Annual Session offers several free CE courses

Annual Session offers several free CE courses

The ODA Annual Session registration fee includes the ability to earn up to 20 free CE credits.  Free CE courses are offered on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Annual Session.  In addition, attendees have the opportunity to earn CE credits while attending the Table Clinics on Friday in the Exhibit Hall.  All of the free courses offered, as well as the Table Clinics, qualify toward the Ohio State Dental Board’s biennium licensure requirement. For more information on the courses listed below and to register, visit www.oda.org/events.

Oral Health Access Supervision Program

  • Various Speakers
  • Thursday, Sept. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  (1 hour lunch)
  • CE Hours: 8, OSDB Category:  A
  • Course Code T12
  • Note:  This course meets the Ohio State Dental Board’s educational requirement for dental hygienists to participate in the Oral Health Access Supervision Program (OHASP).

The Faces of Addiction

  • Nelson Heise, MA, MS, PC-S, LICDC-LS
  • Thursday, Sept. 15 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • CE Hours: 2, OSDB Category:  A
  • Course Code T28
  • Support provided by the ODA Subcouncil on Dentists Concerned for Dentists (DCD)

International Volunteer Dental Projects: What’s it all About Anyway?

  • Jack Levine, DDS, FAGD
  • Friday, Sept. 16 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • CE Hours: 2, OSDB Category:  A
  • Course Code F46
  • Support provided by the International College Of Dentists, Ohio Chapter (ICD)

Cultural Competence

  • Various Speakers
  • Friday, Sept. 16 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • CE Hours: 2, OSDB Category:  A
  • Course Code F58
  • Kevin Dixon Ph.D., Vice President of Community and Cultural Engagement, Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County; Julie Miller, MSN, RN, Health Commissioner, Knox County Health Department.

Table Clinics

  • Friday, Sept. 16 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • CE Hours: 2, OSDB Category: G

OAP Panel

  • Roger Hess, DDS, MBA, MPA; R. Michael Stone, DMD, MS; Andrew W. Baker, DDS, MS
  • Saturday, Sept. 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • CE Hours: 3, OSDB Category:  A
  • Course Code S67
  • Support provided by the Ohio Academy of Periodontists (OAP)
  • Presentations include:   Dr. Roger Hess & Dr. R. Michael Stone:  Demystifying the Endodontic/Periodontic Diagnosis and Dr. Andy Baker:  Implant Complications, Risk Factors and Prevention.

Employment Compliance for Dentists: What you Don’t Know Could Hurt You

  • Adrienne Wright Twigg
  • Saturday, Sept. 17 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • CE Hours: 3, OSDB Category: C
  • Course Code S71
  • Support Provided by Henry Schein Dental

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Prosthetic Joint, Cardiac and Other Medical Conditions

  • Thomas Paumier, DDS
  • Sunday, Sept. 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • CE Hours: 2, OSDB Category:  A
  • Course Code Y77