Courses

Anxiety and Pain Control

Adult Oral Sedation and Anxiolysis: The Complete 16-hour Training Program
This 16-hour workshop will provide the recommended training required to enhance your skills in the management of adult anxiolysis and sedation.

Local Anesthesia: A Hands-On Training Program
Increase productivity and decrease workday stress for both you and your patients by receiving comprehensive training in local anesthesia delivery for the dental hygienist.

Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Inhalation Sedation: A Training Program
Earn certification and build your confidence and skill in the administration of nitrous oxide.

Dental Anatomy

Head & Neck Anatomy: The Skeletal Structures
Obtain a review of the skeletal structures of the head and neck through this self-study course designed for all dental professionals. 

Dental Assisting

Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Inhalation Sedation: A Training Program
Earn certification and build your confidence and skill in the administration of nitrous oxide.

Removal of Bond Material with Rotary Instrumentation: A Hands-on Program

Learn how to efficiently remove bond material from orthodontically bonded teeth while protecting the enamel and tissue.

Restorative Expanded Functions: An 80-Hour Training Program
Receive the clinical training required of licensed dental assistants and dental hygienists to perform restorative expanded functions in the State of Minnesota.

Winter Dental Assistants’ Seminar: Today’s Dental Assistant—Leader, Doer, Trendsetter
Join our energetic and knowledgeable presenter, Tija Hunter, as she shares some new tricks of the trade during a unique event focused on you and your career.

Dental Equipment Maintenance

Dental Equipment Maintenance, Repair & Safety: A Hands-on Workshop for the Dental Team
Avoid costly breakdowns by learning to maintain and troubleshoot the most common dental office equipment problems through this practical workshop.

Dental Hygiene

Local Anesthesia: A Hands-On Training Program
Increase productivity and decrease workday stress for both you and your patients by receiving comprehensive training in local anesthesia delivery for the dental hygienist.

Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Inhalation Sedation: A Training Program
Earn certification and build your confidence and skill in the administration of nitrous oxide.

Removal of Bond Material with Rotary Instrumentation: A Hands-on Program

Learn how to efficiently remove bond material from orthodontically bonded teeth while protecting the enamel and tissue.

Restorative Expanded Functions: An 80-Hour Training Program
Receive the clinical training required of licensed dental assistants and dental hygienists to perform restorative expanded functions in the State of Minnesota.

Soft Tissue Diode Laser Certification for the Dental Hygienist
Expand your knowledge of the innovative use of lasers, safety and patient management, the clinical guidelines for laser use in dentistry and complete the Academy of Laser Dentistry’s training for soft tissue diode laser certification.

Dental Recordkeeping

Risk Management Through Recordkeeping: Applying Minnesota’s Minimum Recordkeeping Standards - An Online Course
This online course will help you lower your malpractice risk by showing you how to create a dental record that meets Minnesota’s minimum standards recordkeeping.

Risk Management Through Recordkeeping: Applying Minnesota’s Minimum Recordkeeping Standards – A Text-based Course
Ensure that your recordkeeping practices meet the minimum standards set by the Minnesota Board of Dentistry by completing this text-based self-study course.

Dental Research

15th Annual Dental Research Updates from the U of M
Learn how emerging research from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry is shaping the future of dental practice.

Endodontics

Anatomically Driven Biologic Endodontics
Join our guest speaker, Dr. Martin Trope, during this hands-on workshop emphasizing the biologic essentials of successful long-term endodontics.

Endoesthetics & Contemporary Endodontics: Current Theories of the Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth
Learn clinical solutions to endoesthetic problems and gain hands-on experience with the restoration of endodontically treated teeth.

Esthetic Dentistry

Advanced Composite Restorations: A Hands-on Program
Build your confidence and skill with contour strip isolation and all the steps involved—from cavity preparation to finishing of complex anterior and posterior composite restorations.

Advanced Occlusion & TMD
Enhance your knowledge and skill in treating complex restorative and esthetic cases that involve TMD and occlusal concerns.

Anterior Composite Artistry: Seminar & Workshop
Develop your artistic skills in anterior composites, while ensuring you make the best material selection for long-term patient outcomes.

Endoesthetics & Contemporary Endodontics: Current Theories of the Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth
Learn clinical solutions to endoesthetic problems and gain hands-on experience with the restoration of endodontically treated teeth.

New Materials, Technologies & Laser Training
Learn how to get the most from contemporary restorative materials and technologies and also obtain certification in the use of dental lasers.

Orthodontic & Periodontal Esthetics—Postgraduate Program in Contemporary & Esthetic Dentistry: Level III

Learn how to provide more periodontal and orthodontic services in your practice that support your restorative and esthetic dentistry.

Facial Esthetics

Botox and Dermal Fillers: Live-patient Training
Take your esthetic practice to the next level with this innovative Botox® and dermal fillers two-day course. 

General Dentistry 

Spring Mandatory & Core Training for the Entire Dental Team
Complete mandatory and core competency requirements for your professional license while benefiting timely information that will boost communications, ensure compliance and amplify practice profitability.

What’s New in 2019: Game Changers & Profit Drivers
Enjoy a fast-paced course while five dynamic speakers kick off the new year with insights that are designed to save you angst, time, and money.

Winter Mandatory & Core Training for the Entire Dental Team
During this quick-moving, one-day program, you fulfill the core and mandatory credits needed to maintain your Minnesota dental license. 

Geriatric Dentistry

Clinical Practicum in Geriatrics & Long-Term Care
Benefit from individualized clinical rotations in geriatric care.

Miniresidency in Geriatrics and Long-term Care for the Dental Team
Obtain the specialized knowledge and systems needed to care for patients in long-term care settings.

Hospital Dentistry

Individualized Instruction in Hospital Dentistry
Receive expert guidance on delivering dental services in a hospital setting.

Immunization Delivery

Comprehensive Immunization Delivery for Dentists: An Online Course
Receive the training required by Minnesota licensed dentists in order to administer influenza vaccinations to patients 19 years of age or older.

Basic Immunization Delivery for Dentists: An Online Course
Receive the training required by Minnesota licensed dentists in order to administer influenza vaccinations to patients 19 years of age or older.

Insurance & Medical Coding

Successful Medical Billing by Dental Practices: Bigger Profits. Better Care.
Dental offices can bill medical insurance for medically necessary care. Take one day to consider the financial impact of a dental-medical billing crossover, with a dynamic presenter who has “been there and done that” with his dental team.

Lasers in Dentistry

New Materials, Technologies & Laser Training
Learn how to get the most from contemporary restorative materials and technologies and also obtain certification in the use of dental lasers.

Nutrition

Diet & Oral Health: An Online Course
Receive timely updates on the link between diet and oral health from caries expert, Dr. Gary Hildebrandt.

Occlusion

Advanced Occlusion & TMD
Enhance your knowledge and skill in treating complex restorative and esthetic cases that involve TMD and occlusal concerns.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Office Oral Surgery: A Guided Experience for the General Dentist
Develop your oral surgical skills during closely supervised patient treatment.

Oral Cancer

Oral Cancer: Detection, Treatment and Post-therapeutic Management
Join our experts for a review of oral cancer and receive practical recommendations for screening patients in the general practice setting.

Oral Medicine

Oral Cancer: Detection, Treatment and Post-therapeutic Management
Join our experts for a review of oral cancer and receive practical recommendations for screening patients in the general practice setting.

Oral Pathology

Oral Cancer: Detection, Treatment and Post-therapeutic Management
Join our experts for a review of oral cancer and receive practical recommendations for screening patients in the general practice setting.

Oral Radiology

Miniresidency in Cone Beam CT Imaging
Receive unbiased hands-on training on CBCT software, helping you evaluate how these tools can advance your clinical and diagnostic skills.

Orthodontics

Orthodontic & Periodontal Esthetics—Postgraduate Program in Contemporary & Esthetic Dentistry: Level III

Learn how to provide more periodontal and orthodontic services in your practice that support your restorative and esthetic dentistry.

Removal of Bond Material with Rotary Instrumentation: A Hands-on Program

Learn how to efficiently remove bond material from orthodontically bonded teeth while protecting the enamel and tissue.

Pediatric Dentistry

Building a Dental Home Network for Children with Special Health Care Needs
This one-day conference for oral, medical and allied health professionals will help you obtain the knowledge and techniques to manage the dental, medical and behavioral needs of children with special health care needs.

Miniresidency in Pediatric Dentistry
Gain hands-on experience with a wide range of services for your pediatric patients.

Periodontology

Orthodontic & Periodontal Esthetics—Postgraduate Program in Contemporary & Esthetic Dentistry: Level III

Learn how to provide more periodontal and orthodontic services in your practice that support your restorative and esthetic dentistry.

Periodontal Surgery Workshop: Pocket Reduction and Crown Lengthening
Join our experts for an opportunity to practice periodontal surgical procedures—expanding your knowledge and improving your technique when treating moderate periodontitis and increasing crown length.

Soft Tissue Diode Laser Certification for the Dental Hygienist
Expand your knowledge of the innovative use of lasers, safety and patient management, the clinical guidelines for laser use in dentistry and complete the Academy of Laser Dentistry’s training for soft tissue diode laser certification.

Practice Management

Successful Medical Billing by Dental Practices: Bigger Profits. Better Care.
Dental offices can bill medical insurance for medically necessary care. Take one day to consider the financial impact of a dental-medical billing crossover, with a dynamic presenter who has “been there and done that” with his dental team. 

Prosthodontics

New Materials, Technologies & Laser Training
Learn how to get the most from contemporary restorative materials and technologies and also obtain certification in the use of dental lasers.

Restorative Dentistry

Advanced Composite Restorations: A Hands-on Program
Build your confidence and skill with contour strip isolation and all the steps involved—from cavity preparation to finishing of complex anterior and posterior composite restorations.

Endoesthetics & Contemporary Endodontics: Current Theories of the Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth
Learn clinical solutions to endoesthetic problems and gain hands-on experience with the restoration of endodontically treated teeth.

Restorative Expanded Functions: An 80-Hour Training Program
Receive the clinical training required of licensed dental assistants and dental hygienists to perform restorative expanded functions in the State of Minnesota.

TM Disorders

Advanced Occlusion & TMD
Enhance your knowledge and skill in treating complex restorative and esthetic cases that involve TMD and occlusal concerns.

Travel Program

24th Annual Ski & Learn: Aspen Snowmass
Receive useful information for everyday practice while enjoying a world-class ski vacation.

Cuba: Travel & Learn
This trip will fill quickly; don’t delay! We’ll knock out continuing education credits by noon, then mambo ‘til midnight.