Course Listings

ECU School of Dental Medicine Continuing Education Series

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About the Presenters
Letter from the Director

All sessions take place in Ross Hall unless otherwise indicated.

Airway Management

By: Dr. Mike Webb
Intended Audience: Dentists
CEUs: 4

Objectives: Under Development

All Ceramic Screw Retained Implant Crown Restoration with Digital Workflow Using Scan Body and Cerec System

By: Dr. Magded Abdelaal, Dr. Lakshmi Senkumar, Dr. Moamen Sheba, and Dr. Asha Sude
Audience: Dentists
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 4
Registration Fee: $1,000
Registration opening soon.

Objectives:

  • Describe digital workflow of implant restoration
  • Scan implants using scan bodies.
  • Design and mill screw retained implant crowns.
  • Cementation protocol for all ceramic crowns on Titanium-base abutments

Chair-side Pick-up Protocol for Implant Retained Overdentures

By: Dr. Magded Abdelaal, Dr. Lakshmi Senkumar, Dr. Moamen Sheba, and Dr. Asha Sude
Audience: Dentists
Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 3
Registration Fee: $750
Registration opening soon.

Objectives:

  • Understand the steps associated in restoring implant overdentures.
  • Select the appropriate locator abutment for an implant overdenture.
  • Perform a chair side pick up of Locator denture caps.
  • Polish the overdenture and selection of appropriate retention of the Locator housing.

Custom Training available when entered by Consent Order by the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners

By: Faculty with appropriate specialization as needed
Audience: Dentist by Consent Order
Date: Scheduled by custom request.
Credits: As per Consent Order
Cost: To be determined

Objectives: As appropriate for consent order

Contact:
Dr. Ikramuddin Aukhil
aukhili23@ecu.edu

Diastema Closure Mastery: Techniques & Innovation

By: Dr. Hanan Elgendy
Audience: Dentists
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 5
Registration Fee: $1,000
Registration opening soon.

Objectives:

  • List the prognosis and treatment options for the diastema closure.
  • List the clinical steps when closing the diastema.
  • Identify different techniques for closing the diastema.
  • Recall the common mistakes of handling the composite material with the diastema closure.

Exploring the Links between Burning Mouth Syndrome & Dry Mouth (Fully Online)

By: Dr. Abrar Bakhsh
Audience: All Dental Professionals
Date: TBD
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 1
Registration Fee: $50
Registration opening soon.
Session is fully online.

Objectives:

  • Define Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) and Dry Mouth and explore their prevalence in the population.
  • Examine the potential causes and risk factors associated with BMS and dry mouth.
  • Discuss the overlapping symptoms and distinguishing features of BMS and dry mouth.
  • Explore the impact of BMS and dry mouth on oral health, overall well-being, and quality of life.
  • Review the diagnostic criteria and assessment tools used to identify BMS and dry mouth.
  • Introduce evidence-based management strategies for alleviating symptoms and improving patient outcomes.
  • Discuss the role of multidisciplinary collaboration in the diagnosis and management of BMS and dry mouth.
  • Provide practical guidance on patient education, counseling, and self-care techniques for individuals affected by BMS and dry mouth.

Implant Impression Techniques and Provisionalization

By: Dr. Magded Abdelaal, Dr. Lakshmi Senkumar, Dr. Moamen Sheba, and Dr. Asha Sude
Audience: Dentists
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 4
Registration Fee: $900
Registration opening soon.

Objectives:

  • Describe different impression techniques for implants
  • Recognize the indications for and differences between the “open” and “closed” tray impression techniques.
  • Recognize the indications and technique for a customized impression coping in the esthetic zone.
  • Describe indications for implant provisionalization
  • Identify the techniques and steps to fabricate an implant provisional with an adequate emergence profile.

The Jasper Lewis Collaborative

By: Dr. Mike Webb
Audience: Dentists
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 72
Registration Fee: Not applicable. Fully funded.
Selection by competitive application process.

The collaborative provides practicing general dentists a year-long program built around rigorous academic classroom and clinical experiences focused on building their knowledge and skills in caring for pediatric dental patients. The collaborative was created to mirror the values of the School of Dental Medicine — including the mission to be vocal advocates for children, while also being professionally positioned to improve their oral health care

Contact:
Dr. Mike Webb
webbmi14@ecu.edu

Article about the 2023 inaugural Jasper Lewis Collaborative

Lens to Impress: Comprehensive Training in Dental Photography

By: Dr. Hanan Elgendy
Audience: Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 4
Registration Fee: Dentists $900, Dental Hygienists $350, and Dental Assistants $250
Registration opening soon.

Objectives:

  • Become familiar with digital SLR cameras.
  • Learn essential principles for taking high-quality clinical photos. Learn when and how to use retractors and mirrors.
  • Learn practical skills for taking good intra- and extra-oral photographs (hands-on session).
  • Learn several tips and tricks and learn how to avoid common pitfalls.

Managing Odontogenic Infections

By: Dr. David MacPherson
Audience: General Dentists
Date: TBD
CEUs: 2 hours
Registration Fee: $80 (Discount available when also registering for 3rd Molar Surgery for General Dentist)
Presenter: Dr. David MacPherson

Objectives:

  • How to plan 3rd molar extractions.
  • How to open a flap for a 3rd molar extraction. How to remove bone and section a 3rd molar for extraction.
  • How to prepare the surgical site for successful healing.

Medical Emergencies

By: Dr. Mike Webb
Audience: Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants, and Office Staff
CEUs: 4 Hours

Objectives: Under Development

Nitrous Oxide Monitoring for the Dental Auxiliary

By: Dr. Mike Webb
Audience: Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants
CEUs: 5 Hours

Objectives: Under Development

Pediatric Moderate Sedation Review

By: Dr. Mike Webb
Audience: Dentists
CEUs: 6

Objectives: Under Development

Peri-implant Tissue Health and Stability: Treatment Modalities to Obtain, Maintain, and Restore

By: Dr.Alex Gillone and Dr. Acela Martinez Luna
Audience: Dentists and Specialists
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 4
Registration Fee: $300
Registration opening soon.

Objectives:

  • Review current clinical evidence and materials used to achieve long-term tissue stability and peri-implant health.
  • Analyze peri-implant health from the treatment execution.
  • Review protocols to treat peri-implant diseases and strategies for prevention.

Sedation Review for the Dental Auxiliary

By: Dr. Mike Webb
Audience: Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants
CEUs: 3 Hours

Objectives: Under Development

Special Care Symposium

This annual event highlights best practices for special care dentistry in wide range of contexts.

Symposium information

Contact:
Daniel Stevens
stevensd19@ecu.edu

3rd Molar Surgery for the General Dentist

By: Dr. David MacPherson
Audience: General Dentists
CEUs: 2 hours
Regstration Fee: $80 (Discount available when also registering for Managing Odontogenic Infections)

Objectives:

  • How to plan 3rd molar extractions.
  • How to open a flap for a 3rd molar extraction. How to remove bone and section a 3rd molar for extraction.
  • How to prepare the surgical site for successful healing.

Transforming Smiles with Technology: Advances Digital Smile Design Course

By: Dr. Hanan Elgendy
Audience: Dentists
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025
Start: TBD
End: TBD
CEUs: 5
Registration Fee: $1,000
Registration opening soon.

Objectives:

  • Identify the relationship of achieving a successful, healthy, and functional results with the esthetics diagnosis and smile design.
  • Identify the principles of smile design to be used to develop an ideal diagnostic wax-up.
  • Recall the differences of the digital and regular smile design.
  • Recognize how to transfer the information in the diagnostic wax-up into a completed provisional that rivals the final restoration.