Package Description

This interactive course reviews our immediate and future options for practical steps to make the dental office more environmentally sustainable while following evidence-based safety requirements and standards. Experience the show, and join the dialogue between presenters, who encourage audience discussion, inquiries, and action. Discover global and local resources to protect patients, workers, and the environment. An overview of the necessity for all healthcare providers to consider more sustainable options is followed by a breakdown of actions that can be implemented immediately and in the future.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Explain the need to protect the environment without sacrificing vital safety standards.    
2. Identify, question, and evaluate alternatives to harmful, unsustainable practices.
3. Describe practice changes that generate egregious amounts of plastic and other forms of waste.

Price:

• Members: $15
• Non-members: $30

Continuing Education

ADS 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.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

Please email the ADS office at [email protected] or call +1 (410) 571-0003 if you wish to be in contact with the course author/creator(s) with any questions or for clarification of course concepts or for technical assistance in completing the online test.

All participants assume individual responsibility for providing evidence of contact hours of continuing education to the appropriate authorities and for the maintenance of their individual records.

Learn more about ADS’s CE Program & Provider Recognition.

CE Credits: 1.0
Educational Method: Lecture, Recorded, Self-instructional (self-study)
Location: Online
Publication Date: June 2024
Expiration Date: June 30, 2027

Speakers:

Nancy Dewhirst, BSDH, RDH

Ms. Dewhirst graduated from the University of Southern California, practiced dental hygiene for 20 years, is adjunct dental hygiene faculty at West Coast University, and is a member of Sigma Phi Alpha. Ms. Dewhirst is consistently listed as one of the nation’s “Leaders in CE”, presents over 100 interactive workshops and seminars a year, is featured at major U.S. and Canadian Dental Conferences, and is a licensed California CE Provider. She is an ANSI/ADA Standards Program member, Editor-in-Chief of ADS’s Infection Control In Practice, has had many articles published in dental peer-reviewed journals, and has contributed to dental textbooks and ADA, ADS, and State and University guidance documents.

Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Laurie Houston, DDS

Dr. Laurie Houston has 33 years of experience in clinical practice in Ontario, Canada. She is the current Chair of the Environmental Sustainability Working Group of the Ontario Dental Association, a Director on the ODA Board, and the creator and moderator of an international online lecture series: Global Village Speakers Series, as well as the Founder of CanHelp Through HealthCare (chthc.org),a non-profit that delivers dentistry ethically to underserved countries. Dr. Houston provides her experience with global and local initiatives in sustainability and proposes options to address changes in dental practices.

Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships to disclose