Continuing Education

The Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene is committed to providing you with educational experiences that meet state licensure requirements and that are relevant to your needs for practice. We are pleased to serve as an educational resource for your continuing competency and lifelong learning.

Continuing Dental Hygiene Education Winter Weekend

February 27 - March 1, 2009
Sheraton Ocean Front, Virginia Beach, Virginia

An intensive continuing education program designed to provide participants with 15 CE hours all in one weekend. The 2009 event will include these topics:

• Boomers & Seniors: Living Longer & Healthier. Is Your Practice Ready?
• Meeting the New Challenges of Children & Adolescent Health. Implications for Oral Health Care
• Dental Caries: Advances in Detection & Disease Management
• Periodontal Instrumentation: Facilitated Fulcrums & Pivot Strokes
• Diabetes and Oral Health

The Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel located at the exclusive north end of the boardwalk will be our setting again in 2009. Enjoy the quiet solitude of a winter weekend at the beach while participating in a quality professional program. Registration will begin November 2008. Limited to 250 participants. Register early. Last year's event sold out.

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Dental Hygiene National Board Review

January 16-18, 2009
Quality Inn & Suites Ocean Front
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Review with the experts who wrote the books on dental hygiene review. Enjoy a winter weekend at the beach, while participating in intensive seminars designed to prepare dental hygiene students for the National Boards and to provide dental hygiene practitioners with a comprehensive review of the body of knowledge that constitutes the basis of dental hygiene practice. Presented in a clear, concise and interesting manner, our faculty presenters are renown experts who have published dental hygiene review textbooks. Let us assist you in developing your plan for success, organizing your study material, and increasing your confidence with test taking strategies.

Special discount registration offered to Student American Dental Hygienists' Association members.

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Dental Radiation Safety Certification

• September 17 & 20, 2008
• November 5 & 8, 2008
• January 28* & 31, 2009
• March 25* & 28, 2009
• May 13 & 16, 2009

Class meets on Wed. 6pm-9pm and continues on Sat. 8:30am-4:30pm.

*Please note that the January & March classes will meet 6:30-9:30pm on Wednesday.

Designed to prepare on-the-job trained dental assistants for successful completion of the Virginia state-approved examination leading to a dental radiation certificate. Lecture and lab activity cover radiation physics, biology, protection, and regulations guiding the use of ionizing radiation. Technical competency is NOT covered in this course.

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Local Anesthesia/Nitrous Oxide Sedation Certification for Dental Hygienists

The School of Dental Hygiene plans to develop a continuing education course on local anesthesia and nitrous oxide sedation in the near future.

Please check back here for an update later this fall. Thank you for your interest.

Contact Information:
Evelyn M. Thomson, BSDH, MS
Continuing Education Coordinator
Email: ethomson@odu.edu
Phone: (757) 683-3851