Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development

Continuing Dental Education

This credit is accepted by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry for re-licensure credit. Participants licensed outside of Tennessee should check with their licensing board. To apply for CDE credit hours for an educational activity, you must complete the CDE application form up to three months in advance. You will be required to create a profile.

Policies Regarding Commercial or Promotional Conflict of Interest

The CDE Planning Committee and staff of the office of Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD), UTGSM are solely responsible for the program content of all CDE courses. The CDE Planning Committee will ensure scientific integrity, faculty selection and avoid commercial influence.

Additionally:

• All commercial relationships of the CDE Planning Committee, course director(s), and speakers will be fully disclosed prior to the start of the CDE activity

• Promotional materials and/or product-specific advertisements of any kind will be kept separate from all CDE course content

• Arrangements for commercial exhibits or advertisements with commercial sponsors will not influence the planning of the CDE courses and are not a provision of commercial support

• A balanced view of all therapeutic options will be presented at all times and, whenever possible, generic names/terms will be used

• Any outside source(s) of financial support will be acknowledged in all printed announcements and brochures and at the beginning of the course

• Only unrestricted funding is accepted for any and all CDE courses

• The responsibility of reviewing course content for conflicts of interest will rest with the CDE Planning Committee and/or the designated course director