Continuing Education

Continuing education
Dentists performing an operation during their trip to Vietnam.
25 APRIL 2019

Local Anesthesia for the Dental Hygienist

PRESENTER: Drs. James Brady, Ben Davis, and Jean-Charles Doucet
WHERE: Halifax, NS
WHEN: Apr 25 4:30PM - 8:00PM, Apr 26 7:30AM - 5:30PM, Apr 27 8:30AM - 5:00PM, Apr 28 8:30AM - 3:30PM
This four-day course will provide the dental hygienist with both didactic and clinical “hands-on” training in the administration of local anesthesia. The didactic lectures will cover the following topics: Neurophysiology of pain Mechanism of nerve blockade Assessing patient for local anesthesia Pharmacology of local anesthetics Pharmacology of vasoconstrictors Calculating doses administered Armamentarium Local and systemic…
8 MARCH 2019

Small Field of View Cone Beam Computed Tomography for Dentistry: Applications and Interpretation

PRESENTER: Dr. Curtis Gregoire
WHERE: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Dentistry, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
WHEN: Mar 8 8:00AM - 5:00PM, Mar 9 8:00AM - 5:00PM, Mar 29 9:00AM - 3:00PM
This three-day hands-on course offers both didactic and clinical hands-on instruction. The third day, March 29th involves an introduction to a CBCT unit and a 3-hour examination. This certification course will meet the PDBNS CBCT requirements. Participants will be required to read some course material in advance of the course, and it will be distributed…
18 NOVEMBER 2017

NS – Cape Breton Alumni Tour: Reconstructing the TMJ and complications in surgical implants

PRESENTER: Dr. Ben Davis
WHERE: Cape Breton University, TBD, Sydney, NS
WHEN: Nov 18 9:00AM
This course will examine the options and considerations for reconstructing the temporomandibular joint and explore some of the surgical complications that can occur in implant dentistry. At the end of this course, participants have a greater understanding of TMJ reconstruction and will know what conservative and surgical treatments should be attempted prior to considering TMJ…