From Screening to Biopsy to Reimbursement: A Step-by-Step Guide for General Practitioners

According to the American Cancer Society, almost half a million cases of oral cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year. In the United States alone, there were over 58,000 cases of oral cancer, with over 12,000 deaths in 2024. Unlike other cancers, where the annual rate of the disease is decreasing, the rate of oral cancer is increasing at a rate of about 1% each year. Survivors often experience problems such as facial disfigurement, eating and speaking difficulties, and more. The key to survival and minimizing the effects of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy is to identify oral cancers at their earliest stages, before it spreads throughout the head and neck region or metastasizes throughout the body.    (enter class)

The History of Pain Control in Dentistry

For thousands of years, humans have attempted various ways to decrease pain. This CE webinar will discuss the history of pain control in dentistry. Using what the land provided, (tree resins by Babylonians 4000 years ago) to the use of inhalational gases in the 18th century, all the way to today’s current amide local anesthetics, will be presented. Also, the most modern and latest devices and anesthetics available, will be discussed.    (enter class)

Orabloc (2020 Update)

Orabloc® delivers a rapid onset time of one to nine minutes and a reliable duration of up to one hour. It has a 33% longer shelf life, less epinephrine overages than anesthetic made with a terminal sterilization process, and requires less volume than lidocaine anesthetics.    (enter class)