The Sioux City Dental Society meeting tomorrow is CANCELLED due to Coronavirus concerns.  We apologize for any inconvenience this decision causes.

Meetings will resume in the fall of 2020.

Thank you all for a great year!

SCDS 1/10/2020 Schedule of Events

• Joni Miller – Infection Control (2 hrs CE)

• Lisa Swett – Opioid Prescribing Guidelines (receive two cards 1 hr CE Infection Control, 1 hr CE Opioids)
• Handouts will not be printed, but are accessible here in PDF form:
  • Handout #1 – Precriber Report User Guide
  • Handout #2 – Acute Pain Opioid Use Guidelines
  • Handout #3 – Chronic Opioid Prescribing CDC Report

• Alan Swett – Integrating Lasers and Digital Dentistry into Clinical Practice (2 hrs CE)

• Lunch Break

• Alan Swett –  Integrating Lasers and Digital Dentistry into Clinical Practice (2 hrs CE)

Below are links to several files (PDF) shared by Dr. John Christensen for Friday’s lecture: Between Two Worlds: New Concepts in Orthodontic and Pediatric Dental Care

Symptoms of autism in a 3 year old patient

Checklist for Trauma and Orthodontic Care

Trauma kit preparation for using orthodontics in trauma management

How to use orthodontics to treat trauma

Handouts will not be printed for this Friday’s course – you can access the handout in PDF form HERE.

See you Friday for Dr. Marco Vargas’s course – Achieving Exceptional Everyday Esthetic Dentistry with Direct Restorations: tips and tricks

Marcos Vargas, B.D.B, D.D.S., M.S.

Dr. Vargas received his D.D.S. from the Peruvian University School of Dentistry in 1985 and completed a two year advanced education residency in general dentistry at The Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York in 1992. He received his Master of Science degree and certificate in Operative Dentistry from the University of Iowa in 1994. Dr. Vargas is an associate professor in the department of Family Dentistry at the University of Iowa. He has contributed to several texts, is on the Editorial Boards of several journals, publishes extensively and is the Operative Dentistry section editor for Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry. Dr. Vargas lectures nationally and internationally on cosmetic dentistry and is an active member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the American Dental Association and the International Association for Dental Research. In addition, he maintains a part-time private practice at The University of Iowa College of Dentistry in Iowa City, IA.

Click here for a downloadable Registration Form: 2019/2020 Registration Form

October 11th, 2019

• Dr. Marco Vargas – Achieving Exceptional Everyday Esthetic Dentistry with Direct Restorations: tips and tricks

November 8th, 2019

• Dr. John Christensen- Between Two Worlds: New Concepts in Orthodontic and Pediatric Dental Care

January 10th, 2020

• Joni Miller, DA- 8am-9am- Infection Control (1 hr. CE)
• Lisa Swett, RDH, BS- 9am-10am- Opioid Prescribing Guidelines in Dentistry (1hr CE; meets Iowa’s new license requirement)
• Dr. Alan Swett- 10am- 12pm; 1pm-3pm – Integrating Lasers and Digital Dentistry into Clinical Practice (4 hrs. CE)

February 14th, 2020

• Dr. David Clark- Better, Faster, Prettier, Stronger Composites

March 13th, 2020

• Dr. Gustavo Avila- 8am-12pm- AAP/EFP Classification of Periodontal and Peri-
  Implant Diseases and Conditions (4 hrs. CE)
• Dr. Paul Levi- 1pm-3pm- Power of Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy (2 hrs. CE)

April 10th, 2020

• Weather Related Cancellations Makeup Date