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Non-Members may purchase ADAA courses for a fee. Course titles are organized by category. When the desired course is found, click on the title and Add to Cart. With the exception of the Anna Nelson Webinar Series (Enduring Material), course pricing is based on the number of credit hours associated with the course content. Pricing for a one (1) credit course is $40 with the price increasing incrementally for additional credit hours. Access to all Anna Nelson Webinars (Enduring Material) is through a 12-month subscription.
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Access to Purchased Courses. Non-members have 90-day access to purchased courses. Access will the last day of the 3rd month. Example: A course was purchased on August 3. The last day to access and complete the course will be November 30. If the course was purchased on August 30, the last day of access would be November 30.
Access to Anna Nelson Webinar Series. Is now by annual subscription with access to 30+ recordings, for CE hours, for 12 months. New recordings are added within 30 days of the live presentation. Access will be on the last day of the 12th month. Example: A subscription purchased on August 3, 2022, will expire on August 31, 2023.
Extensions. One 45-day extension can be requested, by emailing education@adaausa.orgIN ADVANCE OF YOUR EXPIRATION DATE. No extensions are available for an Anna Nelson subscription.
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Author/Editor: Allan Farman, BDS, EDS, MBA, PhD; ADAA Council on Education
When examined under proper conditions, diagnostic–quality intraoral radiographs reveal evidence of disease that cannot be found in any other way. The course presents basic principles and concepts of intraoral procedures. Including the discussion of proper techniques for bitewing radiography as well as the use of paralleling and bisecting angle techniques.
CE Credits: 4 Original Release Date: 2014; Review Date: Currently Under Review
ADAA Members have access to the Anna Nelson webinar series as enduring material, at no additional cost, through the e-Learning Center. Access to this material is a member benefit.
Non-Members have access to the Anna Nelson webinar series as enduring material with the purchase of a 12-month subscription of $150. Click on the Non-Member Purchase tab and select Anna Nelson Webinar Series (Enduring Material) to initiate purchase and payment.
Many dentists depend on their dental assistants and office managers to maintain accurate, compliant records for their patients on a regular basis. This process contains many nuances that dental assistants should be aware of and practicing. It is time to learn how to keep your dentist out of jail!
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2016; Review Date: 2022; Next Review: 2025
W002 - The Role of the Dental Assistant in Endodontics
Steven Senia
This webinar is designed to familiarize the dental assistant with basic knowledge regarding the diagnosis, procedures used, and treatment of infected dental pulp and root canals. The role of the dental assistant as a team member in preparing the patient before, during and after endodontic treatment will be discussed.
CE Credits: 1.5 Original Release Date: 2016; Review in progress. Course unavailable.
W007 - Assisting in the Age of CAD/CAM - Digital Dentistry Expands the Role of the Dental Assistant
Kimberly Bland, CDA, EFDA, B.S., M.Ed.
This webinar is designed for dental assistants to familiarize themselves with the use of in-office CAD/CAM dentistry for single-unit fixed ceramic restorations and its workflow applications and the role of the dental assistant.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2017; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W008 - A Visit to Your Practice: A Patient's Perspective
Sheila Clancy, CDA, MBA
This webinar is designed for dental assistants to familiarize themselves with practice management principles of customer/patient satisfaction. The role of the dental assistant and how she/he can enhance the patient’s overall clinical and office experience will be discussed.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2017; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W009 - Where Do I Sit? How Should I Stand? Communication and Customer Service Skills for the Clinical Team
Debra Engelhardt-Nash
This webinar is designed for dental assistants to familiarize themselves with practice management principles of customer/patient satisfaction. The role of the dental assistant and how they can enhance the patient’s overall clinical and office experience will be discussed.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2017; Review Date: 2024; Next Review: 2026
W010 - Beyond Ergonomics: How to Practice Pain-Free
Daniel Jacobazzi, PT, DC
This webinar is designed for dental assistants to familiarize themselves with the principles of good posture and how to correctly move, sit, and work in an ergonomic manner that will help prevent work-related pain and injuries.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W011 - Career Opportunities for the Dental Assistant
Dr. Carolyn Breen, Ed.D, Ed.M, BS, AAS, CDA, RDA, RDH
This webinar is designed for dental assistants so they may explore potential career opportunities beyond the scope of private practice. A variety of positions within multiple employment settings will be discussed. Dental assisting subject matter and coursework will be compared with standard coursework as related to various degree options for career advancement. Basic strategies for personal goal setting and the development of a career plan will be included.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W012 - CDT Update for Dental Assistants
Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants identify coding challenges and the steps that can be taken to minimize the effects of those challenges.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W013 - Frequently Prescribed Brand-Name Medications and Their Clinical Dental Considerations
Thomas Viola, R.Ph., C.C.P.
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants by providing an overview of those frequently prescribed brand name medications whose actions, side effects, contraindications and potential drug interactions may have the greatest impact on dental therapy.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W014 - Dental Appliances for Sleep Apnea: Pros and Cons of Dental Devices
John Nadeau
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants by providing an overview of what is obstructive sleep apnea, how to identify symptoms, diagnose, and treat with oral appliance devices.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W015 - Taking Diagnostically Acceptable Radiographs: The Importance of Being a Straight Shooter
Marianne Dryer, RDH, MEd
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants by providing an overview of how to provide quality, predictable, and diagnostically acceptable radiographs while minimizing radiation to ensure patient safety.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W016 - Resist Tooth Decay: Healthy Smiles Through Remineralization
Kari Hiatt, CDA, EFDA, EFODA, MS
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants be aware of the need to be alert and responsive to the causes of tooth decay to help achieve the overall goal of preventative dentistry. This webinar will provide an overview of the risk factors for dental caries and treatments to help promote remineralization. The webinar will also address the ADA recommendations for the use of professionally applied topical fluorides.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W017 - In-Office and Mail Order Sterilization Monitoring Procedures Sarah Sharpe, RDA
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants reduce the risks of disease transmission, meet ADA and CDC guidelines for infection control, and implement strategies to effectively sterilize and disinfect dental equipment through effective sterilization monitoring procedures.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W018 - HIPAA Privacy and Security Act for Dental Professionals
Linda Bartolomucci Boyd, BA, RDA
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants understand and implement the principles of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 - HIPAA.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W019 - Managing Acute Dental Pain: Opioid Analgesics and Their Impact on the Dental Community
Laura Meyer-Junco, PharmD, BCPS, CPE
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants understand the overall impact of opioids, their use, abuse, and their impact on the dental community.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W020 - A Balancing Act: How to Increase Revenue and Decrease Expenses in the Dental Office
Sheila A. Clancy, CDA, MBA
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants understand the importance of their contribution(s) to help maintain a financially healthy dental practice.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2018; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W021 - Infection Control Palooza
Sharon Dickinson, CDA, CDPMA, RDA, CPFDA, CRFDA, Professor (Ret.)
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants understand the importance of infection control policies and procedures and adherence to them, evaluate infection control products, and effectively handle breaches in infection control.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2019; Review Date: 2022; Next Review: 2025
W022 - Leadership: The Keys to Success
Virginia Cairrao, CDA, FADAA
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants understand the principles of leadership, the differences in leadership styles, the impact good leaders make on the organization, and how to apply these principles to their own environment.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2019; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W023 - The New Classification of Periodontal Disease: Identification, Treatment and Coding
Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants understand that periodontal disease starts with a biofilm-based infection that creates a wound that, in turn, induces the inflammatory cascade responsible for the disease. This wound must be taken seriously and treated at the earliest possible stages. The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions 2018 defines 4 levels of periodontal health and includes staging and grading system for periodontitis as well as classification of peri-implant disease. This along with recent changes in CDT codes create the necessity for an update. This webinar provides a framework to meet the individualized needs of the patient.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2019; Review Date: 2024; Next Review: 2027
W024 - HIPAA Guidelines for Dental Office Efficiency and Effectiveness
Linda Bartolomucci Boyd, BA, RDA; Emeritus Professor and Published Author
This webinar is designed to help dental assistants interpret and implement the guidelines of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 – HIPAA in order to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the dental office. Strategies to help implement the essential elements of the guidelines will be discussed and the consequences if violations occur.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2019; Review Date: 2024; Next Review: 2027
W027 - Management of the ‘Difficult’ Employee in the Dental Office
Kevin Henry, Co-Founder, IgniteDA.net
This webinar is designed primarily for the dental office management staff to provide an overview of how to deal with the ‘difficult’ employee in the office. Strategies will be discussed that will help the dental office manager effectively coach and mentor the difficult employee and help integrate them into becoming a team player.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2019; Review Date: 2024; Next Review: 2027
W030 - The Use of Oral Devices for the Management of Sleep Apnea
Sal Rodas, MBA
This webinar is APPROVED FOR ONE (1) CE CREDIT and is designed for the dental professional as an overview of sleep disorders and the types of oral devices that may be used to help alleviate symptoms of sleep apnea.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2020; Review Date: 2024; Next Review: 2027
W032 - The Oral Systemic Link Between Periodontal Disease and Systemic Disease
This webinar is APPROVED FOR ONE (1) CE CREDIT and is designed for the dental professional as an overview of the direct link of oral health problems, specifically periodontal disease, and systemic diseases.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2020; Review Date: 2024; Next Review: 2027
W033 - The Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics Prior to Dental Procedures
Alice N. Hemenway, PharmD, BCPS
This webinar is APPROVED FOR ONE (1) CE CREDIT and is designed for the dental professional as an overview of the use of prophylactic antibiotics prior to dental procedures for specific populations.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2020; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W034 The EPA Amalgam Rule: (40 CFR part 441) and the Role of Dental Assistants for Dental Office Compliance
Author: Alexander Bischoff
This webinar is designed for the dental professional to familiarize them with the "Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category" (40 CFR part 441) known as "The Amalgam Rule", regarding pretreatment standards for discharges of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works (POTW's) by dental practices that discharge amalgam. The focus will be on achieving the EPA's pretreatment standards for dental offices, the BMP's included in "The Amalgam Rule", and the record keeping required for dental office compliance.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2020; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W036 - The Role of the Expanded Functions Dental Assistant
Tyler Winter, CDA, LDA, RDA, FADAA
This webinar is designed for the dental professional to familiarize them with the duties and responsibilities associated with an expanded functions dental assistant and how they may provide added benefits to the dental practice.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2020; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W037 - E-cigarettes: Friends or Foes?
Victoria Patrounova, RDH, MHA
This webinar is designed for the dental professional to familiarize them with the use of e-cigarettes and vaping and the systemic and oral effects of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2020; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W038 - Special Needs Patients in a Dental Practice
Robert E. Rada, DDS, MBA
This webinar is designed for the dental professional to familiarize them with the systemic health needs and medical challenges of individuals with special health care needs.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2020; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W039 - Communicating in a Post-Pandemic Practice
Sheila Clancy, MBA, CDA
This webinar is designed for the dental professional to familiarize them with effective communication strategies to enhance their overall communication skills during the COVID pandemic using non-verbal and nonphonemic properties.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2021; Review Date: Currently Under Review
W040 - HIPAA in the Age of COVID-19
Linda Bartolomucci Boyd, RDA, BA
This webinar is APPROVED FOR ONE (1) CE CREDIT and is designed for the dental professional to familiarize them with HIPAA rules and regulations and how they impact the dental assistant and dental practice during the COVID pandemic.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2021; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W041 - Promoting Mental Health & Wellness for Dental Assistants in Times of COVID-19
Lisa A. Razzano, PhD, CPRP
This webinar is APPROVED FOR ONE (1) CE CREDIT and is designed for the dental professional as an overview of the mental health aspects of stress, both in a dental assistant's personal and professional life, especially when dealing with multiple stress factors during the COVID pandemic such as: dealing with dental offices shutting down; deciding whether or not to get the vaccine; family, friends, and patients dying from it; teaching their children virtually; and trying to work during the pandemic.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2021; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W042 - Clinical Assisting: Getting From Good to Great
Michael Meek, DDS, FAGD and Melissa Searcy, RDA
This webinar is APPROVED FOR ONE (1) CE CREDIT and is designed for the dental professional as an overview to the hard and soft skills needed to succeed in dentistry. Personal and professional goal setting will be emphasized.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2021; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W044 - COVID Vaccines: Efficacy and Safety
John A. Molinari, PhD
Infectious diseases described over the past 4 decades include those caused by newly discovered pathogens, as well as re-emergent infections caused by microbial mutation and drug-resistance. The latest example is the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resultant COVID-19 pandemic. A global effort to develop effective vaccines to protect the population against this respiratory disease led to the development and approval of multiple vaccines by the end of 2020. This webinar will discuss updated science and clinical-based knowledge for currently approved COVID-19 vaccines. Considerations will include development and criteria for COVID-19 approval for use in the population, observed effectiveness, and potential, short term adverse reactions to vaccination.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2021; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W045 - Top Ten OSHA Violations and How to Mitigate Them
Brian Bothast, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, Department of Labor/OSHA
This one (1) hour webinar is designed for dental professionals to familiarize them with the rules and regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the United State Federal government and to review what safety rules are commonly violated in dental practice settings and how they can be avoided.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2021; Review Date: 2021; Next Review: 2024
W055 - Understanding Dental Unit Waterlines
Author: Sarah Stream, MPH, CDIPC, CDA, FADAA
This webinar is designed for clinical dental professionals to better understand the recommendations and requirements surrounding dental unit waterlines (DUWL). DUWLs are high-risk areas in the dental setting and can cause serious health issues for our patients. Understanding the recommendations and requirements and overcoming barriers surrounding DUWLs is the most effective way to create an effective plan and protocol to keep your patients safe.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2023; Review Date: 2023; Next Review: 2026
W056 - Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry
Author: Ann-Marie DePalma, CDA, RDH, MEd
Artificial intelligence is around us every day. If you use Siri or Alexa or watch Netflix or Hulu, you are using artificial intelligence. AI is becoming an important part of today’s technology-driven dental practice. Patients and teams are using AI in a variety of ways. In this webinar, we will review the history of artificial intelligence and its various uses within dentistry and how it can improve overall practice production and profitability while improving patient care.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2023; Review Date: 2023; Next Review: 2026
W057 - Radiation Safety and You
Author: Sarah Stream, MPH, CDIPC, CDA, FADAA
This webinar is designed for dental providers that may expose radiographs. We will discuss the basics of radiation creation, the history of x-rays and how that influenced our safety protocols as well as how you can protect your patient and yourself from unnecessary exposure.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2023; Review Date: 2023; Next Review: 2026
W058 - Oral Manifestations and Dental Implications of Food-related Autoimmune Diseases
Author: Deborah (Debby) Vernon, CDA, CDIPC
As food-related diseases gain attention and sufferers, recognizing, understanding, and treating the signs and symptoms of these disorders must become part of our protocols. Materials and supply decisions can be crucial in preventing further harm to these vulnerable patients.
CE Credits: 1 Original Release Date: 2023; Review Date: 2023; Next Review: 2026
Author/Editor: Allan Farman, BDS, EDS, MBA, PhD; ADAA Council on Education
When examined under proper conditions, diagnostic–quality intraoral radiographs reveal evidence of disease that cannot be found in any other way. The course presents basic principles and concepts of intraoral procedures. Including the discussion of proper techniques for bitewing radiography as well as the use of paralleling and bisecting angle techniques.
CE Credits: 4 Original Release Date: 2014; Review Date: Currently Under Review