Self-Directed Modules for Dental Professionals

FYI—Information about education for dental professionals who would like to treat children with special needs.These modules are designed for the dental professional who would like to treat patients with special needs or gain more knowledge in this field. This series can be used exclusively as a self-directed course of study, or may be completed in preparation for on-site clinical training through DECOD at the University of Washington. Continuing Dental Education credit can be obtained by ordering modules as a correspondence course and by completing a multiple choice examination.
http://www.dental.washington.edu/departments/omed/decod/self_direct.php

Dental Disparities

Previously unreleased figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that in 2003 and 2004, the most recent years with data available, 27 percent of children and 29 percent of adults had cavities going untreated. The level of untreated decay was the highest since the late 1980s and significantly higher than that found in a survey from 1999 to 2002.

Read an article on this topic:
Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth
By ALEX BERENSON
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/business/11decay.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin