Due to the increasing desire by parents to have an esthetic smile for their children, more practitioners are using zirconia crowns in their pediatric patients. However, there is very limited scientific evidence to support the use of prefabricated zirconia crowns. This course will review the literature and provide scientific evidence to support the use of pediatric zirconia crowns.
Educational Objectives:
- Review different prefabricated primary zirconia crowns
- Scientific literature review of the retention and color stability of zirconia crowns
- Review the cements used with zirconia crowns
- Answer frequently asked questions about zirconia crowns
CE Credit Units:
1 CEU
Level of skill recommended for participants:
Of interest to Dentists, Students & Residents, Auxiliaries and Office Staff
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There are no refunds for CSPD Online CE courses. For any questions, please contact CSPD Administration at admin@cspd.org or call 916-231-2412.
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Credit is awarded on an hour-for-hour basis. Each attendee should claim only those hours of credit that he or she was in actual attendance of the educational activity. Participants should retain this document for their records.
Original Continuing education certificates are subject to Dental Board of California audit and should be retained by the licentiate for a period of six years. Completion of these courses does not constitute authorization for the attendee to perform any services that he or she is not legally authorized to perform based on his or her license or permit type. This course meets the Dental board of California’s requirements for above designated units of continuing education.
Course Materials Features
- Lessons 1
- Topics 0
- Quizzes 1
- Students 10
- Certificate Yes
- Assignment No
- Category Current Topics
- Lecture Length 63 minutes
- Original Release Date April 24, 2016
- Review Date September 19, 2020
- Expiration Date September 19, 2023
Course Materials Content
Instructor Info:
Dr. Jung-Wei Chen earned her DDS in 1996 at the Taipei Medical University School of Dentistry in Taipei, Taiwan. She graduated from the Univ of Maryland at Baltimore in 2000, receiving her Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry and a MS in Oral Biology. Dr. Chen taught in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the UT Dental Branch at Houston and studied at the UT Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Science, where she earned her Master s and Doctoral degrees in Health Informatics. She has been a full-time Associate Professor and Program Director at the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in the Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry since 2008.
jwchen@llu.edu
Instructor Disclosure of any conflicts of interest:
None
