Continuing Dental Education Courses
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - New Orleans
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law.
Maximized Adhesive Dentistry for Anterior & Posterior Teeth
This course will provide you with the tools, materials, and techniques to allow you to create durable, predictable, and esthetic restorations for both posterior and anterior teeth. The hands-on workshop includes step-by-step bonding protocol form tooth cleaning to finishing, fabrication of simple and complex posterior and anterior teeth, composite restorations including essential matrix systems, and polishing techniques to high shine restorations.
A New Generation for Cosmetic Dentistry: Delivering the Selfie Ready Smile
Appearance and self-esteem have long been intertwined. So, as our social media and selfie culture continues to grow, it’s no surprise that more and more people are seeking out cosmetic dentistry as a way to enhance their appearances. The dental world has taken notice and we need to respond with conservative ways to satisfy our patient’s desires for ideal smiles.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - Gonzales
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law. Hands-on exercises will be performed in the laboratory to reinforce the material presented in the lectures.
Oral Pathology Symposium
The course will focus on 7 topics including immune-mediated lesions, traumatic lesions, radiographic lesions, pigmented oral lesions, skin lesions, neoplasms and infections. Numerous clinical images will be provided to give the clinician a thorough review of the selected topics. The instructors will review appropriate therapy and management suggestions of these lesions.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - Lafayette
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law.
Clinical Application of Head, Neck, and Airway Anatomy with Dissection
Attendees will participate in an in-depth dissection of the head, neck, and airway over a two-day period. Working in two-member teams, each participant will dissect half of a cadaver head. The head, neck, and airway will be dissected to demonstrate the relationship of structures to orofacial pain conditions including TMD and sleep breathing disorders. The group will focus on osteology, the oral cavity, the digastric triangle, and the TM joint.
Breathing and Airway Support - a Medical and Dental Collaboration
With over a billion people worldwide, and nearly 30 million in the US breathing badly during sleep, the cost to quality of life and healthcare is unimaginable. Dentists are increasingly taking on some of the functions of primary care doctors as they see people more frequently and apply their long-held preventive focus. The field of sleep and breathing is a part of medicine readily available to the trained dentist.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - New Orleans
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - Gonzales
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law. Hands-on exercises will be performed in the laboratory to reinforce the material presented in the lectures.
Digital and Conventional Radiology (RAD) for the Dental Assistant
This course will provide training for auxiliary personnel in the technique of accurate intraoral dental radiography. Practical experience will be provided in radiographic technique, darkroom procedures, and mounting intraoral x-rays. The long cone paralleling technique will be emphasized. The bisecting the angle technique will be presented in theory and in practice.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - Lafayette
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - New Orleans
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law.
Two Separate Half Day Presentations: Cosmetics, Veneers, and Smart Practices For Your Practice
This course contains two separate half day presentations. In the morning, Dr. Todd Snyder will present on Cosmetics and Veneers. In the afternoon, he will present on Smart Practices For Your Practice.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - Gonzales
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law. Hands-on exercises will be performed in the laboratory to reinforce the material presented in the lectures.
Two Separate Half Day Presentations: Nuts and Bolts of Implant Dentistry and Embracing the Change
This course contains two separate half day presentations. In the morning, Dr. Timothy Bizga will present on The Nuts and Bolts of Implant Dentistry. In the afternoon, he will present on Embracing the Change.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - Lafayette
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law.
Mysteries of the Medical History
Dr. Thomas Viola will be presenting on three different topics about the knowledge of dental pharmacology and how it has never been more essential to patient care. These topics include, It's (Medically) Complicated, Waiting to inhale, and Hurts So... Swell.
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Training - New Orleans
This is the “next step” for assistants who want to expand their capabilities in dental practice. This course is designed to provide dental assistants with the knowledge and skills they need to perform expanded duty dental assisting functions as specified by Louisiana law.