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Universal Composites: Predictable, Profitable, and Practice-Ready Restorations
Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Derse
Sponsor: VOCO America
Mon  5/11/26    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Mon  5/11/26    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
Composite dentistry has evolved and yet many clinicians still struggle with consistency, efficiency, and long-term outcomes. This CE webinar breaks down a universal composite workflow that simplifies material selection, maintains esthetics, and increases predictability across everyday restorative cases. Designed for real-world dentistry, this course focuses on practical techniques for posterior and anterior restorations, shade simplification, handling characteristics, layering strategies, and polishing protocols that elevate results without adding complexity or chair time. Attendees will leave with immediately applicable techniques to improve restoration longevity, patient satisfaction, and clinical confidence.


Simplified Resin Techniques
Presenter: Dr. Priya Tirumalasetty
Sponsor: VOCO America
Tue  5/12/26    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Tue  5/12/26    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
Simplified resins systems have become available to dentists over the last few years. These new resins allow for a reduced inventory while matching with multiple shades. Layering and polishing techniques using simplified resins are discussed in this CE webinar


Early Intervention, Greater Production: A Modern Strategy for Team Buy-In and Growth
Presenter: Dr. Geoff Jackson
Sponsor: vVardis
Wed  5/13/26    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Wed  5/13/26    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
This CE webinar explores how shifting from passive monitoring to non-invasive early intervention can transform both patient outcomes and practice performance. As clinicians gain access to advanced diagnostic technologies, the opportunity to identify and treat early enamel lesions—before cavitation—has never been greater. Yet many practices struggle with team alignment, case acceptance, and integrating these protocols into everyday workflows. This webinar outlines a practical, team-centered approach to implementing early intervention strategies that preserve tooth structure through guided hydroxyapatite generation while simultaneously driving measurable production growth. Attendees will learn how to leverage modern detection tools, standardize clinical protocols, and empower the entire dental team—from hygienists to front office—to communicate value effectively and confidently. By connecting clinical excellence with business impact, this course demonstrates how early intervention is not just a treatment philosophy, but a scalable growth strategy. Participants will leave with actionable steps to improve patient trust, increase case acceptance, and create a more proactive, productive practice culture.


Treating Tethered Oral Tissues: Laser Frenectomy Solutions for Pediatric Patients
Presenter: Dr. Jared Poplin
Sponsor: Convergent Dental
Thu  5/14/26    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Thu  5/14/26    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
Early intervention for tethered oral tissues (TOTs) can play a significant role in improving a child’s overall health and development. In this CE webinar, Dr. Jared Poplin will examine common conditions associated with tongue-ties and lip-ties, including challenges with breastfeeding, speech development, and oral health. The webinar will also highlight how the 9.3-micron CO2 all-tissue laser supports precise, efficient frenectomy procedures with minimal bleeding, reduced post-operative discomfort, and remarkably rapid healing.


Diagnosis and Infiltration of Smooth Surface Enamel Defects
Presenter: Dr. Ali Salehi
Sponsor: DMG America
Mon  5/18/26    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Mon  5/18/26    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
This CE webinar explores the diagnosis and minimally invasive management of smooth surface enamel defects, integrating both contemporary diagnostic tools and conservative therapeutic strategies. It addresses the different types of enamel lesions based on their topography and etiology—ranging from initial carious demineralizations to developmental defects such as hypoplasia, fluorosis, and hypomineralization—highlighting how these variations influence clinical decision-making. A key concept discussed is the optical nature of white spot lesions. Early enamel demineralization creates subsurface porosities without surface cavitation, leading to light scattering and the characteristic opaque appearance. These lesions are not due to pigmentation but rather to changes in light diffraction within the enamel structure. The webinar also covers advanced diagnostic approaches, including the benefits of transillumination to better assess lesion depth and extension, improving accuracy in treatment indication. Pre-treatment considerations such as bleaching are presented as a way to harmonize the overall tooth shade and enhance the final esthetic outcome. Central to the discussion is the principle of erosion-infiltration, initially developed for early proximal carious lesions but now widely extended to smooth surface defects. The technique relies on modifying the enamel’s optical properties by infiltrating its porosities with a low-viscosity resin whose refractive index closely matches that of healthy enamel, allowing light to pass through more uniformly and restoring translucency.


Featured On-Demand CE Webinars






Drill Less, Smile More: Profitable Minimally Invasive Techniques
Presenter: Crystal Spring, BS, RDH, LAP
Sponsor: GC America
CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study)
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Unlock the potential of your dental practice with minimally invasive care techniques that boost patient satisfaction and practice profitability. This CE webinar will introduce you to the latest products and methods that reduce drilling, improve patient comfort, and lead to better outcomes. Discover practical insights on when and how to use these innovative products, empowering your dental team to work more efficiently and enhance both patient satisfaction and practice profitability.







Elevating Patient’s Experience During an Interproximal Reduction Procedure
Presenter: Gory Cottinini
Sponsor: GC America
CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study)
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Discover the differences between automatic and manual interproximal reduction. In the last 20 years there has been a major development in the use of clear aligners and functional concepts applied to orthodontic treatments, both on children and adult patients. A key element is interproximal enamel reduction, a fundamental practice to recover the interproximal space in order to facilitate teeth movement in orthodontic treatments and to insure clean and accurate procedures in Class II patients especially dealing in the posterior sectors. The main technology contributing, not only to obtaining excellent results, but to raise the level of care and protection towards patients is automatic IPR, helping clinicians to maintain excellent control, avoid over-reductions, avoid severe damages and excessive pressure applied to the patient during treatment; all factors that manual or obsolete techniques may cause.







Revolutionizing Restorative Dentistry: Unlocking the Power of Nano-ORMOCER
Presenter: Dr. Martin Jablow
Sponsor: VOCO America
CE Credits: 1 CEU (Self-Study)
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Nano-ORMOCER technology is an all-ceramic direct restorative material that helps simplify your restorative needs while saving you time and money. This one size fits many restorative material will simplify your direct composite procedures.


Featured Podcast Episodes
Series: DMG America CE Credits: 0.25
Guest: Irene Iancu, BSc, RRDH, CTDP, OM
We've all seen the white spot lesions on our patients teeth. By any measure, they're not particularly aesthetic and most patients would love them to disappear. So why is it that for a large majority of patients that are actually visiting their dentist regularly, these lesions persist and essentially detract from their smile. The only logical answer I can come up with is that many dentists are not utilizing something called resin infiltration. It's a simple procedure that is remarkably effective in essentially making white spot lesions disappear. To tell us all about it is our guest Irene Iancu. Irene is a Canadian RRDH and entrepreneur with experience in various specialties like Pediatrics, Orthodontics, and Periodontics, she has combined all these elements in her start-up dental practice in Toronto, Toothlife Studio. Irene is an international speaker, key opinion leader, host of the Tooth or Dare podcast and creates educational content on all social platforms under the handle @toothlife.irene.

Series: Bisco CE Credits: 0.5
Guest: Dr. Sheila Samaddar
Dr. Sheila Samaddar, a GP, shares how aligners have been a huge benefit to her practice, but she’s also candid about the challenges. She walks us through the key things every GP should know before diving into clear aligner therapy, plus some of her favorite products and tools that help her get the best results. Dr. Samaddar is internationally recognized and published by Invisalign for Top Case results annually for the last several years, as well as having a Top 10 case with the American Academy of Clear Aligners.

Series: VOCO America CE Credits: 0.5
Guest: Dr. Sam Simos
For decades, dentists have been trained to believe that different clinical situations demand different composite materials—one for strength in the posterior, another for esthetics in the anterior, and often several more just to manage shade. But today, material science is challenging that long-held mindset. In this episode, we’re taking a hard look at whether we’ve truly entered the era of the universal composite—a single material that does it all. Our guest is Dr. Sam Simos, a general dentist for over 30 years practicing outside of Chicago Illinois. He is a well-respected speaker, clinician and product evaluator.

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