Intro to Acupuncture Points and Needle Based Therapy in Everyday Dentistry
Intro to Acupuncture Points and Needle Based Therapy in Everyday Dentistry
Lecture
Course Fee: $350 30-day early registration: $315
Limited Enrollment
CDE Credits: 5
Saturday, May 31, 2025
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
This lecture course will provide an overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture points and different needle based therapy for managing common dental and orofacial conditions. Descriptions and applications will focus on a patient centered, personalized, integrative and complementary approach. Requirements to expand a scope of practice to include Dental Acupuncture will also be covered.
Course Topics
- “East meets West” the current evidence for Complementary and Integrative Personalized Precision care
- Eastern vs Western philosophy and diagnosis
- Dry vs Wet needling
- Common acupuncture point useful in everyday dentistry and management of anxiety and gagging
- Requirements to expand scope of practice to include Dental Acupuncture
- Aseptic technique, needle types and design, localizing common dental acupuncture points, and needling techniques
Instructors
Cynthia P. Diep, DDS, LAc
Clinical Educator and Assistant Project Scientist, Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry and Teaching Faculty, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine
Learning Objectives
After the course participants will have an understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s acupuncture points and different needle based therapy in a patient centered, personalized, integrative, complementary approach when managing common dental and orofacial conditions.
speakers/instructors and topics are subject to change without prior notice
Policies - Cancellation and Refund
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