CDE Calendar of Courses

Friday, April 11 - Sunday, April 13, 2025 | HANDS-ON AT UBC | Limited Enrolment

This hands-on course offers instruction in all aspects of adult minimal sedation to include nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation and oral sedation, as well as effective methods in dealing with anxiety control in general practice. Participants will learn various techniques and will have the opportunity to try several types of nitrous oxide and oxygen delivery units. The three day course satisfies the requirements for state or provincial dental boards or colleges who require 21 hours of continuing education to certify for combined inhalation and oral adult minimal sedation. The two day course is designed to achieve certification in nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation, with 14 hours of continuing education.

Saturday, April 12 - Monday, April 14, 2025 | LECTURES & CLINICAL OBSERVATION | Limited Enrolment

In this Continuing Education course, practical tips will be discussed for managing common clinical scenarios in complex older adults, with a focus on skills that can be used in private practice. This three day course will provide you practical, up to date, and clinically relevant information in Geriatric Dentistry with two days of lectures at UBC and a half day observing clinical activity in a dental clinic, located at a long-term care facility in downtown Vancouver.

Saturday, April 26, 2025 | HANDS-ON at UBC | Limited Enrolment

The course will include a lecture component (morning) and hands-on (afternoon). The morning lecture will focus on principles and step by step protocols for digital denture workflow for complete dentures. The hands-on component will include edentulous arch intraoral scanning and a review of the full digital denture workflow.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 5 PM - 7 PM (Pacific) | LIVE WEBINAR

The course aims to teach the fundamentals of 3D modeling and progress to advanced applications, demonstrating how a solid understanding of the basics can be adapted to various clinical situations. Basic 3D elements covered include mesh density, group functions, clay modeling, and file output options. Advanced elements focus on dental
applications, such as customizing outputs from dental software. The primary teaching tool will be Meshmixer by Autodesk, Exocad, Blue Sky Plan 4 and Trios Unite.

Friday, April 25, 2025 | 8 AM - 9:30 AM (Pacific) | LIVE WEBINAR

Patients born with cleft and craniofacial differences require multidisciplinary care throughout their lifetimes. This course will provide a general overview of the various dental, medical, surgical, psychological and developmental needs of these patients with an emphasis on pediatric dentistry, orthodontics and maxillofacial surgery.

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | 5 PM - 6:30 PM (Pacific) | LIVE WEBINAR

This course reviews the history of the opioid epidemic while also looking at dentistry’s role in the opioid epidemic. Management of acute and postoperative pain will be discussed along with safe prescribing techniques to avoid abuse and diversion.

Saturday, May 10 - Sunday, May 11, 2025 | HANDS-ON AT UBC | Limited Enrolment

This two day course is designed to teach dentists the procedure of lateral ridge augmentation via guided bone regeneration. Bone healing patterns, grafting materials & membranes, indications & management of complications, atraumatic extraction and socket preservation with bone grafting will be addressed in detail. Participants will attend didactic lectures on Saturday. Sunday’s session includes two interactive video presentations of surgeries by the course mentor(s) and hands-on surgery training, in simulation with animal mandibles.

Friday, May 2, 2025 | 8 AM - 9:30 AM (Pacific) | LIVE WEBINAR

The main objective of the lecture is to propose an evidenced-based reflection on the impacts of technological evolution on the pillars of endodontic success.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 5 PM - 7 PM (Pacific) | LIVE WEBINAR

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, causing 70% of all oropharyngeal cancers (OPC). A safe, effective vaccine against oncogenic HPV types is available; however, uptake of the vaccine in the United States has been slow. Provider communication has been identified as one of the most influential facilitators of vaccine uptake. Reported barriers to discussing HPV with patients is a lack of knowledge and confidence in discussing this sensitive topic. Brief-Motivational Interviewing (brief-MI) is a collaborative patient-centered counseling approach to support a positive behavior change and has been investigated as an effective communication approach for HPV counseling. This presentation will provide general HPV information, the role of HPV in OPC, HPV vaccination facts and brief-MI training for HPV OPC prevention.

Friday, May 9, 2025 | 8 AM - 9:30 AM (Pacific) | LIVE WEBINAR

This course provides a comprehensive overview of oropharyngeal carcinoma, focusing on its epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical presentation. The role of Human papillomavirus (HPV) will be explored, given its strong association with cancers in the oropharyngeal region. Diagnostic approaches, staging, and patient outcomes will also be covered in this course.

Monday, May 12, 2025 | 5 PM - 6:30 PM (Pacific) | LIVE WEBINAR

This course will review several approaches to managing caries in children that do not require the use of a handpiece including: fluoride varnish, silver diamine fluoride, Hall crowns, resin infiltration, and fissure sealants. Additionally, challenges associated with case selection and treatment plan development will be discussed. Subsequent to completing the course, the participant should be equipped to manage caries in children in a manner that minimizes the removal of tooth structure by utilizing a dental handpiece.

Friday, September 26 - Sunday, September 28, 2025 | HANDS-ON AT UBC | Limited Enrolment

This hands-on course offers instruction in all aspects of adult minimal sedation to include nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation and oral sedation, as well as effective methods in dealing with anxiety control in general practice. Participants will learn various techniques and will have the opportunity to try several types of nitrous oxide and oxygen delivery units. The three day course satisfies the requirements for state or provincial dental boards or colleges who require 21 hours of continuing education to certify for combined inhalation and oral adult minimal sedation. The two day course is designed to achieve certification in nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation, with 14 hours of continuing education.