Dynamic Dental Educators
4522 West Village Dr, #144, Tampa, FL 33624
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Our courses do not require prior knowledge of a topic. Each course is written to present general knowledge of a subject. The content of our courses contains no advertising or solicitation of products or services and is free from commercial influence.

Our home study continuing education courses are only meant for re-licensing purposes. Limited information is provided as an overview of the subject matter and potential risks exist when attempting to incorporate techniques or procedures using limited knowledge and without supervised clinical experience. This course is not intended to be a comprehensive or authoritative source.

Florida Board of Dentistry Approved CE Provider #50-557. Dental Board of California Registered Provider #3964.

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Oral Cancer Detection

Course Objectives For Course Number 5046

Dynamic Dental Educators designates this activity for 4 continuing education credits.

Upon completing this course, the dental professional should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the following:

Reviewed 01/02/23 Expires 01/31/26

Understand the importance of lifestyle changes to reduce the oral cancer epidemic among Americans.
Understand the risks associated with tobacco use and alcohol abuse as causations of oral cancer.
Become familiar with the chemical changes that occur with alcohol and tobacco use that promote oral cancers.
Indentify basic statistics regarding mortality, risk factors, and prevention association with oral cancer.
Understand the role of the dental professional in oral cancer detection.
Become familiar with oral cancer detection techniques in the dental office.
Understand the stages of oral cancer development.
Be familiar with current technologies for the diagnosis of oral cancer available to the dental professional.
Be familiar with the procedures to performing oral cancer screenings and exams on patients.
Understand the procedure in educating patients in self-examinations for oral cancer detection and prevention.

Authors: Dina Canasi, RDH BS; Jamie Basak, RDH, BS