CE

HOW TO STOP A COCCUS

Friday, September 18, 2026

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Credits: 3

Audience: Dentists, Lab Technicians, Front Office, Assistants, Hygienists, Students, Spouses

Teaching Method: Lecture

Prerequisites: No prior level of skill, knowledge, or experience is required for participation in this course.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Sometimes it seems as though our patients don’t grasp the basic concept of home care. Other times, our patients with impeccable hygiene develop rampant decay, and we feel helpless because we can’t figure out what’s going on. The mouth is a remarkable environment that cariologists are finally beginning to understand, and so can you. Come learn everything you didn’t know about plaque and the amazing organisms that make the mouth a wonderful place to work.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Explain the mixed ecological approach to caries causation.
  • Apply evidence-based and novel preventive therapies.
  • Quickly identify high caries risk patients before they develop disease.
  • Stop “watching” lesions and see them get smaller.
SPEAKER: Brian Novy

 

Dr. Brian Novy holds faculty appointments at Virginia Commonwealth University and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Since graduating with honors from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Dr. Nový’s enthusiasm for teaching dental materials and cariology has taken him to four continents. He is the recipient of the Academy of General Dentistry Weclew Award, the ADA Evidence-Based Practice Award, the AADR/IADR Gies Award, and the ADA Adult Preventive Care Practice of the Year. He served on the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs from 2010 to 2014, and in 2016, he was appointed the Consumer Representative, United States Food and Drug Administration Dental Products Panel. 

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The Speaker has had in the past or currently does have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with the corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing education program, and does have a financial interest in some commercial products which they may/will discuss in their presentation.

The VDA Team does not have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with the corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing education program, and does have a financial interest in some commercial products, which they may/will discuss in their presentation.

 

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