California Dental Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
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Dental Ethics and the Digital Age, 3rd Edition 5
Course release date: 1/6/2025
Course Overview
This course provides dental professionals with a comprehensive overview of dental ethics and professionalism, focusing on the challenges introduced by the digital age. Participants will delve into the historical roots of dental ethics and examine the ethical implications of emerging technologies. Topics include the ethical use of artificial intelligence, teledentistry, social media, and more. The course also explores the intersection of law and ethics through a case-based approach, equipping dentists, hygienists, and assistants with practical strategies for navigating complex ethical scenarios. By the end of the course, participants will have a deeper understanding of the ethical issues facing modern dentistry and the tools needed to address them with confidence and integrity.
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Responsibilities and Requirements of Prescribing Schedule II Opioid Drugs 2
Course release date: 2/1/2024
Course revision date: 8/1/2026
Course Overview
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain. However, the inappropriate use, abuse, and diversion of prescription drugs in America, particularly prescription opioids, has increased dramatically in recent years and has been identified as a national public health epidemic. A set of clinical tools, guidelines, and recommendations are now available for prescribers who treat pain patients with opioids. By implementing these tools, clinicians can effectively address issues related to the clinical management of opioid prescribing, opioid risk management, regulations surrounding the prescribing of opioids, and problematic opioid use by patients. In doing so, healthcare professionals are more likely to achieve a balance between the benefits and risks of opioid prescribing, optimize patient attainment of therapeutic goals, and avoid the risk to patient outcome, public health, and viability of their own practice imposed by deficits in knowledge. -
Dental Radiation Health, Safety, and Protection, 3rd Edition 5
Course release date: 4/7/2025
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to review the biologic effects of radiation, the methods used in radiation measurement, and the potential sources of radiation exposure. This basic-level course will discuss radiation safety and protection measures for both patients and dental healthcare workers. Perhaps most important, this course will prepare all dental professionals—including dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants—to accurately respond to patient questions and concerns about radiation safety in dentistry. -
Infection Control for Dental Professionals The California Requirement 2
Course release date: 2/1/2025
Course Overview
Effective infection control techniques are critical to reducing the incidence of infections in dental facilities. Antiseptic techniques and antibiotics will kill micro-organisms, while proper hand hygiene will block their transmission. Gloves, gowns, and masks remove dental professionals from the transmission cycle by protecting them from contact with micro-organisms. Contact Precautions and isolation techniques help patients avoid being vectors of transmission. Lastly, ensuring that dental professionals are immune or vaccinated can help decrease the availability of potential hosts. -
Dental Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Patients 6
Course release date: 2/1/2029
Course Overview
Dental professionals are frequently involved in the care of pediatric and/or adolescent patients. The purpose of this course is to outline the oral health needs and problems unique to the pediatric and adolescent populations.Dental professionals are frequently involved in the care of pediatric and/or adolescent patients. The purpose of this course is to outline the oral health needs and problems unique to the pediatric and adolescent populations. -
Third Molar Surgery, 5th Edition 3
Course release date: 1/5/2026
Course Overview
This basic-level course will provide a review of the classification of impactions of third molars in relation to their position relative to contiguous anatomical structures such as the second molar, the adjacent bone, and the oral mucosa, as well as the relative surgical difficulty associated with the extraction of impacted wisdom teeth. It will help general dentists consider if they have the surgical and patient management skills necessary to extract an impacted wisdom tooth in an atraumatic fashion while minimizing postsurgical complications such as trauma to the inferior alveolar nerve, the lingual nerve, and the maxillary sinus. This course will also note the debate which concerns the retention versus the extraction of impacted, but asymptomatic wisdom teeth. The course highlights some of the common surgical instruments and techniques employed for the extraction of impacted wisdom teeth. -
The California Dental Practice Act 2
Course release date: 2/1/2025
Course Overview
Although its primary objective is to safeguard the public, the California Dental Practice Act is an excellent resource for dental professionals to ensure compliance with state law. The California Dental Practice Act is the body of laws in the California Business and Professions Code and the California Code of Regulations governing dental professionals, including dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists. The Act is intended to serve as a legal guideline for both professionals and the public regarding all aspects of dental practice.