Minnesota Dental Assistant CEU Package 25-Hours
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Chronic Pain Management for the Dental Practitioner: A Psychosocial Perspective 5About the Course:
This intermediate-level course is intended to address this training deficit by providing dental healthcare professionals with an overview of the nature and scope of chronic pain, as well as basic skills for effective assessment and adjunctive treatments of chronic orofacial pain conditions and related problems. To accomplish these goals, the course first examines the basic physiological principles that underlie pain, describes the distinction between acute and chronic pain, and explains the factors that contribute to acute pain becoming chronic. The prevalence and impact of chronic pain on physical functioning, health, and quality of life are examined. An introduction to the practical assessment of chronic pain provides readers with a description of selected assessment tools and interview procedures. Dental practitioners may be familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of pain in a specific context, for example, temporomandibular disorders. However, the emphasis of this course lies in assessing other causes of chronic orofacial pain and in discussing their corresponding pharmacological and biobehavioral treatment modalities. The course provides an overview of common medications used to treat chronic orofacial pain and discusses issues surrounding addiction and adherence to a prescribed medication regimen. The course also provides basic information on empirically supported psychosocial treatment strategies that can be useful when working with patients who are experiencing chronic pain. This course is designed for dental health professionals who wish to further their knowledge in orofacial pain conditions. After taking the course, the participant will be able to assess the patient with chronic orofacial pain, identify comorbid disorders, and recommend appropriate treatment or referral options. - 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.
- Dental Treatment in the Correctional System, 3rd Edition 3
Course Release Date: 10/7/2024
Course Overview
This intermediate-level course will highlight the unique environment within the correctional system and the challenges of providing dental care therein. The more prevalent medical problems that afflict incarcerated individuals, such as hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS, and their impact on oral health and dental treatment will be reviewed as they relate to total patient care. The course will conclude with a discussion of the multiple elements that can preclude access to adequate medical and dental care upon the release of incarcerated individuals back into society.
- Diabetes: Dental Management and Links to Periodontal Disease, 2nd Edition 1
Course Release Date: 4/8/2024
About the Course:
The purpose of this basic-level course is to equip dental professionals with the ability to recognize the classifications and classic signs and symptoms of diabetes mellitus, to grasp the relationship between periodontal disease and diabetes, and to identify periodontal and other oral manifestations associated with diabetes, including attachment loss, alveolar bone loss, gingivitis, xerostomia, and oral candidiasis. Moreover, this course discusses dental treatment considerations for patients with diabetes, adverse interactions between hypoglycemic medications and adjunct dental treatment medications, and emergency management procedures for patients with diabetes.?The pathophysiological differences between Type I Diabetes and Type II Diabetes and their influences upon oral and systemic health will also be discussed. - HPV & Oral Cancer: Exploring the Link 4
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course:
This intermediate-level course is designed to address the concerns of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants by providing them with general information about HPV, evidence of the association between oral HPV and oral cancer, and effective ways to further communicate this information to patients. This course provides dental professionals with information that will enable them to effectively meet the challenges they face as the link between HPV and oral health continues to emerge. - Infection Control, Cross Contamination, and Instrument Sterilization Techniques, 3rd Edition 2Release Date: 10/31/2022
This course is a basic-level refresher for dental healthcare personnel on infection control, cross-contamination, and instrument sterilization techniques. Areas addressed include infection control guidelines; understanding standard versus universal precautions; sterilization and disinfection of patient care items; goals for ensuring disease containment through proper instrument recirculation techniques; handling of contaminated instruments from the treatment room through precleaning, cleaning, and preparation for sterilization; the most commonly used (and accepted) methods of dental instrument sterilization; environmental infection control; dental unit waterlines, biofilm, and water quality; and other infection control considerations. - OSHA and CDC Infection Control Standards and Barrier Precautions for Dental Healthcare 1
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course:
This basic-level course helps to protect both patient and practitioner safety by DHCP with a review of the guidelines contained in these well-established documents as well as of recent research on infection control challenges in the dental setting. - Protecting Patient Safety in the Dental Office: Preventing Medical/Dental Errors, 2e 4
Course Release: 1/09/2024
About the course
This course is intended to provide dental professionals with an awareness of the potential for errors that can occur during the course of patient treatment. It also reviews the legal and medical consequences which can result when these errors occur. The use of behavior modifications and clinical practices which can be used to incorporate a proactive approach that can minimize or prevent medical errors during all phases of patient treatment is presented in a practical format.
- The Hypertensive Patient: Classification and Management, 2nd Edition 1
Course Release Date: 4/8/2024
About the Course:
This basic-level course familiarizes dental professionals with hypertension, its types, and its impact on general wellness. The course reviews the pathophysiology of hypertension and describes various nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options. The most common medications used in the treatment of hypertension will be reviewed as will their impact upon oral health. A firm understanding of this prevalent disease and its implications for treatment in the dental office will help all dental professionals provide the highest quality of care to their dental patients. The most recent diagnostic criteria by which the levels of hypertension are categorized will be discussed.