Expanded Functions Level 2

Registration for Spring 2025 course is open. Registration closes January 17, 2025.

This course qualifies the enrollee for 117 credit hours.

Dates

January 24 & 25, 2025: MODULE I - Introduction and Amalgams

February 7 & 8, 2025: MODULE II - Composites

March 7 & 8, 2025: MODULE III - Pediatric Dentistry & Operative Dentistry

March 29 & March 30, 2025: MODULE IV - Pediatric Dentistry & Operative Dentistry

Make-up days, if needed due to inclement weather: April 11 & 12, 2025.

Fees

$7,495 – includes all materials and supplies, parking, lunches, breaks, and handouts.

Registration

Register through our CE Portal.

Upon completion of the course attendees will be able to:

• Utilize isolation techniques including rubber dam. 
• Restore Class I, II and V preparations with amalgam on permanent teeth.
• Restore Class I, II, III, and V preparations with composite resin on permanent and primary teeth.
• Restore Class II and V preparations with resin modified glass ionomer on permanent and Class I, II, III and V on primary teeth. 
• Place adhesively bonded sealants on permanent and primary teeth.
• Placement of stainless-steel crowns on posterior primary teeth utilizing crimping techniques. 

Documentation

The following important information may help you decide if Expanded Functions Level 2 is right for your office:

1. Class size is limited to 30 participants with a minimum of 10 participants to hold the course.
2. Student to instructor ratio will be 1 instructor to 5 students in the simulation clinic.
3. You will be required to provide documentation prior to the course that you have completed the following Level 1 procedures – 
   1. Placement and removal of gingival retraction material.
   2. Fabrication, temporary cementation, and removal of provisional restorations. 
   3. Applying cavity liners and bases and desensitizing agents. 
   4. Applying bonding systems.
   5. Placement of temporary restorative materials. 
4. Participants also must have a sponsoring dentist to complete the clinical portion of the course, and your sponsoring dentist will be required to attend an online (virtual) Orientation Session during the first module/weekend.
5. All modules in Level 2 must be completed to become Level 2 Certified.  This includes operative and pediatric dentistry modules.  The course is 117 credit hours over 4 weekends.
6. Schedules will be available at a later date. 
7. Once your registration has been accepted, you will receive further instructions for the Level 2 course.
8. There will be some courses provided online prior to your arrival to the UI College of Dentistry and you will be required to pass a pre-test prior to the first weekend.
9. We understand that this is a very tight timeframe to complete the course – however, we feel this is important in order to maintain continuity of the course completion.  We will have one weekend for makeup if necessary (i.e., snow cancellation).
10. All parts of this CE course will be held at the College of Dentistry, including the Saturday sessions which will be held in the Simulation Clinic at the College of Dentistry in Iowa City. The topics of the modules are subject to change.