This webinar will share lessons learned from a four-year journey to integrate dental technology, from D1 to D4 at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry. During this webinar, we will discuss the good, bad and ugly of curriculum innovation. Participants will learn three key elements for dental institutions to succeed in making dental technology accessible in their learning environment.

This installment of The Pulse of Progress: Legacy Builders in Oral Health speaker series examines how stigma, chronic stress, and prior negative healthcare encounters influence oral health behaviors, trust, and outcomes, particularly among communities that have historically faced barriers to access and representation. Participants will gain insight into how dental education and training can intentionally equip clinicians to recognize these dynamics, strengthen provider–patient relationships, and support more equitable oral health outcomes across diverse communities.

Join us to gain practical insights into curriculum redesign and leave with ideas to enhance integration and better prepare students for the evolving health care landscape.

This faculty development webinar explores how publicly available population oral health data can be interpreted and applied within dental education and academic practice. Speakers will highlight key oral health trends and demonstrate practical ways faculty can integrate population-level data into teaching, research, and community-engaged learning.

Join us to gain practical insights into curriculum redesign and leave with ideas to enhance integration and better prepare students for the evolving health care landscape.

This session of The Pulse of Progress: Legacy Builders in Oral Health speaker series moves beyond introductory awareness to examine dentistry’s evolving role in supporting and advocating for survivors of human trafficking, an often unseen population whose oral health needs frequently fall outside traditional care pathways. Through a moderated discussion, dental professionals engaged in clinical practice, education, forensics, and survivor advocacy will share lessons from frontline and systems-level work, highlighting ethical complexity, interprofessional collaboration, and sustainable approaches to survivor-responsive care.

This session focuses on practical application in real-world settings. Participants will explore ethical decision-making frameworks related to informed consent, impairment, confidentiality, and professional responsibility. The program will also examine communication strategies, including motivational interviewing and stigma-reduction approaches, to support patient-centered discussions about cannabis use, including motivational interviewing and stigma-reduction approaches. Risk management and documentation considerations will be integrated throughout to help clinicians navigate these scenarios safely and confidently.

This webinar will show you how NICHE-Dental can help you cultivate a more inclusive, compassionate dental practice that meets accreditation standards and improves outcomes for patients with IDD. You’ll get a preview of the NICHE-Dental content, including health disparities, collaborative care across the lifespan, real-world case studies, best-practice models and a robust resource library. We’ll also share funding opportunities to support, including the NICHE-Dental curriculum in your 2026 academic year planning.

Join us in this webinar as we bridge the gap between feedback and meaningful educational innovation.

This webinar will discuss the effects of global events on U.S. dental workforce composition and explore the idea of deglobalization and its effects on U.S. dental workforce composition (i.e., the mix of U.S.-trained faculty vs. faculty trained outside the US).