Minnesota Dental Hygienist CEU Package 25-Hours
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
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Infection Control for Dental Professionals 5
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. -
Analgesics in Dentistry 5
Course release date: 10/1/2025
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to describe new reports and new information on analgesics for the dental professional to use in determining the best pharmacotherapeutic approach in those situations requiring oral analgesics.
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Cannabinoid Overview 3
Course release date: 2/11/2026
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals in all practice settings the knowledge necessary to increase their understanding of the various cannabinoids. -
CDC and the Practice of Dental Hygiene, 2nd Edition 2
Course Release Date: 4/8/2024
About the Course:
Since 1993, the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed and updated protocols for infection control recommendations for the dental setting. The most recent compilation of these recommendations is the 2016 CDC document, Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care, which will be introduced and discussed. This incorporates new information relevant to the practice of dental hygiene since the CDC published Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings on December 19, 2003. (ADA Center for Professional Success, 2020b).
This basic-level course provides an overview of these infection control guidelines with an emphasis on clinical applications for the dental hygienist. Although the target audience for this course is primarily the dental hygienist, it is also pertinent to other dental professionals who may be involved in infection control program implementation in dental healthcare settings.?
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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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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.
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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. - Diabetes: Dental Management and Links to Periodontal Disease, 2nd Edition 1