MetLife Adds Six New Quality Resource Guides to its Dental Continuing Education Program
January 25 2012 - 10:55AM
Business Wire
MetLife, a leading provider of dental plan administration for
nearly 20 million people, has added six new quality resources
guides to its dental continuing education program. The resource
guides are recognized by the American Dental Association and the
Academy of General Dentistry and include the following courses: 1)
Informed Consent 4th Edition, 2) Managing the Patient with a Worn
Dentition, 3) Tobacco Cessation in the Dental Practice 2nd Edition,
4) Tooth Root Resorption 2nd Edition, 5) Drug Interactions – A
Guide for Dentistry 3rd Edition and 6) Electronic Dental Records
2nd Edition. The courses can be completed online for continuing
education credits at www.metdental.com.
“MetLife is committed to oral health education, and we continue
to expand the list of resources available in our continuing
education program. The resources aid in educating the dental
community about the latest professional developments in their field
to help ensure that patients receive the highest quality treatment
and care,” said Dr. David Guarrera, DDS, vice president, MetLife
Dental Products.
At no charge, these offerings and credits are available to
participating dental offices within the MetLife dental preferred
provider organization (DPPO) and SafeGuard (a MetLife company)
dental health maintenance organization (DHMO). For a nominal fee,
non-participating providers can also have access to the program and
obtain educational credits. The new offerings are:
- Informed Consent 4th
Edition by Ronald E. Geistfeld, DDS, professor emeritus,
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Susan Baker, MHA,
director, MetLife Quality Initiatives Program. The guide explains
the process of informed consent to the practitioner by illustrating
how it should be documented, how it differs among treatments, and
under which circumstances it can be delegated. The guide also helps
explain how to ensure that the patient is informed and
knowledgeable when giving their consent.
- Managing the Patient with a Worn
Dentition by Paul A. Hansen, DDS, associate professor and
director, Prosthodontics, University of Nebraska College of
Dentistry, and N. Blaine Cook, DDS, clinical associate professor,
Operative Dentistry, and director, Graduate Operative Dentistry,
Indiana University School of Dentistry. This guide explains the
aspects of managing a patient with a worn dentition. The guide
discusses possible causes and walks through the steps necessary to
evaluate and create plans for therapy options.
- Tobacco Cessation in the Dental
Practice 2nd Edition by Brian C. Muzyka, DMD, MS,
MBA, associate professor, and director, Hospital Dentistry, East
Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. The guide explains
how to determine the stage of a patient’s nicotine dependence.
Based on the assessment, the practitioner is then guided in the
different ways to assist the patient to create an appropriate
withdrawal strategy using behavioral and pharmacotheraputic
approaches.
- Tooth Root Resorption 2nd
Edition by Karl Keiser, DDS, MS, clinical associate
professor of Endodontics and past Director of Advanced Education in
Endodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio. This guide presents an overview of the various types of
tooth root resorption, describes suspected resorptive mechanisms
and discusses diagnosis, management and associated prognoses. There
are detailed sets of radiographs as well as an easy-to-understand
table which outlines the clinical, radiographic, and recommended
treatment differences between “internal resorption” and “external
resorption.”
- Drug Interactions – A Guide for
Dentistry 3rd Edition by Sebastian G. Ciancio,
DDS, distinguished service professor and chairman, Department of
Periodontics and Endodontics and director, Center for Dental
Studies, the State University of New York at Buffalo. The guide
reviews selected mechanisms of drug metabolism and describes
adverse interactions for drugs that are frequently used in dental
practice. Text is suitable for posting in the office to provide the
practitioner and staff with easy access to the information.
- Electronic Dental Records 2nd
Edition, by Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD, associate
professor and director of the Center for Dental Informatics the
University of Pittsburgh. This guide summarizes survey results from
dental practitioners regarding their experiences with electronic
dental records (EDRs) and compares EDRs against a composite of
dental records from other sources. The guide offers advice and
insights for the selection of an EDR and the training necessary for
success.
MetLife, is celebrating 50 years of healthier smiles in 2012.
MetLife, which today is a leading provider of dental plan
administration for nearly 20 million people, provided its first
dental benefits for families in 1962.
About MetLife
MetLife is a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), a leading
global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit
programs, serving 90 million customers in over 50 countries.
Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife holds leading
market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia
Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit
www.metlife.com.
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