Today's RDH Virtual Dental Continuing Education (CE) Event - Dec. 12, 2025

Please visit our main registration page here: https://ce.todaysrdh.com/dental-ce-virtual-event-december-12-2025/

ABOUT THE EVENT

An affordable and convenient way to earn your live CE credits. Save time and money while learning with top-notch speakers presenting high-quality, relevant CE courses!

All courses are non-sponsored and focused solely on providing objective, evidence-based education.

Agenda:

• Breaking the Chain: Mastering Infection Control Basics (2 CE)
  Presented by Amanda Hill, BSDH, RDH, CDIPC
  9:00 am – 11:00 am Eastern | 8:00 am – 10:00 am Central | 7:00 am – 9:00 am Mountain/Arizona | 6:00 am – 8:00 am Pacific
  
• All Tied Up: The Implication and Identification of Tethered Oral Tissues (2 CE)
  Presented by Pat Brinkman-Falter, RDH, MS, COM
  11:15 am – 1:15 pm Eastern | 10:15 am – 12:15 pm Central | 9:15 am – 11:15 am Mountain/Arizona | 8:15 am – 10:15 am Pacific
  
• Preventing Medical Errors in the Dental Setting (2 CE)
  Presented by Spring Hatfield, RDH, BSPH1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern | 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Central | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Mountain/Arizona | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Pacific
  
• 5 Shots for Local Anesthesia Success (2 CE)
  Presented by Tina Clarke, RDH, M.Ed, FADHA
  3:45 pm – 5:45 pm Eastern | 2:45 pm – 4:45 pm Central | 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm Mountain/Arizona | 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm Pacific
  

Date: Friday, December 12, 2025

Time (please note your local time):

• Eastern: 9:00 am – 5:45 pm
• Central: 8:00 am – 4:45 pm
• Mountain: 7:00 am – 3:45 pm
• Arizona: 7:00 am – 3:45 pm
• Pacific: 6:00 am – 2:45 pm

Location: Online from the comfort of home or anywhere you have an internet connection

Topics: Infection Control, Tethered Oral Tissues, Medical Errors, Local Anesthesia

Total CE Credits: 8 CE (4 live courses, 2 CE each)

Price: $69 (+$6.47 fee & applicable sales tax) early-bird through December 5th. $99 (+8.48 fee & applicable sales tax) starting December 6th.

Program Provider: Today's RDH (support@todaysrdh.com / prior to emailing support, please read through the FAQ below if you have any questions)

COURSE DETAILS

Breaking the Chain: Mastering Infection Control Basics

Presented by Amanda Hill, BSDH, RDH, CDIPC

Course Description: Dental professionals face various challenges in preventing exposure to pathogens, including complying with regulations, training the team, ensuring cleanliness and sterilization, managing costs, and implementing effective communication and documentation processes. These tasks play a vital role in maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff.

Noncompliance with dental infection control protocols is not an option. It can have severe repercussions, such as infections in patients or team members, legal and financial penalties, and harm to reputation, resulting in loss of revenue and patients.

In this course, we will review OSHA and CDC protocols, as well as key strategies for effectively applying infection control.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define infection prevention principles and recommendations for dental health care settings;
• Recognize how to prevent transmission of infectious agents through standard precautions;
• Employ standard operating procedures to remain in compliance with regulations;
• Formulate a successful infection control plan.

Presenter: Amanda Hill, BSDH, RDH, CDIPC

Amanda Hill, BSDH, RDH, CDIPC, is an enthusiastic speaker, innovative consultant, award-winning author, and a sought-after thought leader, contributing invaluable and inspiring insights into the current trends in dentistry. Affectionately known as the Waterline Warrior, she brings over 25 years of experience in clinical dental hygiene and education to the field of dentistry. Recipient of the Association for Dental Safety's Emerging Infection Control Leader award and an active participant with the advisory boards for RDH magazine and DentistryIQ, and the Association for Dental Safety's infection control in practice editorial review board, Amanda strives to make topics in dentistry accurate, accessible, and fun!

Credits: 2.00 CEU

Date & Time: Friday, December 12, 2025, at 9:00 am - 11:00 am Eastern (8:00 am - 10:00 am Central | 7:00 am - 9:00 am Mountain/Arizona | 6:00 am - 8:00 am Pacific)

Topic(s): Infection Control

Instructional Method: Live presentation

Location: Online livestream

Prerequisites: None

Technology Requirements: Computer (recommended), tablet, or smartphone, and an internet connection

Program Provider: Today's RDH (support@todaysrdh.com)

AGD Subject Code(s): 148 Infection Control

AADH Course Code: AADHTDH-119-2025-12-2

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: Amanda Hill has an affiliation and/or financial interest with Air Techniques, Curaden, DentalPost, Dove Dental, Kettenbach, Midmark, Paradise Dental Technologies, Parkell, Perio Protect, ProEdge Dental Water Labs, and Zirc.

Alabama Disclaimer:If you are licensed in Alabama, webinars do not meet in-person/face-to-face CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

California Disclaimer:Today's RDH is an approved provider by the Dental Board of California (License #6066), but this course is not specifically approved for California's infection control course requirement.

Georgia Disclaimer:If you are licensed in Georgia, as of January 1, 2024, webinars do not meet in-person at an on-site course or seminar CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

Maryland Disclaimer:If you are licensed in Maryland, as of March 3, 2025, the mandatory infection control course hours have increased from two to three hours and must be taken as a single 3-hour course. This course does not meet Maryland's requirements.

New York Disclaimer:This course is an approved infection control course by the New York State Education Department. Today's RDH Provider ID# IC 218.

Tennessee Disclaimer:If you are licensed in Tennessee, as of July 1, 2022, a live interactive webinar is considered in-person continuing education. This amendment to the statute defines a "live interactive webinar" as an internet-based broadcast in which viewers may interact with a presenter in real time.

All Tied Up: The Implication and Identification of Tethered Oral Tissues

Presented by Pat Brinkman-Falter, RDH, MS, COM

Course Description: All Tied Up offers a comprehensive investigation of tethered oral tissues within the oral cavity. Recently, tongue and lip ties have gained significant attention in the media, prompting questions about their diagnosis, implications, and management within the dental field. This course examines the definition and the history of tethered oral tissues, including embryological developments, genetics, and nutrition affecting structural growth and oral function throughout life. A clinical chairside assessment tool will be introduced, which is an objective, measurable instrument developed in Brazil and refined by this speaker. Case studies will illustrate clinical application and treatment outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Review embryological development of the tongue and frenal attachments;
• Explain genetic considerations relating to tethered oral tissues;
• Identify key nutritional needs for pregnancy and beyond that influence oral and facial development;
• Recognize intraoral and extraoral signs of tethered oral tissues;
• Employ objective assessment methods of tethered oral tissues in the clinical dental setting;
• Discuss indications and considerations for tethered oral tissue treatment.

Presenter: Pat Brinkman-Falter, RDH, MS, COM, FADHA

Pat Brinkman-Falter, RDH, MS, COM, is board-certified in orofacial myology and the owner of Nebraska Myofunctional Specialties. She is a professional continuing education speaker on courses in airway, birth to six oral development, newborn airway development, recognizing myofunctional disorders, TMJD pain management, and tethered oral tissues.

Pat is a member of the American Dental Hygienists' Association, the International Association of Orofacial Myology, the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry, the Association of Applied Myofunctional Sciences, and the creator of the "SPOTS" myofunctional screening tool. She has held several leadership positions within the Nebraska Dental Hygienists' Association, including president and delegate. Pat has received numerous awards, including Young Dental's Hygienists Who Make a Difference in 2013, Nebraska Dental Hygienists' Association Dental Hygienist of the Year in 2013 and 2024, the ADHA Irene Newman Outstanding Clinician Award in 2015, and the IAOM Rosemarie Van Norman Prevention Award in 2020.

Her years of experience with tongue thrust, digit sucking, TMJD, and other areas of orofacial myofunctional disorders have been hugely successful. Pat has an innovative approach, enabling patients to achieve overall confidence by providing individualized, positive treatment plans. Pat has practiced orofacial myology since 2008 in Central and Eastern Nebraska. She and her husband have seven children and ten grandchildren.

Credits: 2.00 CEU

Date & Time: Friday, December 12, 2025, at 11:15 am - 1:15 pm Eastern (10:15 am - 12:15 pm Central | 9:15 am - 11:15 am Mountain/Arizona | 8:15 am - 10:15 am Pacific)

Topic(s): Tethered Oral Tissues

Instructional Method: Live presentation

Location: Online livestream

Prerequisites: None

Technology Requirements: Computer (recommended), tablet, or smartphone, and an internet connection

Program Provider: Today's RDH (support@todaysrdh.com)

AGD Subject Code(s): 130 Electives

AADH Course Code: AADHTDH-120-2025-12-2

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None disclosed

Alabama Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Alabama, webinars do not meet in-person/face-to-face CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

California Disclaimer: Today's RDH is an approved provider by the Dental Board of California (License #6066).

Georgia Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Georgia, as of January 1, 2024, webinars do not meet in-person at an on-site course or seminar CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

Tennessee Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Tennessee, as of July 1, 2022, a live interactive webinar is considered in-person continuing education. This amendment to the statute defines a "live interactive webinar" as an internet-based broadcast in which viewers may interact with a presenter in real time.

Preventing Medical Errors in the Dental Setting

Presented by Spring Hatfield, RDH, BSPH

Course Description: Medical errors have been increasingly recognized as a significant public health issue, including medical errors that occur in dental settings. This course will discuss the types of medical errors that can arise in a dental setting and how to implement best practices to ensure optimal patient safety. Further discussion will detail how avoiding medical errors and ensuring patient safety can help lower the dental professional's risk of malpractice and negligence, as defined by substandard and unethical care.

Preventing medical errors to ensure patient safety should be a top priority for dental professionals. This course aims to equip dental professionals with the knowledge to help protect their patients and themselves.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Review types of medical errors and their relation to the legal system;
• Distinguish key components of a state dental practice act and the importance of knowing these components;
• Discuss the standard of care, such as documentation and informed consent and refusal, in the prevention of medical errors;
• Summarize the different elements of patient confidentiality;
• Identify aspects of respondeat superior as it relates to the dental setting;
• Define professional liability, professional negligence, and dental malpractice;
• Outline dental professionals' responsibilities in delivering the standard of care to all patients.

Presenter: Spring Hatfield, RDH, BSPH

Spring Hayes Hatfield, RDH, BSPH, is a graduate of Florida State College at Jacksonville and holds licensure in Florida and Louisiana. Spring is a member of the advisory board and the continuing education manager at Today's RDH. Her passion is elevating the dental hygiene profession through science, education, and clinical excellence. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her husband, children, and animals on her small farm. She can be reached via email at Spring@TodaysRDH.com.

Credits: 2.00 CEU

Date & Time: Friday, December 12, 2025, at 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern (12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Central | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Mountain/Arizona | 10:30 am - 12:30 am Pacific)

Topic(s): Medical Errors

Instructional Method: Live presentation

Location: Online livestream

Prerequisites: None

Technology Requirements: Computer (recommended), tablet, or smartphone, and an internet connection

Program Provider: Today's RDH (support@todaysrdh.com)

AGD Subject Code(s): 159 Prevention of Medical Errors

AADH Course Code: AADHTDH-121-2025-12-2

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: Spring Hatfield is an employee of Today's RDH.

Alabama Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Alabama, webinars do not meet in-person/face-to-face CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

California Disclaimer: Today's RDH is an approved provider by the Dental Board of California (License #6066).

Georgia Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Georgia, as of January 1, 2024, webinars do not meet in-person at an on-site course or seminar CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

Tennessee Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Tennessee, as of July 1, 2022, a live interactive webinar is considered in-person continuing education. This amendment to the statute defines a "live interactive webinar" as an internet-based broadcast in which viewers may interact with a presenter in real time.

5 Shots for Local Anesthesia Success

Presented by Tina Clarke, RDH, M.Ed, FADHA

Course Description: Giving as few injections as possible is preferred not only by the patient but also by the clinician. Fewer injections mean less anesthetic and less time devoted to the anesthesia process. Understanding why your injection may fail also helps you avoid multiple injections. This course guides the dental professional through five injections (PSA, IO, AMSA, IA, GG) to achieve profound quadrant anesthesia. Participants will review the anatomy of the head and neck as it pertains to anesthesia, have a detailed review of injections with still photos and technique videos, review common causes for anesthesia failure, and gain a refresher on the anesthetic dose.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify anatomical structures related to the PSA, IO, AMSA, IA, and GG injections;
• Understand delivery techniques for the PSA, IO, AMSA, IA, and GG injections;
• Identify reasons for anesthesia failure;
• Calculate the maximum recommended dose for anesthetics.

Presenter: Tina Clarke, RDH, M.Ed, FADHA

Tina Clarke, RDH, M.Ed, FADHA, is a clinician, educator, speaker, and nationally published author with nearly 25 years of experience in dental hygiene. She is the author of Hit Me with Your Best Shot: Local Anesthesia for Oral Health Care Professionals, a comprehensive guide that simplifies complex concepts with clear explanations and technique videos -- perfect for the entire dental team.

A recognized expert in local anesthesia, medical emergencies, and head and neck anatomy, Tina provides local anesthesia certification and hands-on refresher courses for dental professionals across the country. She mentors clinicians nationwide and teaches at Lane Community College in Oregon.

As an approved continuing education provider through the American Academy of Dental Hygiene and a certified CPR/BLS instructor, Tina is recognized for her energetic and engaging teaching style, which makes learning both effective and enjoyable.

Credits: 2.00 CEU

Date & Time: Friday, December 12, 2025, at 3:45 pm - 5:45 pm Eastern (2:45 pm - 4:45 pm Central | 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm Mountain/Arizona | 12:45 pm - 2:45 pm Pacific)

Topic(s): Local Anesthesia

Instructional Method: Live presentation

Location: Online livestream

Prerequisites: None

Technology Requirements: Computer (recommended), tablet, or smartphone, and an internet connection

Program Provider: Today's RDH (support@todaysrdh.com)

AGD Subject Code(s): 340 Anesthesia and Pain Management

AADH Course Code: AADHTDH-122-2025-12-2

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: Tina Clarke has an affiliation and/or financial interest with DentalPost and Paradise Dental Technologies, and is the owner of Teacher Tina RDH.

Alabama Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Alabama, webinars do not meet in-person/face-to-face CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

California Disclaimer: Today's RDH is an approved provider by the Dental Board of California (License #6066).

Georgia Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Georgia, as of January 1, 2024, webinars do not meet in-person at an on-site course or seminar CE requirements. Instead, these CE courses would be considered self-study.

Tennessee Disclaimer: If you are licensed in Tennessee, as of July 1, 2022, a live interactive webinar is considered in-person continuing education. This amendment to the statute defines a "live interactive webinar" as an internet-based broadcast in which viewers may interact with a presenter in real time.

Please visit our main registration page here: https://ce.todaysrdh.com/dental-ce-virtual-event-december-12-2025/