv1tdtdbbu/5b9qPA39nMCDWmzUaZjYvM/ff77d8e04625cfd6bbbe757296bed34b/Infection_Prevention_Hazardous_Waste_Syllabus_-2023_update.pdf)</div>

This course presents concept of postexposure management of healthcare personnel and provides evidence-based guidance on the importance of prompt wound care, reporting, and evaluation of occupational exposures to pathogenic organisms, the timely initiation of postexposure prophylaxis, and the implementation of postexposure follow-up strategies in order to prevent infection and the development of disease.

Postexposure Evaluation and Follow-up

This is part 6 of a 10-part series entitled *Caries Process, Prevention and Management*.  This course introduces dental professionals to the importance of caries diagnosis in preventing dental disease and its vital connection to treatment planning. A precise and early diagnosis of caries is fundamental to implementing effective preventive measures, minimizing the need for invasive interventions, and ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

The two main methods of lesion diagnosis used today—the visual–tactile or visual methods and bitewing radiography; are discussed, including recent advancements that improve their sensitivity, as well as their limitations.  Topics also include newer evidence-based approaches to caries diagnosis and management, a brief discussion of why too-early caries lesion diagnosis can be counterproductive and the benefits of enlisting the help of pediatricians in diagnosing caries in children.


This continuing education (CE) course introduces dental professionals to the importance of caries diagnosis in preventing dental disease and its vital connection to treatment planning. A precise and early diagnosis of caries is fundamental to implementing effective preventive measures, minimizing the need for invasive interventions, and ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

CE715 - Caries Process, Prevention and Management: Diagnosis

This is part 5 of a 10-part series entitled Caries Process, Prevention, and Management. In this course, the dynamic process of demineralization and remineralization is discussed, paying particular attention to tooth hard tissue structure, the role of acid production by cariogenic bacteria, and the critical pH at which tooth enamel begins to dissolve, typically around pH 5.5. The role of acid-neutralizing bacteria, saliva's buffering capacity, and fluoride in tooth hard tissue remineralization will also be explained.

Caries is characterized by the progressive chemical dissolution of the hard tooth structures - enamel and dentin - by the acid produced when the bacteria in dental plaque ferment carbohydrates. The development of caries is dependent on the interplay between processes that cause demineralization of tooth enamel, and those which cause remineralization. Only when factors favor a sustained acidic environment, typically below a critical pH threshold, does the dissolution of enamel exceed the remineralization process, leading to caries formation.


This is part 5 of a 10-part series entitled Caries Process, Prevention, and Management. In this course, the dynamic process of demineralization and remineralization is discussed, paying particular attention to tooth hard tissue structure, the role of acid production by cariogenic bacteria, and the critical pH at which tooth enamel begins to dissolve, typically around pH 5.5. The role of acid-neutralizing bacteria, saliva's buffering capacity, and fluoride in tooth hard tissue remineralization will also be explained.

Caries Process, Prevention, and Management: Demineralization/Remineralization

This course seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of implant surface decontamination therapies for treatment of peri-implant disease.

The placement of endosseous dental implants is a well-accepted treatment option for edentulism as implants have demonstrated high survival rates over long periods of time.<sup>[1](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#1)</sup> Dental implants are a common and growing treatment modality and it is estimated that up to 5 million dental implants are placed each year.<sup>[2](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#2)</sup> While dental implant survival rates remain high, reports indicate that a significant proportion of dental implants will develop peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis.<sup>[3-6](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#3)</sup> Prevalence data for peri-implant disease is heterogeneous, but estimates suggest that the prevalence of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis range from 46-63% and 19-23%, respectively.<sup>[7](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#7)</sup> Inflammatory implant diseases are progressive and it has been shown that the inflammatory lesions associated with peri-implant diseases are larger than those around teeth with similar clinical presentation.<sup>[8,](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#8)[9](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#9)</sup> There are several risk factors that can lead to inflammation, peri-implant mucositis, and, later, peri-implantitis.<sup>[4,](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#4)[10-12](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#10)</sup> Systemic and environmental factors may play a secondary role in disease progression and susceptibility, but peri-implant diseases are initiated by accumulation of bacterial biofilm.<sup>[4,](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#4)[13,](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#13)[14](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#14)</sup> As bacterial plaque is the primary etiology for peri-implant disease, current therapies for peri-implantitis require dental plaque removal and implant surface detoxification as a critical step for successful surgical and/or nonsurgical treatment of peri-implantitis.<sup>[15,](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#15)[16](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#16)</sup> This surface detoxification has been accomplished with physical, chemical, laser therapy, and/or other means.

Treatment of peri-implantitis is unpredictable. It has been reported that even with strict supportive peri-implant therapy after active treatment for peri-implant disease, complete resolution of disease is not achieved in the majority of cases over the long term.<sup>[17,](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#17)[18](/en-us/ce-courses/ce696/references#18)</sup> Given the paucity of evidence for efficacious treatments of peri-implant disease, it is imperative that clinicians monitor and prevent the development of inflammation and provide intervention at the earliest possible time in the disease process. Further, critical evaluation of available treatment modalities is imperative to understand best practices for treatment of implant diseases.


Adjunctive Implant Surface Decontamination for Treatment of Peri-Implant Disease is a free dental continuing education course that covers a wide range of topics relevant to the oral healthcare professional community.

Adjunctive Implant Surface Decontamination for Treatment of Peri-Implant Disease

An ideal smile is composed of individual components that interact in a harmonic manner. The three primary aspects of an ideal smile are: the teeth, lips, and gingiva. While beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, there are established guidelines to which we should adhere when assessing and creating overall ideal smile esthetics. This course seeks to describe the current evidence assessing ideal smile components as well as the impact of age, gender, and race/ethnicity on how smiles are judged as attractive or unattractive.


Evaluating and Establishing Ideal Smile Esthetics : Beauty is More than Skin Deep

Biological Effects of Radiation discusses the interaction of ionizing radiation with biological systems and how this affects the integrity of cellular proteins, including DNA. In addition, it present the short- and long-term effects of radiotherapy associated with treating head and neck tumors on normal tissues.

<div class="bg-aliceBlue" style="padding:10px;"><strong>Syllabus: Dental Radiology</strong>

The information in this 10-module syllabus is intended (1) to meet elements of initial educational/training requirements for Dental Students, Dental Hygiene Students, and Dental Assistant Students related to dental radiography; (2) to provide a framework for an in-service training program in oral healthcare settings to meet annual educational/training requirements as mandated by federal, state, local and professional organizations; and (3) to serve as a resource for oral healthcare personnel wishing to review evidence-based information on specific topics related to dental radiography. A PDF is available for each module that may serve as a convenient resource.</div>

This course discusses the interaction of ionizing radiation with biological systems and how this affects the integrity of cellular proteins, including DNA. In addition, it presents the short- and long-term effects of radiotherapy associated with treating head and neck tumors on normal tissues.

Biological Effects of Radiation

This course explains the principle of image formation on any x-ray receptor, starting from the interaction between the x-ray and the radiographed object. This course will also explain the image quality factors such as the kVp, mAs, spatial resolution, contrast resolution, and image sharpness.

This course aims to explain the basic concepts of image formation and the factors that affect image brightness, contrast, sharpness, and overall quality.

A History and Update of Fluoride Dentifrices

The Radiographic Image

This course is part 2 of a 10-part series entitled *Caries Process, Prevention, and Management.* Dental caries is a multifactorial, infectious disease affecting a significant percentage of the population. This course describes the etiology and pathways of progression of dental caries, including an in-depth review of the role of dental plaque and oral bacteria.

This is part 2 of a 10-part series entitled Caries Process, Prevention, and Management. Dental caries is a multifactorial, infectious disease affecting a significant percentage of the population. This course describes the etiology and pathways of progression of dental caries, including an in-depth review of the role of dental plaque and oral bacteria.

Caries Process, Prevention, and Management: The Agent

Practice success is dependent on having excellent systems. This course will focus on the scheduling system with an overview of why it is the single most important system, how it integrates with other systems, how to design an ideal schedule, and how to track and monitor performance through the scheduling results. Practices that can implement an ideal schedule and follow it while delivering excellent customer service are almost always practices that enjoy a high level of success.

Practice Success Depends on Scheduling

This course prepares oral health care professionals to review current scientific evidence-based literature on how oral nicotine pouches impact oral health, oral disease and systemic health, to ensure this information is effectively communicated and disseminated to patients through patient education. This course reviews oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) features, Federal Drug Administration regulations, nicotine correlation to brain development, and nicotine replacement therapy. The course reviews dental caries, oral mucosa, periodontal conditions/alveolar bone destruction, stain, gastrointestinal, risk of cancer in correlation to ONPs usages. Finally, the course highlights the oral health care provider’s professional role in addressing this new public health trend of ONPs usage in our youth and young adults. 

As nicotine products become increasingly prevalent among adolescents and young adults globally, oral health care professionals must be prepared to address these emerging current health trends. Oral nicotine pouches are deemed a rising detrimental public health concern, promoting dual tobacco usage within our youth. ONPs are heavily promoted on social media, intentionally targeting younger audiences and capturing significant interest. Social media, advertising and marketing trends that promote oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) as a safer alternative, than other nicotine products appear favorable to youth, which could mislead younger adults to develop dual nicotine dependency, in conjunction with e-cigarettes. 

  Dental professionals can collaborate with public health workers, pediatricians, educators, and smoking cessation specialists to create educational programs aimed at preventing the use of nicotine pouches and other products among adolescents. They have an ethical obligation to reach vulnerable populations by informing patients of current trends that impact their overall health.


This course prepares oral health care professionals to review current scientific evidence-based literature on how oral nicotine pouches impact oral health, oral disease and systemic health, to ensure this information is effectively communicated and disseminated to patients through patient education. This course reviews oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) features, Federal Drug Administration regulations, nicotine correlation to brain development, and nicotine replacement therapy. The course reviews dental caries, oral mucosa, periodontal conditions/alveolar bone destruction, stain, gastrointestinal, risk of cancer in correlation to ONPs usages. Finally, the course highlights the oral health care professional role in addressing this new public health trend of ONPs usage in our youth and young adults.

Nicotine Pouches and Oral Health

This is part 1 of a 10-part series entitled *Caries Process, Prevention, and Management*. Oral epidemiology is a branch of public health that focuses on the distribution and impact of oral diseases within populations. This course emphasizes the practical relevance of epidemiology in clinical practice, providing insights into the prevalence, incidence, and trends of dental caries in the United States.

The course introduces the DMF index (Decayed, Missing, and Filled teeth), a key measure in dental epidemiology. You will learn about the variations and limitations of the DMF index, as well as how to accurately calculate DMF scores to assess oral health outcomes.


This is part 1 of a 10-part series entitled *Caries Process, Prevention, and Management*. In this course, emphasis is placed on the relevance of epidemiology to clinical practice and information about the prevalence, incidence and trends of dental caries in the United States is presented.

Caries Process, Prevention, and Management: Epidemiology

This course presents the background essential to understand the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare settings and provides evidence based information related to handwashing; hand antisepsis, i.e., antiseptic handwash and antiseptic handrub; and surgical hand antisepsis.

The transmission of pathogens most often occurs via the contaminated hands of healthcare personnel (HCP). Accordingly, hand hygiene is one of the most important infection prevention measures to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Oral healthcare facilities are accountable for establishing a system in which oral HCP have the knowledge, competence, time, and tools to practice effective hand hygiene; and oral HCP have the duty to properly perform hand hygiene as indicated.

<div class="bg-aliceBlue" style="padding:10px;"><strong>Syllabus: Infection Prevention, Hazardous Waste Management, and Hazard Communication Compliance</strong>

The information in this 13-module syllabus is intended (1) to meet initial educational/training requirements for Dental Students, Dental Hygiene Students, and Dental Assistant Students as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, (2) to provide a framework for an in-service training program in oral healthcare settings to meet annual educational/training requirements as mandated by OSHA and other federal, state, local and professional organizations, and (3) to serve as a resource for oral healthcare personnel wishing to review evidence-based information on specific topics related to infection prevention, hazardous waste management, and hazard communication compliance.

[Infection Prevention, Hazard Waste Management, and Hazard Communication Compliance](https://assets.ctfassets.net/u2qv1tdtdbbu/5b9qPA39nMCDWmzUaZjYvM/ff77d8e04625cfd6bbbe757296bed34b/Infection_Prevention_Hazardous_Waste_Syllabus_-2023_update.pdf)</div>

This course presents the background essential to understand the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare settings and provides evidence based information related to handwashing; hand antisepsis, i.e., antiseptic handwash and antiseptic handrub; and surgical hand antisepsis.

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