Looking for free dental CEs this week? We've rounded up some of the top live dental continuing education opportunities taking place September 21–27, 2026.
This week's featured dental CE courses cover infection control, AI-assisted restorative dentistry, molecular iodine, periodontal classification, surgically facilitated orthodontics, diabetes and oral health, dental-unit water safety, guided bone regeneration, oral mucositis, digital and analog restorative workflows, laser treatment for peri-implantitis, and dental waterline testing.
These webinars offer live continuing education credits and practical education for dentists, hygienists, dental assistants, and dental teams.
Below are this week's featured live dental CE opportunities.
Live Dental CE Opportunities This Week
Here are the live dental CE webinars happening September 21–27, 2026.
The Top 10 Essential Infection Control Strategies
Date: Monday, September 21, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. Kirsten Roling, DDS
Sponsor: Noble Metal Refining
Infection prevention depends on more than a written policy. Dental teams must translate current guidance into consistent habits involving aerosols, surfaces, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, dental-unit waterlines, vacuum systems, and instrument processing.
This live dental CE webinar reviews ten important infection-control strategies for today's dental practice. Dr. Kirsten Roling will identify common vulnerabilities, outdated practices, and practical workflow improvements designed to protect patients and dental professionals.
Participants will leave with a focused framework for evaluating existing protocols and strengthening the systems used throughout the operatory.
What you'll learn:
- Common infection-control vulnerabilities in dental practices
- Current evidence-based recommendations and standards
- Strategies for managing aerosols and contaminated surfaces
- Approaches to vacuum-line and dental-unit waterline maintenance
- Hand-hygiene and PPE considerations
- Why handpiece sterilization remains essential
- How to identify outdated or ineffective practices
- Ways to improve infection-control workflows across the team
This course is ideal for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental therapists, infection-control coordinators, practice leaders, and dental teams interested in clinical safety and compliance.
The AI-Driven Direct Restorative Workflow
Date: Monday, September 21, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. Mark Kleive
Sponsor: Shining 3D
Artificial intelligence is beginning to influence each stage of digital restorative care, from intraoral scanning and treatment planning to prosthesis fabrication and patient communication. The challenge is deciding where these tools improve clinical control rather than simply adding another layer of technology.
This live dental CE webinar explores an AI-assisted direct restorative workflow. Dr. Mark Kleive will discuss how current digital tools can improve accuracy, reduce inefficiencies, shorten chair time, and support case acceptance while allowing the clinician to maintain control of care.
What you'll learn:
- How AI is influencing digital restorative dentistry
- Applications of AI-assisted intraoral scanning
- Ways digital tools may improve workflow accuracy
- How technology can reduce avoidable inefficiencies
- Connections between scanning, planning, and fabrication
- Strategies for reducing chair time
- How digital visualization may support patient communication
- Ways clinicians can retain control of in-office workflows
This course is ideal for dentists, dental assistants, restorative clinicians, treatment coordinators, and dental teams interested in artificial intelligence, intraoral scanning, digital dentistry, and restorative workflows.
Molecular Iodine in Dentistry: Uncovering the Science and Benefits for Enhanced Oral Care
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. Herb Moskowitz, DDS
Sponsor: ioTech International
Molecular iodine has antimicrobial properties that may make it useful in infection prevention, biofilm management, periodontal care, oral medicine, xerostomia management, and wound healing. Newer formulations are designed to isolate and stabilize molecular iodine for clinical use.
This live dental CE webinar examines the chemistry, mechanisms, safety, and potential applications of molecular iodine in dentistry. Dr. Herb Moskowitz will compare it with traditional antimicrobial agents and discuss its use in rinses, irrigation, and tray-delivered gels.
What you'll learn:
- The chemical structure of molecular iodine
- How its antimicrobial mechanisms work
- Potential roles in biofilm and infection management
- Applications in periodontal and preventive care
- Uses involving rinses, irrigants, and gel trays
- How molecular iodine compares with other antimicrobial agents
- Current evidence concerning efficacy and safety
- Common misconceptions about iodine in healthcare
This course is ideal for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental therapists, periodontists, and dental teams interested in antimicrobial therapy, biofilm management, periodontal care, and emerging oral-health products.
Periodontitis Decoded: AAP Classification, Communication, and Customized Care
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Shelley Brown, MEd, BSDH, AS, RDH, FADHA
Sponsor: GUM
Periodontal staging and grading are most useful when they guide treatment rather than remain labels in the patient record. Applying the AAP classification system consistently can help teams connect clinical findings with risk, treatment planning, home care, and patient communication.
This case-based live dental CE webinar moves from periodontal classification to customized care. Shelley Brown will review non-surgical periodontal therapy, biofilm management, individualized home-care recommendations, and motivational-interviewing techniques that may improve treatment acceptance and long-term compliance.
What you'll learn:
- How to apply the AAP periodontal classification system
- Principles of periodontal staging and grading
- How clinical findings inform treatment planning
- Current approaches to non-surgical periodontal therapy
- Advanced biofilm-management considerations
- How to customize home-care recommendations
- Motivational-interviewing techniques for periodontal patients
- Ways to improve treatment acceptance and patient participation
This course is ideal for dental hygienists, dentists, periodontal teams, dental assistants, and dental professionals interested in periodontal diagnosis, non-surgical therapy, patient communication, and individualized care.
Let's Get Moving: Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy to Enhance Orthodontic Outcomes
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Priscilla G. Sosa, DMD, MS
Sponsor: United Concordia
Moderate and severe malocclusion may involve dentoalveolar limitations that complicate orthodontic movement. Surgically facilitated orthodontic therapy can expand the treatment envelope when patient selection, imaging, periodontal assessment, and interdisciplinary planning are carefully coordinated.
This live dental CE webinar provides an evidence-based overview of SFOT. Dr. Priscilla Sosa will discuss diagnostic considerations, periodontal phenotype modification, surgical approaches, and the role of hard- and soft-tissue augmentation in treatment stability and esthetics.
What you'll learn:
- Diagnostic considerations for surgically facilitated orthodontics
- The role of CBCT and digital treatment planning
- How to assess the periodontal phenotype
- Indications for SFOT in moderate and severe malocclusion
- Common surgical approaches
- How augmentation may expand the envelope of tooth movement
- Periodontal considerations affecting esthetic outcomes
- Factors that may improve long-term orthodontic stability
This course is ideal for dentists, orthodontists, periodontists, oral surgeons, dental assistants, and interdisciplinary teams interested in orthodontic treatment planning, periodontal phenotype modification, and surgical orthodontic care.
Diabetes and Oral Care: Managing Oral Health in Diabetic Patients
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. Rajiv Saini, MS
Sponsor: H2Ocean
Diabetes may contribute to periodontal disease, xerostomia, oral infection, and delayed healing. At the same time, oral inflammation may complicate the management of systemic health, making effective dental care an important part of the patient's broader care plan.
This live dental CE webinar examines the bidirectional relationship between diabetes and oral health. Dr. Rajiv Saini will discuss common clinical concerns, preventive and therapeutic care strategies, and the potential role of sugar-free mouthwash for patients managing diabetes-related oral complications.
What you'll learn:
- Common oral-health concerns associated with diabetes
- The relationship between diabetes and periodontal disease
- Xerostomia and infection considerations
- How diabetes may affect healing
- The bidirectional relationship between oral and systemic health
- Preventive approaches for diabetic patients
- Therapeutic strategies for oral complications
- Considerations when recommending sugar-free mouthwash
This course is ideal for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental therapists, periodontists, and dental teams interested in oral-systemic health, diabetes, periodontal care, xerostomia, and patient education.
Creating a Culture of Safe Dental Water: Evidence-Based Strategies for Compliance and Patient Safety
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. David Reznik
Sponsor: Solmetex
Biofilm develops naturally within dental-unit waterlines, but inadequate monitoring and maintenance can create patient-safety, regulatory, and liability concerns. A sustainable water-management program requires testing, treatment, documentation, team accountability, and a clear response when results fall outside acceptable limits.
This live dental CE webinar provides practical guidance for building or improving a comprehensive waterline program. Dr. David Reznik, president of the Georgia Board of Dentistry, will review emerging regulatory expectations and evidence-based strategies for creating a lasting culture of safe dental water.
What you'll learn:
- Why biofilm develops in dental-unit waterlines
- Patient-safety concerns associated with contaminated water
- Regulatory and liability considerations
- Elements of a comprehensive water-management program
- Strategies for testing and monitoring water quality
- How treatment and maintenance work together
- Documentation practices that support compliance
- Ways to build team-wide accountability for water safety
This course is ideal for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, infection-control coordinators, office managers, and dental teams interested in waterline safety, regulatory compliance, infection prevention, and patient protection.
Blueprints for Predictable Guided Bone Regeneration: From Conception to Execution
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenters: Matthew J. Fien, DDS, and David Wong, DDS
Sponsor: Impladent
Alveolar-ridge changes following extraction can compromise future implant placement and restorative outcomes. Predictable care begins with identifying resorption risks, preserving hard and soft tissue where possible, and selecting an augmentation protocol appropriate to the defect and treatment plan.
This live dental CE webinar reviews clinical protocols for socket preservation and guided bone regeneration. Drs. Matthew Fien and David Wong will discuss ridge resorption, extraction-site management, suturing techniques, and approaches to rebuilding inadequate bone for functional and esthetic implant rehabilitation.
What you'll learn:
- Factors that contribute to alveolar-ridge resorption
- Expected hard- and soft-tissue changes after extraction
- Ways to minimize dimensional changes
- Socket-preservation protocols
- Principles of guided bone regeneration
- Suturing techniques for extraction sites
- How to evaluate inadequate bone before implant placement
- Planning considerations for functional and esthetic rehabilitation
This course is ideal for dentists, periodontists, oral surgeons, implant clinicians, dental assistants, and dental teams interested in extraction-site management, ridge preservation, guided bone regeneration, and implant treatment.
Understanding and Management of Oral Mucositis
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. Kirsten Roling, DDS
Sponsor: ioTech International
Oral mucositis can produce painful inflammation and ulceration in patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Early recognition, preventive care, symptom management, and coordination with the oncology team can make an important difference in nutrition, treatment tolerance, and quality of life.
This live dental CE webinar reviews the causes, clinical presentation, prevention, and management of oral mucositis. Dr. Kirsten Roling will also discuss developing research, emerging therapies, and innovations that may influence future care.
What you'll learn:
- The etiology and pathophysiology of oral mucositis
- Risk factors in different patient populations
- Common clinical presentations
- The effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
- Evidence-based prevention strategies
- Approaches to symptom and disease management
- The dental clinician's role in supporting oncology patients
- Emerging therapies and treatment innovations
This course is ideal for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental therapists, oncology-focused teams, and dental professionals interested in oral medicine, oral pathology, cancer care, and medically complex patients.
New Materials and Technologies Along With Fusion of Digital and Analog Workflows Can Enhance Your Restorative Practice
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. Bob Lowe
Sponsor: Premier Dental
Modern materials and digital tools can expand direct restorative services and make complex indirect cases more predictable. The greatest value often comes not from abandoning traditional techniques, but from combining digital planning and fabrication with proven analog clinical skills.
This live dental CE webinar examines how digital and analog workflows can work together in restorative dentistry. Dr. Bob Lowe will use step-by-step cases to highlight procedural decisions intended to improve efficiency, function, esthetics, predictability, and patient satisfaction.
What you'll learn:
- How newer materials are changing restorative options
- Ways technology can expand direct restorative services
- How digital tools can support indirect workflows
- The value of combining digital and analog techniques
- Procedural elements that affect predictability
- Considerations for difficult esthetic cases
- Strategies for improving functional outcomes
- How workflow design may influence patient satisfaction
This course is ideal for dentists, prosthodontists, restorative clinicians, dental assistants, laboratory professionals, and dental teams interested in restorative materials, digital dentistry, esthetics, and clinical workflows.
Laser Strategies for Peri-Implantitis and Maintaining Soft Tissue Esthetics
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Jeffrey Saltz, DDS
Sponsor: Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc.
Peri-implantitis management requires clinicians to reduce bacterial burden, address inflamed or damaged tissues, and preserve implant function without sacrificing soft-tissue esthetics. Laser-assisted approaches may provide another option in carefully selected cases.
This live dental CE webinar presents a minimally invasive approach to treating ailing and failing implants. Dr. Jeffrey Saltz will review laser-tissue interactions, bacterial reduction, regenerative principles, implant rescue, soft-tissue preservation, and laser-assisted hygiene maintenance.
What you'll learn:
- Fundamentals of laser-tissue interaction
- Clinical applications for peri-implantitis
- Approaches to bacterial reduction
- Regenerative principles in implant treatment
- Strategies for managing ailing and failing implants
- How minimally invasive care may support implant rescue
- Soft-tissue esthetic considerations
- The possible role of laser-assisted hygiene maintenance
This course is ideal for dentists, periodontists, implant clinicians, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and dental teams interested in peri-implantitis, implant maintenance, laser dentistry, and soft-tissue esthetics.
Ensuring Dental Unit Waterline Safety: Treat. Shock. Test.
Date: Friday, September 25, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Format: Virtual, Live Interactive Webinar
Credits: 1 CEU
Presenter: Dr. Kirsten Roling, DDS
Sponsor: Hager Worldwide
Safe dental water requires a repeatable system rather than occasional treatment. Teams need to understand how contamination develops, how to treat and shock waterlines, when to test, how to interpret results, and what corrective steps to take when water quality does not meet the practice's standard.
This live dental CE webinar offers a practical guide to dental-unit water testing and management. Dr. Kirsten Roling will review microbial contamination, current guidelines, chemical and microbiological testing, monitoring strategies, documentation, and protocols for preventing recurrence.
What you'll learn:
- Why dental-water quality must be monitored
- Common sources of waterline contamination
- Guidelines and regulatory considerations
- Differences between chemical and microbiological testing
- How treatment, shocking, and testing fit together
- Ways to establish a water-management protocol
- Strategies for preventing contamination
- How monitoring and documentation support compliance
This course is ideal for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental therapists, infection-control coordinators, office managers, and dental teams interested in dental-unit waterlines, testing, infection prevention, and compliance.
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