At the Indiana University School of Dentistry, education doesn’t stop at graduation. In the Office of Continuing Education we offer a variety of professional education opportunities for dentists and allied dental professionals to expand their knowledge and meet their requirements for continued licensure.
Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 888-373-IUSD (4873)
Email: rfuentes@iu.edu
Indiana University School of Dentistry has joined forces with dental schools around the country to offer you this incredible opportunity. Member schools of the Association for Continuing Dental Education have put together this program featuring wine tasting, exquisite food and a land tour of Provence and Cote d'Azur... and of course, CE!
2024 Course Calendar
| January 26, 2024 | Vapes and Novel Tobacco Products: Use and Cessation and Indiana Jurisprudence and Ethical Decision Making DETAILS REGISTER |
| January 27, 2024 | CPR; Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers DETAILS REGISTER |
| March 29, 2024 | Emerging Concepts in Periodontics: Classification, Technology and Treatment and The How, Why and What-to-do of Oral White Lesions DETAILS REGISTER |
| April 19, 2024 | Hine Scholarship Lecture and Laskin Lectureship Series: Digital Dentures and Sustainability in Dentistry DETAILS REGISTER |
| May 20, 2024 - May 24, 2024 | Curso en Español - Mini Residency Bajale a la Fresa - Odontología de Mínima Intervención DETAILS REGISTER |
| Ongoing | Nitrous Certification for Dental Personnel DETAILS REGISTER |
| Ongoing | 2024 Spring Coronal Polishing (Dental Assistants) DETAILS REGISTER |
| Ongoing | Radiology Certification (Dental Assistants) DETAILS REGISTER |
| Ongoing | 2024 Spring Fluoride Application (Dental Assistants) DETAILS REGISTER |
| More to come! | |
This year we are excited to offer a variety of highly requested courses including pediatric dentistry, oral pathology, periodontics, smoking cessation and ethics and jurisprudence. We hope you can make it! Join us by zoom for a livestreamed presentation or at the conference itself - your choice.
Students will receive training in terminology, anatomy, rubber dam technique, resin and amalgam restorative techniques for Class I, II, III, IV and V restorations, as well as the necessary matrix technique for each restoration.
In many instances, patients present to dental offices with both pain and anxiety. Dental offices have seen an increase in dentally-related anxiety in patients of all ages. It is often necessary to manage both. Nitrous oxide and oxygen sedation can assist patients with their pain and anxiety and can be administered safely and effectively with minimal concerns.
The Indiana State Board of Dentistry has recently (2020) passed a law allowing dental hygienists and dental assistants to complete training certification in order to administer nitrous oxide under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist. This course is designed to prepare dental auxiliary who meet the requirements (see below) to use nitrous oxide safely and confidently in the dental office. The didactic and clinical instruction will give the participant a step-by-step approach for the control of anxiety in the conscious patient.
This program will provide the required didactic (online) and clinical instruction for certification as established by the Indiana State Board of Dentistry. For details please see Indiana State rule IC 25-13-1-10.7
The Mission of the Indiana University School of Dentistry Office of Continuing Education is to provide exceptional, comprehensive and diversified postgraduate educational opportunities to all dental professionals, manufacturers and researchers.
Our goal is to promote quality lectures, workshops and presentations that will equip you with the information, skills and tools necessary to enhance your personal and professional growth.
We will accomplish this by maintaining educational quality and integrity at all IUSD CE programs.
We are committed to providing our alumni and all oral health care professionals the latest technologies, techniques, and the highest quality of learning opportunities.
Registration for all continuing education events is handled online via IU Conferences. You’ll find details and a registration link on each specific event’s page.
If you have a question regarding a current program registration, call IU Conferences at 800-933-9330.
There will be no refunds issued within 7 days of a lecture or 14 days of a workshop unless specifically stated otherwise. See individual course descriptions for more information or contact the Office of Continuing Education with any questions. A $30 refund fee will apply to any cancellation unless otherwise indicated.
We reserve the right to change or cancel program offerings without notice. Should a significant change occur, every effort will be made to notify registered participants.
Sponsorship of a continuing education program by Indiana University School of Dentistry does not necessarily imply endorsement of a particular philosophy, procedure, or product, nor does it necessarily reflect the philosophies of the university or its programs. Some presentations may include controversial materials and commercial references. Be advised of the potential risk of using limited knowledge when incorporating new techniques and procedures into your practice, especially when the program has not provided you with supervised clinical experience in the technique or procedure to ensure that you have attained competency.
Speakers must disclose any relevant financial interests or other relationships with manufacturers of any commercial products or providers of commercial services that are discussed in any continuing education program. Unless otherwise stated, there is no commercial support for continuing education programs at Indiana University School of Dentistry.
By registering in any School of Dentistry Continuing Education program, you explicitly grant permission for photographs and video of you to be taken at the event and used in Indiana University publications and communications.
Travel information can change depending on what course you are attending, however, our home base is downtown. Depending on availability, most hotels in the downtown area will offer a discount if you say that you are attending an event at IUPUI. The IUSD CE office will be happy to provide you with any information you may need to assist in planning your visit to Indianapolis, just send us an email at dsce@iupui.edu.
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IUSD CE requires that all registrations be completed online through IU Conferences. If you have questions regarding the registration process, please contact the office of IU Conferences at 800-933-9330.
There will be no refunds issued within 7 days of a lecture or 14 days of a workshop unless specifically stated otherwise. See individual course descriptions for more information or contact the IUSD Office of Continuing Education with any questions. A $30 refund fee will apply to any cancellation unless otherwise indicated. All no-shows will forfeit tuition.
We reserve the right to change or cancel program offerings without notice. Should a significant change occur, every effort will be made to notify registered participants. If a course must be canceled, full tuition will be refunded.
Commercial fiscal support can contribute significantly to the quality of certain continuing education activities. A conflict of interest may be considered to exist if a continuing education program speaker is affiliated with or has financial interest in any organization(s) that may have a direct interest in the subject matter of the presentation. When such situation occurs, the audience must be made aware of the affiliation/financial interest via an acknowledgement in the faculty listing in program materials. Indiana University School of Dentistry has adopted a policy to provide guidelines for the use of commercial support in continuing education programs.
All continuing education programs offered by the Indiana University School of Dentistry must adhere to the following standards:
Adapted from ADA CERP/ Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support
ADA CERP providers must ensure that programs they sponsor are scientifically sound. In accordance with this standard, IUSD Office of Continuing Education has the following policies in place:
The IUSD CE office will provide oversight to ensure that educational content is evidence-based, references best practices that are supported by peer reviewed published articles and guidelines, and is free of commercial bias.
Speakers must provide the IUSD CE office a Curriculum Vitae. The IUSD CE office will determine if the speaker is qualified and holds the appropriate expertise in the educational content.
The IUSD CE office is responsible for ensuring that clinical and technical continuing education activities have a sound scientific basis and proven clinical efficacy in order to promote public safety.
Speakers must support clinical recommendations based on scientific evidence that is available as well as present risks and benefits associated with the material presented.
It is the responsibility of the IUSD CE office as well as the speaker to caution participants about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques and/or technologies into their practice.
Speakers must attest that the images used in the CE activity have not been falsified to misrepresent treatment outcomes.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) states that patient records and photos used in teaching must be stripped of all “direct identifiers” such as name, address, social security number, patient ID number, identifiable photographic images, etc or that you have written authorization from the patient to use his/her directly identifiable health information in this way. This program requires presenters participating in an IUSD CE event to verify that the presentation materials meet these HIPAA standards. Presentation materials include, but are not limited to, handouts, slides, PowerPoint presentations, videos and reproductions of journal articles.
The IU School of Dentistry is an ADA-CERP approved continuing education provider, meaning that the courses we offer can be credited toward CE requirements for dental licensure.
