The American Dental Hygienists' Association
The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) was formed in 1923 to develop communication and mutual cooperation among dental hygienists. Here are a few of the online continuing education courses available:
- Managing Side Effects of Medication
- Medical Emergencies in the Oral Health Care Setting
- Do You Know if Your Patients, Co-workers, Friends, Family, or You Have an Addiction?
- Automated Oral Hygiene Self-Care Devices: Making Evidence-based Choices to Improve Client Outcomes
Continuing Dental Education Studies
Providing online accredited continuing education home study courses for dental professionals. The most popular courses available for study are:
- Occupational Safety
- Treating Patients with Developmental Disabilities
- Mixing and Manipulation of Zinc Oxide Eugenol Cement
- Impacted Wisdom Teeth
- Common Radiographic Pitfalls and How to Prevent them
DentalDidactics.com
DentalDidactics provides online continuing education for dental professionals. Here are a few of the online continuing education courses available:
- Aids: HIV Vaccine Update 2001
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anorexia and Bulimia
- Antibiotic Resistance Concerns
- Bipolar Electrosurgery
- Cardiovascular Risks of Periodontitis
- Common Prescription Medications
- Dental Waterline Safety
- Latex Allergies in Dentistry
- Lysine Supplements for Herpes Labialis
- Tuberculosis in Dentistry
Dental hygienists should check with their individual state dental/dental hygiene regulatory boards for current continuing education and relicensure requirements.
Dentalxchange
Dentalxchange's continuing education courses meet the requirements of the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP) and are accredited in co-sponsorship with HealthWatch Home Study, LLC. There are more than 200 courses available in the following categories:
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Dental Assisting
- Dental Economics and Practice Management
- Dental Hygiene
- Dental Materials
- Dental Public Health
- Dental Radiology and Imaging
- Dental Research
- Electrosurgery
- Endodontics
- General Dentistry
- Geriatric Dentistry
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral Implantology
- Oral Pathology/Oral Medicine/Oral Diagnosis/Pharmacology
- Orofacial Pain
- Orthodontics
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Periodontics
- Preventive Dentistry/Infection Control
- Products and Techniques
- Prosthodontics (Removable, Fixed, Maxillofacial)
- Sports Dentistry
- TMD
CE Online is a comprehensive library of ADA CERP-recognized continuing education courses for dentists and their staff. Dental hygienists should check with their individual state dental/dental hygiene regulatory boards for current continuing education and relicensure requirements.
DenTrek
DenTrek is an approved national sponsor of continuing dental education through the Academy of General Dentistry. Here is a list of online continuing dental education courses:
- Supportive Periodontal Therapy: New Evidence, New Directions
- Digital Imaging for the Dental Professional
- Successful Instrumentation Within Periodontal Pockets
- New Concepts in Ultrasonic Instrumentation
- Magnetostrictive Ultrasonic Inserts: Care and Maintenance
Dental hygienists should check with their individual state dental/dental hygiene regulatory boards for current continuing education and relicensure requirements.
Educational Horizons Online
Educational Horizons Online offers courses for dental hygienists and is accredited by the Academy of General Dentistry. Here are a few of the online Dental Hygiene National Board Review courses available:
- Clinical Dental Hygiene Part I: Medical and Clinical Assessment
- Clinical Dental Hygiene Part II: Planning and Implementing Dental Hygiene Care
- Community Dental Health/Research
- Dental Materials
- Fluoride and Other Chemotherapeutic Agents
- Head And Neck Anatomy
- Immunology Review
- Microbiology Review
- NutritionReview
- Periodontology Review
- Pathology Review
- Pharmacology Review
- Radiology Review
- Test Taking Strategies
- Tooth And Root Morphology Review
Dental hygienists should check with their individual state dental/dental hygiene regulatory boards for current continuing education and relicensure requirements.
P&G Dental ResourceNet
Proctor and Gamble's Dental ResourceNet offers online continuing dental education. Here are a few of the online continuing education programs for dental hygienists:
- The Prevention of Disease Transmission in the Dental Office
- Complimentary and Alternative Therapy
- Coagulation Disorders: Considerations in Dental Care
- Recognition of Orthodontic Problems in Preadolescents
- Improving Radiographic Techniques
- Orofacial Cancer: A Challenge and a Professional Responsibility
- Dental Instrument Sterilization: A Six-Step Process
- The Asthma Patient and Dental Considerations
- Local Anesthetics: A Review
- Dental Stains and Discolorations
- Strategic Planning for Infection Control
- Oral Healthcare: A Whole New Language
- Periodontitis as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease
- Dentinal Hypersensitivity
- Demineralization / Remineralization
- Ergonomics in Dentistry
- Orthodontics & Periodontics: Exploring the Interrelationship
- Oral Health and the Older Adult
- Older Dental Patients: Myths & Realities
- Immunological & Inflammatory Aspects of Periodontal Disease
- Periodontal Screening & Recording
Procter & Gamble is an American Dentist Association CERP Recognized Provider. Dental hygienists should check with their individual state dental/dental hygiene regulatory boards for current continuing education and relicensure requirements.
Phoenix College's Center for Health Professions
Phoenix College's Center for Health Professions offers online continuing education for dental hygienists. Here are a few of the online continuing education programs for dental hygienists:
- Early Childhood Caries: A Medical & Dental Perspective
- Chemical Dependency: Alcoholism
- Osteoporosis: A Dental Perspective
- Nutrition for Dental Professionals
- Local Anesthesia Review
- Oral Radiography Review
Dental hygienists should check with their individual state dental/dental hygiene regulatory boards for current continuing education and relicensure requirements.
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy offers many online continuing dental education courses in the areas of pharmacotherapy, clinical skills and management. Visit the website and locate a continuing education that is right for you using search tools for topic, length of course, number of CE credits and cost. The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy is approved by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of Continuing Education.
Continuing Education
