New Jersey Dental 20-Hour CE Package
Save on individual course prices with this convenient 20-hour package to fulfill your CE hours.
Includes mandatory ethics, infection control, opioids, and pharmacology/internal medicine requirements.
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
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Dental Ethics: A Brief Review 2
Course release date: 2/1/2024
Course Overview
Every profession that deals with human rights and liberties eventually develops a professional code of ethics to guide the responsible behavior of its members. Regulatory boards that oversee the practice of healthcare professionals require their members to be cognizant of the specific rules of conduct relating to their profession. In health care, the deductive process by which ethical principles are applied to situations common to the profession is called bioethics. Bioethics is a relatively new field emerging in the 1960s, however, the concept of bioethics, as a branch of applied ethical theory is as old as the Hippocratic oath. Legislatures often enact laws when there are repeated failures by individuals to adhere to ethical standards. With the many cases of dental insurance fraud, as well as other malpractice cases, that have received national attention, it is imperative that dental professionals understand the role that ethics play in the legitimacy of the profession. -
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. -
Responsible and Effective Opioid Prescribing 3
Course Release Date: 5/1/2024
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide clinicians who prescribe or distribute opioids with an appreciation for the complexities of opioid prescribing and the dual risks of litigation due to inadequate pain control and drug diversion or misuse in order to provide the best possible patient care and to prevent a growing social problem.
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Migraine: Diagnosis and Therapeutic Advances 5
Course release date: 7/1/2024
Course Overview
Advances have provided insightful evidence regarding the role of the trigeminal system, cortical spreading depression, ion-channel pathology, and signaling molecules, such as nitric oxide, adenosine, and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), in the pathophysiology of migraine. The differential diagnosis between migraine and the most common medical conditions (e.g., cluster and tension headache) has been extensively reviewed. However, the differential diagnosis and management of other cephalalgias relevant to medical and dental practice, such as cranial neuralgias, trigeminal pathology, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, and oral pathologies, are seldom addressed. An approach combining pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies, including alternative and complementary approaches, will be discussed. This course provides an integrated approach to the clinically relevant advances in the understanding of migraine pathophysiology and novel therapies and focuses on the differential diagnosis between migraine and a group of common, yet often overlooked, medical and dental conditions. -
Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma 5
Course release date: 7/1/2024
Course Overview
Most dental problems are associated with the degenerative processes of dental caries and periodontal disease, both of which are bacterial in origin and of gradual onset. Impacted wisdom teeth are another common problem of odontogenic origin for which surgical removal is necessary. However, oral and maxillofacial traumas occur abruptly as the result of automobile accidents, sports injuries, accidents at home, and domestic violence. The consequences of these injuries can range from minimal damage to a single tooth to extensive damage to the osseous and mucosal tissues, which can prove to be life-threatening. This course will highlight some of the most common traumatic injuries to the teeth, the bone of the maxillary and mandibular arches, the oral mucosa, and the nerves and muscles of the facial region. Treatment protocols used to correct the defects created by traumatic injuries will discussed as they relate to patients of varying age groups. The direct short- and long-term impact to oral health and to the systemic health of the patient will be reviewed.