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Dr. John Viviano  CPAP vs. OAT: Which Is Better?
Speaker: Dr. John Viviano
Significant bias for use of CPAP therapy to manage obstructive sleep apnea has resulted in a polarized, “one treatment” approach. Real world effectiveness will be reviewed for both oral appliance and CPAP therapies, isolating the most important factor required for effective treatment, and reinforcing the benefits of a collaborative physician-dentist relationship.
Sleep Medicine
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 04/20/2023
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Mark T. Murphy, DDS, D ABDSM, FAGD   Dental Sleep Medicine Implementation in Practice; Testing Patients
Speaker: Mark T. Murphy, DDS, D ABDSM, FAGD
This course allows the general practitioner to survey the current landscape of medical and dental treatments for sleep apnea and decide how and if they want to evolve into this life saving arena. Discussed is how and why we should test our patients for sleep apnea and other sleep disorders. Various tests that dentists can and should provide are discussed.
Sleep Medicine
Cost to View: $18
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 0.75
Running Time: 30 min
Release Date: 03/08/2023
Cost to View: $18
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 0.75
Running Time: 30 min
Drs. Ellen & Sara Karlin The Vital Link Between Dietary Patterns and Oral Health
Speaker: Drs. Ellen & Sara Karlin
Emerging science has identified several key nutritional components which are essential for oral health promotion and oral disease prevention. Healthful dietary patterns are necessary in order to maintain a healthy dentition and periodontium and to prevent oral infectious diseases. Participants in this course will be introduced to evidence-based science surrounding the impact of whole-food dietary patterns on oral health.
Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 0
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 12/21/2022
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 0
Running Time: 1 hour
Lea Morgan, OTR/L Sensory Processing Disorder and Dental Care: An Overview
Speaker: Lea Morgan, OTR/L
Have you noticed an increase in atypical behaviors and responses from your patients? Are you struggling with disrupted visits due to patient discomfort? Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) 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. This course’s practical overview will equip you to facilitate a more positive dental experience for your patients that struggle with SPD.
Pediatric
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 2.25
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Release Date: 11/14/2022
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 2.25
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Fred Joyal Creating a Remarkable Dental Practice: Your Digital Presence with your Website and Online Reviews.
Speaker: Fred Joyal
A well-executed digital marketing presence is critical to practice success in this day and age. This course covers the foundational aspects, which include your website, how to effectively deal with online reviews, and the importance and proper use of videos.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1.25h
Release Date: 10/19/2022
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1.25h
Grace Godlasky Testing Your HR Armor: How To Identify and Avoid Common Compliance Traps
Speaker: Grace Godlasky
Every year, lawmakers change dozens of employment laws and regulations at the state, federal, and local levels. As an employer, you must be compliant with ALL of the hundreds of laws that apply to you ALL of the time—or risk lawsuits, fines, and penalties.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 2
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Release Date: 08/05/2022
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 2
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Mark T. Murphy, DDS, D ABDSM, FAGD  Dental Sleep Medicine Implementation in Practice; Screening Patients
Speaker: Mark T. Murphy, DDS, D ABDSM, FAGD
This course will allow the general practitioner to survey the current landscape of medical and dental treatments for sleep apnea and decide how and if they want to evolve into this life saving arena. Discussed is screening for sleep apnea in our patients as well as the "conversation" that is needed with the patients that we find are at risk for sleep apnea. Examples of how to screen and conversations are given.
Sleep Medicine
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 04/27/2022
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1 hour
Doug Schatz 4 Ways To Grow Your Orthodontic Practice in 2022
Speaker: Doug Schatz
Are you looking to make huge strides for your orthodontic practice this year, but aren’t sure exactly how to do so? The experts at Market Hardware have been helping orthodontic practices for over a decade and know exactly what it takes to help Orthotown members reach and attract the right new patients.
Marketing
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Release Date: 02/11/2022
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Dr. Matthias Kern Resin-bonded Fixed Dental Prostheses: Minimally Invasive, Esthetic, and Reliable
Speaker: Dr. Matthias Kern
This course presents state of the art therapy with resin-bonded fixed dental prostheses (RBFDPs) for single tooth replacement. Following the described principles, RBFDPs fabricated from high-strength zirconia ceramic present a favorable, minimally invasive and less costly treatment alternative to single tooth implants with a predictable long-term outcome.
Prosthodontics
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 09/29/2021
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1 hour
Mark T. Murphy, DDS, D ABDSM, FAGD  Dental Sleep Medicine Implementation in Practice: Why and If You Should Treat
Speaker: Mark T. Murphy, DDS, D ABDSM, FAGD
This course will allow the general practitioner to survey the current landscape of medical and dental treatments for sleep apnea and decide how and if they want to evolve into this life saving arena. Discussed is why we should treat sleep apnea, including how oxygen is often overlooked as an important nutrient. Basic sleep physiology is explained in detail. The problems with current therapies are detailed, as well as what to look for in dental sleep appliances.
Sleep Medicine
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 09/15/2021
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Dr. Mark Donaldson Herbal Interactions with Medications Commonly Used in Dentistry
Speaker: Dr. Mark Donaldson
Keeping your patients safe and avoiding herbal-drug interactions is becoming a great challenge every day as more and more of our patients seek complementary, alternative and natural therapies versus our traditional pharmaceuticals. This CE course goes over this in detail.
Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.25
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 08/11/2021
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.25
Running Time: 1 hour
Fred Joyal Creating a Remarkable Dental Practice: Communication and the Patient Experience.
Speaker: Fred Joyal
Effective communication has a profound effect on the success of the practice, as does the moment-by-moment experience of the patient. This course goes into the most effective ways to communicate with patients and your team, and how you can use small changes in the details of the patient experience to get big results.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1.25 hr
Release Date: 07/14/2021
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1.25 hr
Fred Joyal Creating a Remarkable Dental Practice: The Physical Environment
Speaker: Fred Joyal
This course talks about how you can improve the effectiveness of your practice environment, and especially how you can radically increase the results of your front desk.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1.25 hours
Release Date: 05/12/2021
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1.25 hours
Dr. Bethany Valachi 5 Steps to Practicing Dentistry Pain Free.
Speaker: Dr. Bethany Valachi
Research reveals 5 key areas that are essential to effectively resolving work-related pain in dentistry. This dynamic, interactive CE course introduces ground-breaking education that can help rejuvenate your love of doing dentistry and ensure career longevity!
Health, Wellness and Ergonomics
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 01/13/2021
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Dr. Regina Blevins Solutions To Help Your Practice Thrive in Today's New Reality
Speaker: Dr. Regina Blevins
In today’s new reality, providers are reevaluating how they interact with their patients to ensure safe yet exceptional treatment outcomes. During this 90-minute presentation, Dr. Regina Blevins will share how she has adapted, streamlined and transformed her practice workflow to ensure her practice not only survives, but thrives.
Orthodontics
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Release Date: 12/18/2020
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Dr. Elizabeth R. Michalczyk, Dr. Noam Green and Dr. Alise Senderak Slop-py Work: Calculating Theoretical Torque Loss Utilizing Rectangular and Square-Shaped Archwires
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth R. Michalczyk, Dr. Noam Green and Dr. Alise Senderak
This course describes a method to simply calculate theoretical “slop,” assuming that absolute archwire stiffness, perfect archwires and bracket slot geometry exist. It explores the relative slop between different archwire options and signifies the importance of forces in a clinical orthodontic setting.
Orthodontics
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Release Date: 12/01/2020
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Mitchell Tuchman The Dental 401k Plan
Speaker: Mitchell Tuchman
This article details how dental practice owners can implement and manage a best-of-breed 401(k) plan. This includes methods to achieve lower costs and better returns, and how to reduce personal legal risk for the dental owner/operator.
Financial Planning and Investments
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Release Date: 11/02/2020
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Drs. Sophia G. Saeed and Edmund Khoo New PPE Considerations for Dental Professionals
Speaker: Drs. Sophia G. Saeed and Edmund Khoo
This course provides a brief summary and reiterates the importance of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 response. In particular, it refers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 guidelines for dental settings.
Paradental and Infection Control
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Release Date: 08/03/2020
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Dr. Margaret Scarlett Pandemic Response in Dentistry to COVID-19: Best Practices for Re-Opening
Speaker: Dr. Margaret Scarlett
This course provides the basics of pandemic preparedness and response for COVID-19 with best practices for closing and re-opening of dental practice. Dental health personnel are among those at highest occupational risk for COVID-19. Minimizing droplets and aerosols, while avoiding close, prolonged contact can reduce risks of transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Teledentistry, infection control and other measures are outlined.
Paradental and Infection Control
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 05/13/2020
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.75
Running Time: 1 hour
Dr. Michael Glick COVID-19 – What You Need To Know
Speaker: Dr. Michael Glick
The recent COVID-19 pandemic is a disruptive force that will change our personal and professional lives for the foreseeable future. We are trusted healthcare professionals, and our patients will look to us for help and guidance. This presentation will provide information and data that will help oral healthcare professionals alleviate fear and parse facts from fiction.
Health, Wellness and Ergonomics
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 04/01/2020
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1 hour
Chip Fichtner, Principal, Large Practice Sales Silent Partners Secretly Investing In Dental Practices of All Specialties
Speaker: Chip Fichtner, Principal, Large Practice Sales
Learn More About: 1. Why now is the time to understand your practice value. 2. What buyers/partners want, what they don’t want and why. 3. Sell all, or sell part and stay to grow? 4. Who are the various buyers? 5. What are real transaction values, not appraised values?
Practice Transitions
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1
Running Time: 1 hour
Release Date: 05/22/2019
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1
Running Time: 1 hour
Dr. Jamie Reynolds 4 Pillars of Modern Orthodontic Practice Management
Speaker: Dr. Jamie Reynolds
How outdated or leaky procedures could be costing your practice a fortune.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Release Date: 07/25/2018
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1.5 hours
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield Negotiating a Lease Renewal for Your Dental Practice
Speaker: Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield
This course details different avenues orthodontists can take when approaching their commercial lease renewal. If you agree to the same terms and conditions as you initially did with your landlord, you may miss out on numerous benefits.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Release Date: 04/01/2018
Cost to View: Free
Cost for Credit: $36
CE Credits: 1.5
Sheri Kay, RDH Hiring and Developing Your Team the Right Way
Speaker: Sheri Kay, RDH
Do you hire based on whether you like the person you’re interviewing? Re-imagine your hiring methods and discover proven approaches to attracting, interviewing, and hiring the talent you want. You’ll build a strategic plan to attract the new people you need, and to maximize the gifts and talents of your current team on the way to achieving your vision for your practice.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1h
Release Date: 01/31/2018
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1h
Charles Feitel Real Estate: Real Issues for Starting (and Selling) a Dental Practice
Speaker: Charles Feitel
This course navigates the complex landscape of commercial real estate and the dental office, by covering topics such start up offices, lease renewals, and buying or selling. In addition, this course includes information about financing, restrictive covenants, site selection, lease negotiation, permits, building, and opening the office.
Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1h
Release Date: 12/13/2017
Cost to View: $36
Cost for Credit: Included
CE Credits: 1.5
Running Time: 1h
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