This webinar was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 20, 2025. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 17, 2025. All other event details remain unchanged.

*LIVE WEBINAR VIA ZOOM
*CEUs from this course WILL count towards dental relicensure. A link to join the Zoom meeting will be emailed to all registrants ONE WEEK prior to the meeting date.

Featured Clinician:
Dale A. Miles, D.D.S., M.S.
Adjunct Professor, Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine

Synopsis:
Patients with diabetes are commonly seen in dental offices. Many patients know their status, many do not. There are millions of undiagnosed and pre-diabetic patients in the population who have no idea that they may have Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and dentists probably see them every week. According to D0411 and D0412 of the ADA Quick Guide, Version 2¹, “Dentists are not expected to diagnose diabetes but in-office monitoring of patient blood glucose levels on an ongoing basis or immediately prior to treatment are appropriate activities. Findings from monitoring the patient’s glycemic control may prompt a dentist to amend the patient’s oral care treatment planning.” Radiographic signs for T2DM are frequently present and easily identifiable on both CBCT images. Early detection of disease helps the patient’s early diagnosis and helps dentists avoid treatment problems. 

This presentation will review some of the key radiographic features of calcifications seen in CBCT images of patients with unknown or uncontrolled diabetes. Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will: 

• Learn to recognize radiographic signs of undiagnosed/uncontrolled T2DM on CBCT images.
• Learn to correlate clinical and radiographic features of these problems.
• Learn how certain CBCT imaging tools can improve the disease features of diabetes.
  

MCEU - 2 HOURS

Tuition:
Buy more, SAVE more*! Sign up for any TWO SDDS courses in 2025 and get ONE course of equal or lesser value for free (excluding CPR and hands-on courses)! To redeem this offer, complete a course registration form and mail or fax to SDDS Headquarters. SDDS staff will register you for the courses of your choosing and apply the discount!

*This offer is for SDDS members only.

*Due to an ADA systems upgrade, online registration for all meetings is unavailable until further notice. To register for this course, complete a course registration form and fax/mail to SDDS Headquarters. 

Refund and Cancellation Policy:
All requests for refunds or credits must be made in writing or by phone and received at least two weeks prior to the course date. A full refund, less a ten dollar ($10.00) administrative charge, or if requested and available, credit for a similarly priced course will be issued. Refunds or credits requested after this date will not be granted, including requests made based on absence due to illness, late arrival for courses and/or weather conditions. In the event that a course is cancelled by Second District, paid tuition will be fully refunded.

DALE A. MILES, D.D.S., M.S., F.R.C.D. is adjunct professor at the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine in El Paso, Texas. He served as the chair of the Department of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky and the graduate program director of diagnostic sciences at Indiana University. Additionally, he has held positions at the University of Connecticut, Dalhousie University, and the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (A.T. Still University), the latter at which he served as the first associate dean of clinical affairs. A diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and the American Board of Oral Medicine, Dr. Miles has been selected as one of the "Top Clinicians in CE” for the past 17 years by Dentistry Today. He received the Award for Civism from the United States Department of the Navy for his 21 years of service in education at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School in Bethesda, Maryland. He also received the Alumni of Distinction Award from the faculty of dentistry at his alma mater, the University of Western Ontario, in 2004. He has authored over 140 scientific articles, six radiology textbooks and the bestselling atlas on cone beam imaging, "Atlas of Cone Beam Imaging for Dental Applications.” He has a web site for teaching the dental team cone beam imaging at www.doctorconebeam.com. Dr. Miles currently has a full-time practice in oral and maxillofacial radiology in Fountain Hills, Arizona.