Leveraging Advances in Restorative Dentistry: Evaluation
Leveraging Advances in Restorative Dentistry offers informative and meaningful online continuing education designed for time savings and convenience.
With the rapid and seemingly continuous advancements in the field of restorative dentistry, it is now more important than ever for clinicians to stay up to date on new techniques and technology in order to hone their skills, enhance their knowledge base, educate their patients, provide the best possible dentistry, and drive practice growth. But if the mere thought of continuing education congers up thoughts of travel, expense, time away from patients, and less-than-inspiring material, you might want to consider the benefits of earning CE credits from Dental Learning—all while simply reading an expert-written article from the comfort of your own home or office.
Dental Learning, a CE provider recognized by the ADA and AGD, offers many opportunities for CE, including this online course, Leveraging Advances in Restorative Dentistry. The self-instruction, web-based course is tailored to meet the educational needs of everyone from dental assistants and hygienists to novice and experienced dentists. The content is based on an article by clinical adjunct professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, Scott Coleman, DDS, MAGD.
The article examines advancements in restorative dentistry and provides concise and readily applicable material on the latest detection methods, modern techniques to remove diseased tooth structure, procedures for preparing restorations, available composite systems, the benefits and drawbacks of various adhesive techniques, and the main reasons for postoperative sensitivity.
One clinician who recently participated in this Dental Learning CE experience, Brendon Chiou, DMD, said, “I found the course extremely informative regarding current dental technology and the application of such in day-to-day restorative procedures and diagnosis.” DPS sought feedback from several course-takers and together they awarded Leveraging Advances in Restorative Dentistry a Best Product rating.
Course Content
While hoping to learn more about restorative techniques and technologic advancements from this course, Dr. Chiou said the subject matter was thorough and significant. “It revealed research-based findings that enforce necessary restorative techniques and armamentarium,” he explained. Dr. Pedar Didriksen was interested in learning “anything new with new restorative techniques” and praised the content for providing “a nice review of the current concepts for restorative dentistry.” For Dr. Robert Rung, whose goal was to learn more about resin material handling, the course’s “placement pearls” proved to be the most valuable feature. Another participant said that Leveraging Advances in Restorative Dentistry provided “well written papers and easy testing systems for necessary CE credit,” and Patrick Magnan, DDS called it “a good summary of how bonding agents have changed.” Other evaluators seemed to concur, telling DPS that the course “covered lots of aspects, including materials, curing, diagnosis, technique,” with “lots of interesting, concise information.” Dr. Sonny Spera, who was interested in learning about materials and diagnosis, said he enjoyed the course and liked the material but suggested “maybe better photos of cases.”
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Ease & Convenience
With time at a premium in dental practices, clinicians need truly educational CE options that are quick, easy, and convenient. Describing the course as “pretty easy from start to finish,” Dr. Didriksen said it was “very time friendly.” Other evaluators agreed, with comments such as, “easy online system,” “lots of interesting information,” “concise,” and “short and educational.” One dentist suggested that it was a little awkward to read the article on a screen.
Practice Benefits
In the best-case scenario, CE provides more than simply the means to earn required credits. Carefully and expertly crafted CE courses can provide refreshers of previously learned material along with new information on the latest, most state-of-the-art techniques, technologies, materials, and equipment. The knowledge gleaned from these courses can provide benefits that extend beyond those of the individual clinician to the practice as a whole.
One dentist said he decided to take Leveraging Advances in Restorative Dentistry to determine whether newer technology is worth incorporating into his practice. “It seems there are both advantages and disadvantages with any changes,” he decided. Dr. Didriksen described the course as a “nice refresher of current approaches to restorative dentistry,” and Dr. Mangan said, “I now have more confidence in our choices of materials.”
"This course was very easy to use and very time friendly."
-Pedar Didriksen, DDS
Ocean Pines, MD
Overall Satisfaction
With overwhelming positive comments about course content, all of the evaluators said they would recommend the course to their colleagues. Many appreciated the ease of registration and convenience of taking the course online on their own schedule, and all of the evaluators said they would take another Dental Learning course in the future.
Takeaways
•Participants earn 2 CE credits with instant download of certificate
•Self-instruction, web-based format offers quick, easy, and convenient participation from home or office
•Based on an expert-written article by Scott Coleman, DDS
•Provides precise and relevant information on advances in restorative dentistry
