Education & Resources

This is an online educational resource developed exclusively for dental students!

Procter & Gamble, through its professional brands of Crest and Oral-B, is proud to offer a library of over 130 online Continuing Education (CE) courses at no cost to dental professionals. These courses cover a broad range of topics relevant to your dental interests. Courses on dentalcare.com are available anytime from work or from the comfort of your home.

La compañia Procter & Gamble, a través de sus marcas profesionales de Crest y Oral-B, está orgullosa de ofrecer una biblioteca de más de 130 cursos online de Educación Continua (EC) sin costo alguno para los profesionales dentales. Estos cursos abarcan una amplia gama de temas relevantes a sus intereses dentales. Los cursos en dentalcare.com están disponibles en cualquier momento, desde el trabajo o desde la comodidad de su hogar.

All of our courses are developed and peer-reviewed by leaders in the dental profession and follow the ADA CERP and AGD PACE guidelines.

Todos nuestros cursos son desarrollados y revisados por líderes en la profesión dental y siguen las guías de la ADA CERP y AGD PACE.

We are thrilled to expand our library of courses with an English and Spanish version of our 2 new CE courses on Special Needs patient care in pediatric dentistry. These continuing education courses are intended for Dentists, Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants.

Estamos encantados de ampliar nuestra biblioteca de cursos con una versión en inglés y español de nuestros dos cursos nuevos de EC. Estos cursos de educación continua están diseñados para dentistas, higienistas dentales y asistentes dentales.

By clicking on the course title, you are able to view the Learning Objectives.

Al hacer clic en el título del curso, usted podrá ver los objetivos de estos cursos de aprendizaje.

As always, our courses are FREE, AVAILABLE 24/7, and PEER REVIEWED.

Como siempre, nuestros cursos son gratuitos, disponible 24 / 7, y revisados por colegas.

Special Needs Care in Dentistry for Children Continuing Education Units: 1 hour Ivonne Ganem, DMD, MPH Over nine million US children and adolescents age 17 and under have a special health care need. This is 13% of the population. This course will provide an overview of the importance of the oral health care workforce under the current health care system for the special needs pediatric patient and the techniques necessary to successfully treat special needs pediatric patients.		Odontología para Niños con Necesidades Especiales Unidades de Educación Continua: 1 hora Ivonne Ganem, DMD, MPH Más de nueve millones de niños y adolescentes en los EE.UU. tienen necesidad de atención médica especial. Esto representa un 13% de la población. Este curso ofrecerá una visión general de la importancia de la salud oral y enseñará las técnicas necesarias para tratar con éxito a los pacientes pediatricos con necesidades especiales.

Dental Care for Infants Continuing Education Units: 1 hour Ivonne Ganem, DMD, MPH The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that caries is perhaps the most prevalent infectious disease to US Children. By the time they reach kindergarten, more than 40% of children have caries. To prevent oral disease, preventive interventions must begin at infancy. This course will present to providers the importance of educating their adult patients on when they should begin bringing their children to the dental office for an oral exam and to begin a thorough prevention program that will establish measures to prevent diseases such as Early Childhood Caries (ECC). *Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement* The author reports no conflicts of interest associated with this work.		Cuidado Dental de los Bebés Unidades de Educación Continua: 1 hora Ivonne Ganem, DMD, MPH Los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades reportan que la carie es quizás la enfermedad infecciosa más frecuente en los niños de los EE.UU. En el momento en que llegan al jardín de infantes, más del 40% de los niños tienen caries. Para prevenir las enfermedades orales, las medidas preventivas deben comenzar en la infancia. Este curso a los profesionales la importancia de educar a sus pacientes adultos de cuando deberían empezar a traer a sus hijos a la oficina dental para un examen oral, y para comenzar un programa de prevención completo para establecer medidas de prevención de enfermedades como las caries desde la infancia (ECC ). *Divulgación de conflict de interés* El autor informa que no hay conflictos de intereses relacionados con este trabajo.

ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/goto/cerp.

2012 NIDCR Summer Dental Student Award

To expose future dentists to careers in research, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) offers an outstanding summer training opportunity for dental students. The NIDCR Summer Dental Student Award is designed to give talented dental students hands-on research experience and exposure to the latest advances in oral health research. Selected candidates are assigned to mentors who conduct research in the students' areas of interest. Participation in the program may result in presentation of research findings at a scientific meeting or co-authorship of scientific publications.

The NIDCR provides a competitive stipend for all summer researchers. Acceptance of this reward requires a minimum eight-week commitment. The nominating dental school must agree to support air or ground transportation for their students. Although housing is not supplied by NIDCR, student housing resource guides are provided.

NIDCR will accept online applications for the Summer Dental Student Award from November 15, 2011 - January 17, 2012.

For additional information on how to apply, please visit: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/CareersAndTraining/Fellowships/DentalMedicalStudents/NIDCRSummerDentalStudentAward/default.htm, or contact Dr. Deborah Philp, Program Director, dphilp@mail.nih.gov, (301) 594-8444.
11/11

National Museum of Dentistry launches oral health resource for parents of autistic children

BALTIMORE, MD (September 16, 2011)-The National Museum of Dentistry has created a new resource to help parents of children with autism spectrum disorder succeed in teaching good oral healthcare. Healthy Smiles for Autism is a guide that helps parents teach children with autism spectrum disorder how to brush and floss with the help of step-by-step instruction, social stories, and visual sequencing cards that can be used wherever brushing happens. This guide is free and downloadable at http://www.healthysmilesforautism.org/.

The Healthy Smiles for Autism guide was created to empower parents of children with autism spectrum disorder with usable tools to help effectively teach their children an oral health routine. The guide also provides information to help parents prepare their children for a first dental visit.

"We want to be able to give parents readily usable tools to help their children to develop a good oral hygiene regimen," said National Museum of Dentistry Executive Director Jonathan Landers. "We've combined best practices for autism education, such as visual sequencing cards and rewards systems, with proven personal oral hygiene techniques to help make the process a little bit easier."

The National Museum of Dentistry partnered with Kennedy Krieger Institute's Center for Autism and Related Disorders and University of Maryland Dental School to develop these best practices to oral health care for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life and affects a person's ability to communicate and interact with others - including the dentist. Dental care is the leading unmet healthcare need among children with special needs, and across all income levels, children with special needs are almost twice as likely to have an unmet oral heath care need than their peers without special needs, according to the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center.

The National Museum of Dentistry, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, develops unique learning opportunities to engage the public in discovering how to have a healthy mouth for life. Also available free to the public is the MouthPower.org website that teaches good oral health skills to children, and the GetMouthPower.org that reveals the special oral health care needs of adults 50+.

The Healthy Smiles for Autism guide is made possible by the support of Henry Schein Cares, the Global Corporate Social Responsibility program of Henry Schein, Inc., Blakeslee Advertising, and a generous gift from Dr. Irwin and Lucia Smigel.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENTISTRY See amazing teeth feats, marvel at George Washington's choppers, sing along to vintage toothpaste commercials, and discover fascinating hands-on exhibitions about the power of a healthy smile. Enjoy field trips, home school days, special events, and more. An Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, this one-of-a-kind museum is located at 31 South Greene Street, a short walk from the Inner Harbor. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, and students with ID, $3 for children age 3-19; and free for age 2 & under and active duty military & immediate family. Open Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays, and major holidays. Call 410/706-0600 or visit http://www.smile-experience.org/.

American Dental Education Association

ADEA_Awards_Open_to_Dental_Educators_and_Students_ (28 KB)

Institute of Medicine - Advancing Oral Health in America:
IOM_ADVANCING_ORAL_HEALTH_IN_AMERICA.pdf (630 KB)

Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors: The ASTDD Data Committee is pleased to report that the Basic Screening Survey for Children packet is now available in Spanish. The packet includes a CD with the manual for the Basic Screening Survey for Preschool and School Children and a DVD with the videos for both dental and non-dental health professionals translated into Spanish. To order, go to https://www.astdd.org/basic-screening-survey-order-form/

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Oral Health Division:
http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/index.htm

Think Cultural Health: The Office of Minority Health offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural competency in health care. https://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/

Caries Risk Assessment and Prevention:
Caries_Risk_Assessment.pdf (409 KB)

30 Days / 30 Nights - Understanding the Inclusion of Dental Medicine in a Reformed Health Care System - The Valuable Importance of Adult Dental Coverage: 30Days_30Nights_FINAL_082310_HiRes.pdf (11456 KB)

PEW Children's Dental Health Campaign:
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=42360

HealthCare.gov provides information about insurance options, prevention, laws, quality of care comparisons, and medical information. http://www.healthcare.gov/index.html for English http://www.cuidadodesalud.gov/enes/ for Spanish

Oral Health During Pregnancy & Early Childhood - Evidence Based Guidelines for Health Professionals: http://www.cdafoundation.org/library/docs/poh_guidelines.pdf

Oral Health Resource Bulletin June 2008 Volume XX: Prepared by National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center - provides information about current materials such as collaborative practice acts, dental expenditures, dental sealants, fluoride varnish, Medicaid portability and reimbursement rates, perinatal oral health care, and evaluation programs. For your free printed copy or multiple copies, email ask@hrsa.gov or for an electronic copy, go to the MCHB website at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/publications.html .

Children's Dental Health Project: Creating and advancing innovative solutions to achieve oral health for all children. http://www.cdhp.org/

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center: Newsletters "TrendNotes" with current information and news specific to oral health issues. http://nmcohpc.net/category/trendnotes

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center: Resource materials on pregnancy and oral health are available at the following website.
http://www.mchoralhealth.org/materials/perinatal.html .

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center: Resource materials addressing school-based and school-linked oral health services for children and adolescents.
http://www.mchoralhealth.org/pdfs/schoolhealthfactsheet.pdf

Latino Oral Health: A Research Agenda Toward Eliminating Oral Health Disparities
Latino Oral Health

HDA / HeadStart: Envisioning Future Collaborations to Improve Oral Health
Envisioning Future Collaborations to Improve Oral Health

Symposium - Systemic Oral Health for the General Dentist: To request your free DVD copy of the 2006 symposium results, please contact the HDA headquarters at hispanicdental@hdassoc.org .

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and the Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) are collaborating on an oral health project, Awesome Smiles. Funded through a grant from HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the project is part of a larger initiative entitled "Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health". http://www.cdhp.org/Index.asp?PA=3&XX=115&XX=102&XX=149&XX=81

Framework for Hispanic Oral Health - 2008 Article from the Journal of Public Health Dentistry: Framework_for_Hispanic_Oral_health.pdf (117 KB)

Latino oral health: A research agenda toward eliminating oral health disparities -- RAMOS-GOMEZ et al. 136 (9): 1231 -- The Journal of the American Dental Association: http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/full/136/9/1231

ToothIQ - trustworthy dental information translatable into 24 languages:
http://www.toothiq.com/

Healthy People Objectives: www.health.gov/healthypeople

Medline Plus: Health Topics, Drug Information, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, News, Directories http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dentalhealth.html

Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/sgr/sgrohweb/home.htm

Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP): An infection control guide to assist dental healthcare personnel in resource constrained settings. The guide has been used in areas experiencing the disruption of safe water supplies and electricity. http://www.osap.org/resource/resmgr/Docs/dental_aid_guide.pdf

An online toolkit for areas experiencing a boil-water alert.
http://www.osap.org/?page=Issues_boilwater

Boil-water Alerts (go to page 30 and page 45).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5217.pdf

The Use of Salt Fluoridation to Prevent Dental Caries
Pan American Health Organization This book from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) shows how salt fluoridation has proven to be one of the most cost-effective public health interventions in history and shows countries how to implement programs of their own. In Spanish and English. For more information and how to order go to:
http://publications.paho.org/english/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=812

Spanish Language Website from the National Institute on Aging - a variety of health topics for specifically adapted for Hispanic seniors at www.nia.nih.gov/Espanol.

Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health 2000 http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/oralhealth/

Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs: http://www2.cdc.gov/nccdphp/doh/synopses/

University of Washington, School of Dentistry Special Needs Fact Sheets:
http://dental.washington.edu/departments/omed/decod/special_needs_facts.php