4/10/2020
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Zoom Online Meeting

Local Anesthetics: Advances, Drug Interactions and Drug Allergy
Dr. Sims will identify the interacting medications, explain the reasons for the interactions and the potential adverse consequences of the interactions. She will explain strategies to minimize or prevent the interactions. In addition, Dr. Sims will review allergic reactions to local anesthesia and discuss emerging concerns including allergies to newer local anesthetic options. Dr. Sims will also discuss the use of local anesthetic options to reduce opioid requirements in the management of acute pain.

5/2/2020
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

What to Do With Stripped, Broken, and Loosened Screws? Implant Prosthetic Screw Complications: A Hands-On Workshop for Dentists
This hands-on course is designed to provide clinicians with comprehensive information related to several types of implant prosthetic screw complications including stripped, broken, and loosened screws. This course is limited to 10 participants.

5/15/2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

CPR Training (Basic Life Support) 10AM
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches CPR skills for helping victims of all ages (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO). This course meets the updated requirements for licensure and is intended for participants who provide healthcare to patients. For certified or noncertified, licensed or nonlicensed healthcare professionals.

6/12/2020
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

UAB School of Dentistry

Medications for Osteoporosis and Risk of ONJ
Dr. Sims will review anti-resorptive medications, the pharmacology of these medications and the potential oral adverse effects. She will provide recommendations for the dentist and dental team when caring for patients taking these antiresorptive medications.

6/12/2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

The Opioid Epidemic with Recommendations for Managing Dental Pain
Dr. Sims will review the common opioids of abuse and those drugs’ effects on oral health and dental treatment. She will provide guidance for treating patients to reduce opioid exposure and those who are recovering from drug abuse. This course meets the Alabama Board requirements for prescribing controlled substances.

7/17/2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

CPR Training (Basic Life Support) 10AM
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches CPR skills for helping victims of all ages (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO). This course meets the updated requirements for licensure and is intended for participants who provide healthcare to patients. For certified or noncertified, licensed or nonlicensed healthcare professionals.

8/14/2020
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

UAB School of Dentistry

Minimally Invasive Restorations: Evidence Based option for Non-Surgical Treatment of Dental Caries
Can dental caries be successfully treated without cutting a tooth? Is there evidence to support the use of fluorides, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) or amorphous calcium phosphate? In this course, we will explore these recommendations, look at protocols for using SDF and introduce the idea of SMART restorations.

8/15/2020
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

Demystifying the All-Ceramics and Veneers - a Hands-On Course from Preparation to Cementation
This one-day hands-on course is divided into two portions. The lecture portion will discuss the indications, contraindications and tooth preparation designs for all-ceramics and veneers. The technique portion provides hands-on practice in four different veneer preparations and one anterior all-ceramic preparation on dentoform teeth. Participants will receive (1) a detail color step-by-step preparation guide for all-ceramic and veneer, (2) a Brasseler all-ceramic and veneer preparation bur kit, (3) one set of 3D printed model with removable ideal tooth preparation dies which you can bring home as office demonstration model.

9/11/2020
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

To Be Determined

Basic and Beyond - A Comprehensive Review and Update of Fixed Prosthodontics
This course is designed to provide an update of current concepts and dental materials in fixed prosthodontics. Evidence-based research and clinical studies will be presented to substantiate the long-term clinical performance of fixed restorations. General practitioners who wish to fine tune their fixed prosthodontic techniques will find this program to be perfectly suited to their needs and to their busy professional schedules.

9/25/2020
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

To Be Determined

Achieving Clinical Excellence in Implant Restorations – How Would You Treat These Patients
This patient presentation and audience participation course is designed to offer clinicians with comprehensive information related to various types of patient treatment in implantology. These include patient evaluation, treatment planning, and step-by-step restorative phase of single tooth implant, partially edentulous patients, and fully edentulous patients.

9/26/2020
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

Making Temporaries - A Hands-On Course for Auxiliary
This one-day course provides current information in fabricating the provisional restoration for dental auxiliaries. Single anterior and posterior provisional restorations utilizing prefabricated crowns and matrix techniques will be reviewed. More advanced techniques such as multiple unit and veneer provisional restorations will be covered in lecture and in the technical, hands-on portion.

10/16/2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

CPR Training (Basic Life Support) 10AM
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches CPR skills for helping victims of all ages (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO). This course meets the updated requirements for licensure and is intended for participants who provide healthcare to patients. For certified or noncertified, licensed or nonlicensed healthcare professionals.

11/6/2020
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

UAB School of Dentistry

Pharmacology Review - Most Prescribed Medications Your Patients are Taking
Having an understanding of the medications taken by patients is essential for the dental team to provide the best care possible to their dental patients. Dr. Sims will review the importance of and strategies for taking useful medical and medication histories. Learning how to ask the right questions in the right way will provide helpful information to the dental team.

12/4/2020
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

UAB School of Dentistry

Recommendations for Antibiotic Prescribing and Treating Nausea and Vomiting
Dr. Sims will review common pathogens found in the oral cavity associated with particular oral infections and review antibiotic choices for the treatment of those pathogens associated with those infections. Dr. Sims will provide antibiotic options for patients who are allergic to certain antibiotics. She will review adverse effects and drug interactions for recommended antibiotics.

12/4/2020 10:00 AM

UAB School of Dentistry

The Opioid Epidemic with Recommendations for Managing Dental Pain
Dr. Sims will review the common opioids of abuse and those drugs’ effects on oral health and dental treatment. She will provide guidance for treating patients to reduce opioid exposure and those who are recovering from drug abuse. This course meets the Alabama Board requirements for prescribing controlled substances.