Special Patient Care
Tailoring oral care to individuals with complex care needs — such as physical, developmental, and cognitive disabilities — is a team effort. Ensure you and your dental colleagues have the knowledge and skills to provide optimal care environments.
Courses
Caring for Individuals with Disabilities: Practical Considerations for Dental Professionals
This course explores practical strategies to help dental providers deliver equitable, high-quality care for individuals with disabilities. You will learn to recognize different types of disabilities and their implications on oral health, identify risk factors that contribute to higher rates of disease, and explore approaches to reduce these disparities.
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Oral Health and Dementia: Strategies to Care for Patients with Cognitive Decline
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD) can complicate both the delivery and outcomes of dental care. This course is designed to help with both aspects, examining how verbal and nonverbal techniques can enhance patient coordination and comfort, as well as how tailored treatment plans can address common oral health issues.
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Providing Oral Health Care to Autistic Individuals
This course will equip you with proven strategies for providing oral health care to autistic patients. The course begins by delving into the basic characteristics that define the diagnosis of autism, exploring how these can influence the health care that individuals with autism receive. It provides an understanding of autism, not just as a condition, but in the larger context of neurodiversity.
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Treating Dental Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
The path to optimal health often requires an integrative, empathetic approach. This is especially true when caring for patients undergoing cancer treatments, where oral health plays a pivotal role. This course will explore pre-treatment evaluation, nutrition and oral health care during treatment, and post-radiation oral care best practices.
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Accreditation
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health 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.
