Online Dental CE

+	Respiratory Protection Revisited Presenter: Mary Govoni and Linda Harvey CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 10/2/24 Expiration Date: 10/2/27 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Many dental professionals have reverted back to practices from before the COVID pandemic. But is this a best practice for respiratory protection? Are we adequately protected during aerosol-generating procedures? This is concerning, given the increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, and other respiratory disease threats reported by the CDC. The CE webinar will focus on these current issues, the selection of appropriate respiratory protection, proper utilization of masks or respirators, and the science and testing behind this very important article of PPE.

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+	5 Key Strategies for Successfully Navigating the Respiratory Virus Season in Dentistry Presenter: Mary Govoni and Linda Harvey CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 1/24/24 Expiration Date: 1/24/27 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

It’s been nearly a year since the COVID-19 medical emergency ended. COVID-19 is still present and spreading, however, and dental professionals still need to be cautious. The CDC respiratory virus tracking data shows that influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and COVID-19 are circulating simultaneously in the U.S. In light of these potential infectious threats to patients and team members, what should dental teams do with respect to these viruses? This CE webinar will highlight 5 key strategies to decrease the risk of spreading respiratory viruses in dental practice.

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+	Respiratory Problems in Dentistry Presenter: Dr. Don Cohen and Dr. Steve Yun CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 12/22/23 Expiration Date: 12/22/26 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

During this CE webinar, we will cover why dentists should care about respiratory disease, review specific respiratory diseases and their complications, and how dentists can prepare themselves appropriately for patients with these conditions.

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+	Ethics, Law and Professional Boundaries for the Dental Hygienist - Best Practices and Recommendations Presenter: CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 9/27/23 Expiration Date: 9/27/26 CE Credits: 2 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

This Viva Learning CE course (2 self-study credits) is geared towards Georgia dental hygienists and dentists. It fulfills the recent June 2023 Georgia ruling that mandates training in legal ethics and professional conduct in clinical dental settings, as it relates to the practice of dental hygiene. This class is a requirement for dental hygienists practicing in the state of Georgia toward biennial licensure renewal.

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+	OSHA and Infection Control Made Easy For Dental Facilities 2023 Presenter: Dr. Karson Carpenter CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 7/22/23 Expiration Date: 7/22/26 CE Credits: 2 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

OSHA requirements include an annual retraining session for all employees. This webinar will help fulfill these requirements and will update participants on the latest from OSHA, including the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for Hazard Communication and the Bloodborne Disease Pathogens Standard. In addition, the webinar covers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infection Control Guidelines for Dentistry.

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+	HIPAA Made Easy For Healthcare Facilities 2023 Presenter: Dr. Karson Carpenter CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 7/22/23 Expiration Date: 7/22/26 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

This webinar is designed for all members of the dental team. The webinar is designed to educate participants on the training requirements for HIPAA compliance in their facilities.

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+	Why Are Sterilization Indicators and Integrators So Important for Patient Safety? Presenter: Mary Govoni, CDA, RDA, RDH, MBA CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 7/18/23 Expiration Date: 7/18/26 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

While dental practice focus on weekly monitoring of their sterilizers with biological indicators or spore tests, each sterilization pouch or wrapped pack/cassette must have indicators that validate that the instruments have been exposed to all the parameters for sterilization. In addition a indicating integrator must also be used to validate each sterilization load. In this CE webinar, learn more about the types of indicators and integrators and how to incorporate them appropriately into your sterilization process.

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+	Conscious Sedation vs. IV Sedation in a Dental Office Presenter: Dr. Stanley Malamed and Dr. Michael Morehead CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 6/20/23 Expiration Date: 6/20/26 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In this CE webinar, learn the pros and cons of both conscious and IV sedation on the dental office.

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+	Basics of Emergency Medicine for Dental Facilities Presenter: Dr. Stanley Malamed and Dr. Don Cohen CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 4/4/23 Expiration Date: 4/4/26 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In this CE webinar, learn how to prepare a dental office and staff to recognize medical emergency situations, and learn to efficiently and effectively manage them.

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+	Responsibilities and Requirements of Prescribing Schedule II Opioid Drugs Presenter: CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 3/15/23 Expiration Date: 3/15/26 CE Credits: 2 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

This course ‘Responsibilities and Requirements of Prescribing Schedule II Opioid Drugs’ will help CA dentists to understand regulatory responsibilities when prescribing Schedule II opioids in clinical practice - and includes best practices for pain management, regulations for prescribers and dispensers, and dental office procedures for managing vulnerable or substance use disorder patients. This class contains the contextual information to help with an overall understanding of Schedule II opioid drugs. Armed with the clinical tools, recommendations and guidelines included in this class, the overall goal is to help dentists manage their patients’ post-operative dental pain, while effectively managing the inherent risks in opioid prescribing This Viva Learning CE class fulfills the requirements and CA state regulations related to Schedule II Opioid prescribing, and addresses the new 2023 CA requirements.

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+	California Dental Practice Act: Updated January 2023 Presenter: CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 1/4/23 Expiration Date: 1/4/26 CE Credits: 2 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Viva Learning is an APPROVED provider by the Dental Board of California. This class satisfies 2 CE credits for training related to the updated California Dental Practice Act. When submitting your Proof of CE to CA, use this number: RP5747.

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+	The Top Ten Mistakes Dental Teams Make with PPE Presenter: Mary Govoni and Linda Harvey CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 12/9/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 12/9/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

What to wear for personal protective equipment has been the frequent topic of discussion during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to cause some confusion for dental teams. This CE webinar will discuss frequently misunderstood requirements and recommendations for hand, eye, and respiratory protection, as well as protective clothing. The presenters will discuss OSHA rules, CDC guidelines, NIOSH and ANSI certifications and other standards that apply to the selection of PPE for dentistry.

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+	Safe Local Anesthesia Management in the Pediatric Dental Patient Presenter: Dr. Stanley Malamed and Dr. Scott Cohen CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 12/7/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 12/7/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In this CE webinar, Dr. Stanley Malamed and Dr. Scott Cohen review safety risks and best practices when managing local anesthesia in pediatric dental procedures. They will discuss physiology, dosing, actual cases and safe approaches to treatment plans.

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+	Hand Hygiene in the Era of a Global Pandemic and Beyond Presenter: Dr. Marie Fluent CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 11/22/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 11/22/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In response to the global pandemic, dental healthcare personnel have stepped up their infection control efforts in the effort to reduce the spread of infection. One of the simplest action items - hand hygiene - is one of the most basic yet most effective strategies of infection prevention. By performing hand hygiene at the right time, with the right product and right technique, dental team members can protect themselves and their patients from deadly germs on hands and surfaces. This CE webinar will discuss hand hygiene in accordance with CDC Guidelines and OSHA Standards, product selection, and appropriate methods and motivation techniques to enhance compliance and ensure a safe dental visit for all.

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+	A Pandemic Year in Review: Where We are Now with Infection Prevention in Dentistry Presenter: Mary Govoni, CDA, RDA, RDH, MBA CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 11/10/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 11/10/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Although the U.S. President recently declared the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic over, the CDC and the World Health Organization have not yet made that official declaration. COVID-19 cases are decreasing, as well as hospitalizations and deaths. Nonetheless, COVID-19 infections are still occurring, and dental professionals must remain vigilant. This CE webinar will provide an update on the most current interim guidance from the CDC and OSHA, patient screening recommendations, PPE requirements and how the pandemic has changed infection prevention protocols in dentistry.

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+	Infection Control: Expectations and Challenges in Today’s Dental Practice Presenter: Dr. Donald Cohen and Erica Smith, MBA CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 10/12/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 10/12/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In this CE webinar, Dr. Don Cohen and Erica Smith will discuss current and new methods of infection prevention to maintain compliance throughout your office as we face new challenges. With increasing requirements because of the pandemic and emergent diseases, practices are faced with a burdensome task of staying current with federal and state regulations. The speakers will help shed light on some recent changes and provide guidance on the critical components needed for setting up a simple and easy to implement comprehensive compliance program in your practice.

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Buyer Beware: How Do You Know that the PPE You are Sourcing is Approved for Use in Healthcare Settings & Meets OSHA Standards? Presenter: Mary Govoni, CDA, RDA, RDH, MBA CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 3/31/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 3/31/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Dental professionals have faced challenges in obtaining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the pandemic. In some cases, the shortages have been alleviated, however, the perception still exists. Based on this and increasing PPE costs, dental practices may resort to purchasing these devices from unfamiliar suppliers. This has risks, to both the dental teams and patients, since alternate distributors, in some cases, may sell PPE that is not NIOSH certified or FDA cleared for use in healthcare settings. This CE webinar will discuss the agencies that test and approve PPE for use in these settings, how to access proper resources to ensure a dental practice is using approved PPE, what criteria to follow when making product selections for PPE.

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+	Know Your Patient - Managing the Medically Compromised Patient Presenter: Dr. Stanley Malamed CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 3/29/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 3/29/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In this CE webinar, Dr. Stanley Malamed reviews considerations when dentists treat medically compromised patients including those with obesity, respiratory, hepatic and cardiovascular conditions. Dr. Malamed will provide medical explanations of these conditions and then discuss approaches to treating such patients.

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+	Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic - Continuing Safety Issues in Dentistry Presenter: Mary Govoni, CDA, RDA, RDH, MBA CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 3/23/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 3/23/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Dental practices have struggled with numerous safety issues during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, such as wearing the correct PPE, adequately decontaminating treatment rooms, and containing aerosols commonly produced during dental procedures. The pandemic emphasized the need to improve air quality and aerosol safety in dental practices and the need for re-evaluating PPE protocols as well as engineering controls in the treatment room. This CE webinar will discuss the hazards that exist in the treatment rooms beyond COVID-19 and how dental practices can create a safer environment for patients and the dental team.

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+	Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Dentistry Presenter: CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 3/12/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 3/12/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) movement has grown rapidly in many areas of our society, many believe that it can be used as a vehicle to improve access to care and provide a host of other benefits in the dental field as well. This course provides an overview of DEI, with an emphasis on DEI and the individual dental practice.

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+	Gaining the Clean Conscience Presenter: Ms. Shannon Pace Brinker, CDA CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 2/18/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 2/18/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

It's easier than one might think to maintain a well-disinfected and safe dental practice. Many available products allow dental healthcare workers nearly fool-proof options for disinfection. Of course, we assume everyone knows what to do and the proper protocols, but let's be honest, how can we simplify it for ourselves and new team members who may not be appropriately trained. In this CE webinar, we will answer some of those questions we have been asked repeatedly, but an honest, clear answer has not been given.

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+	Preventing Medical Emergencies - Know Your Patient Presenter: Dr. Stanley Malamed CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 2/9/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 2/9/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In this CE webinar, Dr. Stanley Malamed explains the basic approach to evaluating a patients’ health status prior to the start of dental treatment. By practicing these guidelines, dental professionals can be better informed to determine whether to treat certain patients, how to select the optimal course of treatment for medically compromised patients, how to manage anxiety, and how to prepare for medical emergencies.

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+	Endodontic Irrigation Simplified Presenter: Dr. Ali Nasseh CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 2/8/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 2/8/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

What is the purpose of endodontic irrigation and how can this seemingly complicated process be achieved as simply as possible? What are the requirements for success and how can they be achieved in an efficient and inexpensive way? During this CE webinar, Dr. Nasseh will go over some of the goals and aspirations of the irrigation component of chemo-mechanical instrumentation of the root canal and recommend simple approaches to get more out of this most important step of root canal therapy. A novel all in one irrigant and its clinical application will be discussed.

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+	Bioceramics in Endodontics - Promising New Frontier or the Wild West Presenter: Dr. Ali Nasseh and Dr. Jenny He CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 1/26/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 1/26/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

In this CE webinar, the presenters will review the research and clinical support for the use of bioceramics in endodontics and discuss what we know and what we don’t know about the different materials currently available on the market.

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+	What’s the Quality of the Air You Breathe - Improving Air Quality in Dental Settings Presenter: Linda Harvey, RDH, MS, LHRM, DFASHRM CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 1/20/22     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 1/20/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Upon completion of this CE webinar, participants will be able to: • Discuss the relationship between air quality and disease transmission • Review recent findings on air quality and airborne transmission of COVID-19 • Identify current trends, recommendations, and regulations • Examine strategies for air decontamination and how to improve air quality

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+	Implicit Bias Presenter: CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 11/1/21     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 11/1/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Implicit Biases are those attitudes and associations that we have that are unconscious. These biases often affect our interactions, decisions and behaviors towards our patients in our delivery of healthcare. Although implicit bias can be both positive or negative, this Viva Learning CE class focuses on identifying and reducing the incidence of negative bias in our patient interactions to ensure the highest level of care and attention to our patients.

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+	Hand Hygiene Update in the Era of COVID-19 Presenter: Dr. Marie Fluent CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 10/5/21     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 10/5/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

A key principle of infection control is to take action to stay healthy! One of the simplest action items - Hand hygiene - is one of the most basic yet misunderstood methods to prevent the spread of microbes. This CE webinar addresses hand hygiene in the dental setting in accordance with OSHA requirements and CDC recommendations in the era of COVID-19. Appropriate methods and motivation techniques to enhance compliance will be discussed.

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+	Guarding the Air We Breathe: Updated Findings, Technologies and the Space Age Presenter: Drs. Don and Scott Cohen, and Dr. Fiona Collins CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 10/4/21     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 10/4/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

Air quality is critical in every dental office, with technologies are available that can help safeguard against the transmission of airborne microorganisms. In this CE webinar, join Dr. Don Cohen, Dr. Scott Cohen, and Dr. Fiona Collins for a close look at the trajectory of the current pandemic, updated findings on airborne transmission, technologies contributing to risk reduction, solutions derived from space technology and what the data shows. They will also discuss key take-aways for optimizing air decontamination in your practice, including CDC recommendations, OSHA’s pending regulations on air quality and considerations in technology.

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+	How to Optimize Digital Scanners in a General Dentistry Office Presenter: Dr. Cara Lund CE Supporter: Viva Learning Release Date: 7/27/21     Reviewed: 2025 Expiration Date: 7/27/28 CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study) View Full Description »

During this CE webinar, we will cover the following: • Digital scanners are not just for clear aligner therapy • Importance of routine oral health scans on digital scanners • Success comes from involving your team & patients in your technology

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