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Programs
We dedicate ourselves to providing you with exceptional education in dental care. We offer the following programs:
California Radiation Health & Safety Price: $650.00Available Dates:48 CE Units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2 (8am-6pm)
May 31 - June 1 & June 7-8, 2008 - Final June 14
No class August 2-Class begins on Aug. 3 & 23- 24, 2008 - Final- changed from Aug. 31 to Sept 7, 2008
October 4-5 & 25- 26, 2008 - Final Nov. 2, 2008
This course will provide x-ray certification training covering multiple exposure techniques. The course includes classroom and clinical training of x-ray safety, film exposure, endodontic, bisecting and parallel techniques, processing and critiquing of films.
Each participant will provide their own x-ray film and four clinical patients. Participants should bring one box of single x-ray film and one box of double x-ray film. F speed size #2 by Kodak is required. (Patients will be required after participants have successfully learned the techniques on an x-ray Dexter manikin).
Patient number one and three will be done at your wokplace. The second patient is needed on the fourth day of class and the fourth patient is needed for the final exam. The course is structured to meet the criteria set forth by the State Board of Dental Examiners for the operation of dental radiographic equipment in California.
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| | | Dental X-ray ChallengePrice: $395.00Available Dates:TBD
Dates given after registration
8 CE Units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2
(There is $100 exam fee which is separate from the course fee to be paid to examiner)
This course is for those who have significant experience taking full-mouth dental radiographs but do not have a California Radiation Safety Certificate. Participants will be required to pass a written examination and take two FMX (full mouth x-ray) series on dexter using single film. One clinical patient survey will be performed at Dental Specialties site.
Participants will be required to use single film for each required manikin survey. Double film is required for each patient survey performed. Any speed film size #2 will do. Additional x-rays will be taken in your facility. No instruction will be given during this Radiation Safety Certificate challenge.
There will be no refund for participants who are unsuccessful in the course challenge. Each participant will provide their own x-ray film and Four clinical patients . (Participants are responsible for their own patients & Supplies.) Dates are scheduled with provider after registration is approved.
To order x-ray film contact:
Patterson Branch Office
408-773-0776
 | | | Dental X-ray Technique RefresherPrice: $395.00Available Dates:32 CE Units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2 (8am-6pm)
August 2-3 & 23- 24, 2008
A course for those who already know how to take radiographs but may be having difficulty with elongation, closed contacts, conecuts, endodontic exposures, or other problems. Participants should bring one box of single x-ray film and one box of double x-ray film. F speed by Kodak is preferred. This is not a beginner's course. You may choose to bring a clinical patient for close observation. Although, this is not a requirement. No written exams.
To order x-ray film contact:
Patterson Branch Office
408-773-0776
| | | Advanced Esthetic ProvisionalsPrice: $250.00Available Dates:8 CE units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2 (8am-5pm)
August 2, 2008
November 1, 2008
This course is not a beginners class or meant to prepare for the RDA Practical exam. This is an advanced class for those who are currently working in an office focusing on the fabrication of long span provisionals for cosmetic procedures. Make your own six or single unit provisionals and improve the importance of embrasures and esthetics. This course will focus on anterior provisionals as well as posterior.
Laboratory experience:
Empress preparations prepared by
Dr. Ken Frangadakis (Cupertino, CA)
- 6 unit anterior provisional involving #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11
- Veneer #9, 3 unit bridge on #11, #12, #13 and Single unit crown #3
- Empress preparation - # 3 MODL Onlay
- HD silicone prepped models
- Vacuum formed polypropylene copings for the prepped silicone models
- Rigid urethane with no preps used for preliminary
Empress preparations prepared by
Dr. Ken Frangadakis (Cupertino, CA)
- 6 unit anterior provisional involving #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11
- Veneer #9, 3 unit bridge on #11, #12, #13 and Single unit crown #3
- Empress preparation - # 3 MODL Onlay
- HD silicone prepped models
- Vacuum formed polypropylene copings for the prepped silicone models
- Rigid urethane with no preps used for preliminary
 | | | Basics for the New AuxiliaryPrice: $150.00Available Dates:July 26 , 2008
December 6, 2008
8 CE units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2 (8am-5pm)
As a member of the dental team, the auxiliary should know "The Basics", such as Basic Oral Anatomy, Infection Control, Universal Precautions, Aids and Hepatitis B Prevention. Knowledge of these basics is essential for taking radiographs, assisting the dentist or hygienist, coronal-polishing teeth, performing lab work and many other tasks.
This course teaches the basics, so that you will understand more about the teeth and the risks that each auxiliary faces on the job. You should be concerned with reducing risks of spreading infection to yourself and others. Hence, you will be able to communicate with the dentist more easily using technical dental terminology. In addition, an overview of instrument passing and aspiration will be introduced.This course will be a great enhancement to the new auxiliary. A great preliminary course toward the more enhanced courses we offer.
| | | Coronal PolishingPrice: $385.00Available Dates:May 18 & June 8, 2008
July 26-27, 2008
September 27-28, 2008
November 1 & 9, 2008
December 5-7, 2008
16 CE Units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2 (8am-6pm)
This course includes both classroom and Supervised clinical training. Participant will be required to pass a written and clinical examination. Manikin practice is essential. Each participant must provide two (2) clinical patients for the Sunday session. All patients must be free of hard deposits and no serious health issues.
This is a procedure limited to the removal of plaque and stains from exposed tooth surfaces, using an appropriate rotary instrument with a rubber cup or brush and a polishing agent under direct supervision. All course supplies are provided.
 | | | Ultrasonic ScalingPrice: $250.00Available Dates:8 CE units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2 (8am-5pm)
August 24, 2008
November 9, 2008
The use of the Ultrasonic Scaler by the RDA to remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth in an Orthodontic setting is offered with complete instruction and requires clinical practice and student participation. Participant will be required to pass a written and clinical examination which will include practice on manikins and 2 patient experiences. This is a great expanded function for the Orthodontic Assistant and RDA's as well.
In addition, this course will include Infection Control to reduce your occupations risk of disease transmission.
| | | CPR - Adult, Child, InfantPrice: $65.00Available Dates:10am - 2pm -4 Ce units
Changed from Aug. 31 to Sept 7, 2008
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer teaches students to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants, use an AED on an adult or child victim of cardiac arrest and use personal protective equipment to stop bloodborne pathogens and other diseases from spreading.
- American Safety & Health Institute - Basic training center, good for 2 years
- American Heart Association, good for 2 years
- American Red Cross, good for 1 year
- OSHA standards are enforced during all instruction
Infant/Child Defibrillation. The FR2+ can treat patients of any age. When equipped with special infant/child defibrillator pads that reduce the energy of the FR2+'s shock, you can safely treat a child or infant in cardiac arrest.
| | | Pit and Fissure Sealants - $100 off regular pricePrice: $550.00Available Dates:July 13 & 20 , 2008
November 16 & 23, 2008
16 CE Units DBC Category 1, DANB Category 2 (8am-6pm)
Regular Fee $650. Sign up now for $550.
All participants involved in the direct provision of patient care must be certified in basic life support procedures, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Re-certification intervals may not exceed two years. Liability insurance is required for this course. We have applications with student rates.
Laboratory instruction is conducted on a typodont, a simulated model, and/or extracted teeth. Patients will be required after participants have successfully learned the laboratory and clinical experience to achieve minimum competence in the various protocols used in the application of pit and fissure sealants.
Clinical Patients - Four (4) clinical patients are required. Each clinical patient must have a minimum of four (4) virgin, non-restored, natural teeth, sufficiently erupted so that a dry field can be maintained, for application of the etching, or etchant/bond combination, and sealant materials. Such clinical instruction includes teeth in all four quadrants among the four patients.
Supervised clinical instruction in the application of pit and fissure sealants will assure that students who successfully complete the course can apply pit and fissure sealants with minimum competence.
Infection Control: This course establishes written clinical and laboratory protocols to ensure adequate asepsis, infection and hazard control, and disposal of hazardous wastes, which shall comply with the board's regulations and other Federal, State, and local requirements. This course will provide such protocols to all participants to assure compliance with such protocols.
Participants are required to bring (4) extracted teeth (2) bicuspits and (2) molars for laboratory practice. These teeth should be immersed in a small cup of stone or plaster.
| | | Clarification
Dental Baord of California (DBC) Category 1,
DANB Category 2Price: $0.00Available Dates:
Dental Baord of California (DBC) Category 1
Section 1016. Providers and Courses. (a) Course of Study Defined. "Course of study" means an orderly learning experience in the area of dental and medical health, preventive dental services, diagnosis and treatment planning, clinical procedures, basic health sciences, dental practice administration, or the Dental Practice Act and other laws specifically related to dental practice which is designed to directly enhance the licensee's knowledge, skill or competence in the provision of service to patients or the community.
(1) Category I: Courses in this category shall include courses in the actual delivery of dental services to the patient or the community. Such courses shall also include:
(A) Mandatory courses required by the Board for license renewal, such as Infection Control, California Dental Practice Act and a course in Basic Life Support as approved by American Red Cross or American Heart Association. At a minimum, course content for Infection Control shall include all content of Section 1005. At a minimum, course content for the Dental Practice Act [Division 2, Chapter 4 of the Code (beginning with s 1600)] shall instruct on acts in violation of the Dental Practice Act and attending regulations, and other statutory mandates relating to the dental practice. This includes utilization and scope of practice for auxiliaries; scope of practice for dentists; laws governing the prescribing of drugs; citations, fines, revocation, and suspension, and license renewal.
(B) Courses in preventive services, diagnosis (including physical evaluation, radiography, dental photography) and comprehensive treatment planning.
(C) Courses dealing primarily with nutrition counseling of the patient.
(D) Courses in corrective and restorative oral health treatment.
(E) Courses in dentistry's role in individual and community health emergencies and disasters.
(F) Courses that pertain to the legal requirement governing the licensee in the areas of auxiliary employment and delegation of responsibilities; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); actual delivery of care; and workplace, environmental and general safety.
(G) Courses addressing office instrument sterilization systems.
(2) Category II: Courses in this category shall include other courses directly related to the practice of dentistry. Such courses shall include:
(A) courses addressing the evaluation, improvement and/or methods of correction for recall and scheduling systems.
(B) courses in organization and management of the dental practice including office design, and ergonomics, and the improvement of office operations for the patient's benefit and/or to improve the continuity of care provided to the patient.
(C) courses addressing the implementation and/or mechanism of alternative delivery systems.
(D) courses addressing patient record keeping.
(E) courses in skills such as communication, behavioral sciences, patient management and motivation when oriented specifically to the needs of the dental practice and will improve the health of the patient.
(F) courses in other subjects of direct concern to dentistry such as dentolegal matters, including but not limited to risk management, liability, and malpractice, employment law and employment practices.
(G) courses in methods of health care delivery and sociopolitical problems directly involving dentistry.
(3) Courses considered to be outside the scope of the continuing education program include, but are not limited to, those in the following areas:
(A) money management, the licensee's personal finances or personal business matters;
(B) basic educational or cultural subjects not related to the practice of dentistry;
(C) general physical fitness or the licensee's personal health;
(D) presentations by political or public figures or other persons that do not deal primarily with dental practice;
(E) basic skills such as memory training and speed reading;
(F) courses addressing the computerized dental office when the topic involves record management or new technology designed primarily for the licensee's understanding and benefit;
(G) courses designed to make the licensee a better business person or designed to improve licensee or staff motivation;
(H) courses pertaining to the improvement of office operations, licensee and staff convenience, or profit motive;
(I) courses which address increased office production; financial planning; employee benefits; marketing or motivational topics to increase productivity or profitability;
(J) courses in which the primary beneficiary is the licensee.
DANB Category 2
Clinical courses are those on-site lectures, courses, seminars, and/or table clinics that are directly related to the clinical practice of dentistry
or dental assisting. This category includes, but is not limited to attendance at, or participation in clinical professional development courses
that are directly related to skills, knowledge, and duties that would be chairside: dental materials, four-handed dentistry, infection control,
radiology, expanded functions, non-human dentistry (i.e., canine and feline dentistry) and others.
| | | RDA 2008 Exam Date Location Filing DeadlinePrice: $0.00Available Dates:
2008 Exam Date Location Filing Deadline
August 2 and 3 South - Los Angeles - USC May 3 thru
June 3, 2008
August 16 and 17 North - San Francisco - UCSF May 3 thru
June 3, 2008
November 1 and 2 North – San Francisco - UCSF August 2 thru September 2, 2008
November 15 and 16 South – Los Angeles - TBD August 2 thru September 2, 2008
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