Florida Board of Dentistry

Dentists prescribe approximately 9% of opioid analgesics dispensed by outpatient US retail pharmacies annually and are the highest percentage prescriber group for patients between 10 and 19 years of age.

This course aims to assist dental professionals in navigating the complexities of pain management for patients with chemical dependence and opioid use disorders. It will cover topics such as identifying risk factors and optimizing effective therapies while mitigating potential risks.

This course will explore the Florida Statue 466 and Florida Administrative Code (64B-27) govern Florida Dental Laboratories.

This course meets the requirement for mandatory continuing education in laws & rules for Florida Dental Laboratories.

What happens in the dental chair only accounts for a small portion of oral care.  Patients play a large role in the overall health of their teeth and gums.  Compliance with health-related behaviors and recommendations is crucial to the overall effectiveness of a treatment program.

Patient noncompliance, which refers to non-adherence or only partial adherence to healthcare behaviors and recommendations, is a well-recognized problem, and it continues to be a major obstacle to appropriate care that ensures patients’ health and well-being.

In this course, we will delve into the various factors influencing noncompliance, effective interventions, and strategies for helping your patients achieve optimal outcomes.

This course will meet the Medical Errors Prevention in Dentistry requirements for license renewal. We will explore the primary areas where medical errors can occur and how to prevent them.

This course offers a patient-centered perspective on dental anxiety and proposes strategies for enhancing patients’ access to dental healthcare.

Key topics covered will encompass an examination of the terminology employed to delineate varying levels of dental apprehension and the application of behavioral and pharmacological techniques to support patients in completing their dental treatments. Additionally, the course will delve into treatment adjustments aimed at mitigating patients’ procedural fears, identifying the most common dental scenarios causing stress in patients, exploring the origins of dental-related fears, and addressing the adverse effects of stress on dental staff members.

Every year, lives are lost because of the spread of infections in healthcare facilities. Dental professionals can take steps to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the dental office and laboratory. Proper handwashing, universal precautions, and knowledge can all help to lead the way to prevent the spread of infections.

If you are newly licensed and renewing your license for the first time, you are only required to complete 2 hours on Prescribing Controlled Substances and 2 hours on HIV/AIDS.

Dental fear refers to the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care. This can be quite severe when diagnosed as dental phobia, odontophobia, dentophobia, or dentist phobia or less severe when described as generalized anxiety. This course will explore dental phobia and anxiety and strategies to reduce anxiety.

This course is intended to provide awareness and understanding of the connection between good nutrition and its impact on oral health. We will explore dietary guidelines, major nutrients, dietary implications in periodontal disease, the life cycle of the dental patient, factors in the dental caries process and nutritional counseling for the dental patient.

One key factor to implant success is adherence to an effective maintenance program. Dental hygiene plays an intricate role in overall success. With the placement of dental implants becoming more common, it is essential to have a maintenance protocol.

Vaccines are on the minds of everyone at work this year. This course will explore the currently available knowledge essential for developing and implementing an effective vaccination strategy in an oral healthcare setting.

Dental settings have unique characteristics that warrant specific infection control considerations when dealing with COVID-19.  This course will explore guidance on how to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission in the dental office.

This course will explore what COVID-19 is and the CDC and ADA statements regarding the dental industry.  We will look at patient, facility, hygiene considerations.

Burning mouth syndrome is the generally used medical term for chronic or recurrent burning in the mouth without an obvious cause.

This course gives a working knowledge of the key factors related to burning mouth syndrome and the psychological components, pathogenesis, treatments, and necessity for patient education.

This course is designed to provide dental professionals with practical strategies to facilitate discussing and treating oral malodor in the dental office.

This course describes a useful communication model to discuss potentially sensitive issues.