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Continuing Dental Education

Common Pitfalls in Aligner Therapy – a live webinar

Christine O’Hea, DMD, MDS

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This course is part of the Association for Continuing Dental Education Joint Live Webinar Series.

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This course is part of the Association for Continuing Dental Education Joint Live Webinar Series*

Course Description

This course will provide dental clinicians an overview of aligner therapy with specific focus on common problems that occur with aligner therapy including biomechanics, case selection and techniques to reduce common pitfalls.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

1. Understand proper case selection for aligner therapy
2. Describe reliable movements that can be achieved with aligner therapy
3. Understand common problems that occur with aligners and techniques to reduce them

Instructor

Christine OHea

Dr. Christine O’Hea is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthodontics at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. She earned her DMD at the University of Pennsylvania (1996) and her certificate in Orthodontics/Masters in Dental Science from the University of Connecticut (1999). Prior to joining Columbia in 2019, she was in private practice in New Jersey for 20 years. She has been treating patients with aligner therapy for over 20 years and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.

 

Course Logistics

DATE:
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

LOCATION:
Online Webinar

TARGET AUDIENCE:
The dental professional

TIMES:
9:00am – 10:30am Pacific Standard time

TUITION:
$59/Participant

CREDITS:
1.5 hours


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*The University of Washington in conjunction with the Association for Continuing Dental Education (ACDE), along with 30 of its member schools jointly presents the “ACDE Webinar Series”

This series features university-based key opinion leaders presenting numerous topics on multiple dates and times. Presentations are available to meet every dental health care professional’s schedule and interests.


Conflict of Interest
In accordance with the ADA CERP Standard V., everyone involved in planning or presenting this educational activity will be required to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests and this information will be made available to participants at the start of the course.

As a continuing education provider, University of Washington Continuing Dental Education is responsible for ensuring the content, quality and scientific integrity of all continuing dental education activities for which credit is provided. The School is also responsible for taking steps to protect against and/or disclose any conflict of interest of the faculty/instructors presenting those courses.

Cancellation and Refunds
For this live webinar, a registration refund will be issued for cancellations received by Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Registration will remain open until the webinar begins – NO REFUNDS will be accepted once the webinar has begun. Cancellations must be received in email to dentalce@uw.edu The cancellation request must include: the name of the course, name of the person registered, name of the person requesting the cancellation, and the reason for the cancellation.

By providing my information, I consent to receive communication via mail, email, fax, and phone from the University of Washington Continuing Dental Education office. The Continuing Dental Education office will not share your information with anyone.

Dental education institutions have an obligation to disseminate new knowledge related to dental practice. In so doing, some presentations may include controversial materials or commercial references. Sponsorship of a continuing education course by the University of Washington does not necessarily imply endorsement of a particular philosophy, procedure, or product by this institution.

The University of Washington Continuing Dental Education cautions continuing dental education participants that there are potential risks of using limited knowledge when incorporating new techniques and procedures into the practice of dentistry, especially when the continuing education course has not provided supervised clinical experience and/or competency tests in the techniques or procedures.

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The University of Washington is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint efforts between the University of Washington and ACDE member schools.

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The University of Washington is a member of the Association for Continuing Dental Education.

University of Washington designates this activity for 1.5 continuing education credits.