Course Description:
This comprehensive 11-module video course qualifies for North Carolina's dental license renewal requirements*. It provides 15 hours of CE credit that is issued upon successful completion and a minimum exam score of 75% on each module.
Meet your license renewal requirements before the due date of Jan. 31, 2027.
Presented by multiple top faculty members of DOCS Education, including Drs. Anthony Feck, Leslie Fang, Joseph Massad, and many others, this series will fulfill North Carolina’s dental license renewal requirements. The online didactic format allows doctors to learn on their own schedule, with no travel required.
Each individual course conveys up-to-date guidance on the clinical and practical issues that impact your dentistry practice. You’ll review the latest in assessment and management of patients being treated for substance abuse disorder, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease. Level up your emergency preparedness with lectures on airway maintenance, pediatric dentistry, and team response..
Instant Access to 15 CE Hours Across 11 Courses
100% online, self-paced learning – learn from anywhere and complete the courses at your own speed. Every course was selected for usefulness, applicability, and relevance to both general dentists and sedation specialists.
| Course Title | CE | Presenter | AGD Codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airway Maintenance, Management & Demonstration | 2 | Anthony Feck, DMD | 142 Medical Emergencies |
| Bring More Oral Surgery into Your Comfort Zone | 1.5 | Karl Koerner, DDS, MS | 250 Restorative Dentistry |
| Cardiac Rhythm Review with Leslie Fang, MD, PhD | 1 | Leslie Fang, MD, PhD | 750 Special Patient Care |
| Coronary Artery Disease, Congestive Heart Failure & Its Impact on Dentistry | 1.5 | Leslie Fang, MD, PhD | 750 Special Patient Care |
| Examining Addiction | 1 | John Hexem, MD | 157 Substance Abuse |
| Incorporating Sedation into Your Practice | 1 | Anthony Feck, DMD | 340 Anesthesia and Pain Management |
| Latest Antibiotic Guidelines for Dentistry | 1.5 | Leslie Fang, MD, PhD | 010 Basic Science: Pharmacotherapeutics |
| Patient Assessment and the Sedation Patient | 2.75 | Leslie Fang, MD, PhD | 730 Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology |
| Pediatric Physiology | 1 | Leslie Fang, MD, PhD | 430 Pediatric Dentistry |
| Planning Implants for the Fully Edentulous Arch | 1.5 | Joseph Massad, DDS | 690 Implants |
| The Highly Trained Emergency Response Dental Team | 0.5 | Jim Bovia, EMT-P | 142 Medical Emergencies |
*North Carolina requires 15 hours of continuing education, annually. Mandatory topics include 1 hour of controlled substance prescribing and, for first time renewals, 6 hours of professionalism/ethics
Watch the videos and complete the quiz to earn 15.25 CE credits.
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Purchase of this course grants access for one year and requires an internet connection, computer with video and audio capabilities, and in some cases, Adobe Reader to view handouts and articles.
Scientific support and additional resources are available here.
010 (Basic Sciences: Pharmacotherapeutics) – 1.5 hours
142 Medical Emergency Training- 2.5 hours
157 Substance Abuse- 1.0 hours
250 Operative (Restorative) Dentistry- 1.5 hours
340 Anesthesia and Pain Management-2.0 hours
430 Pediatric Dentistry- 1.0 hours
690 Implants- 1.5 hours
730 Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology- 1.5 hours
750 Special Patient Care- 2.5 hours
TOTAL HOURS: 15 hours
Release Date: 11/21/2025
An engaging international lecturer, Dr. Feck has been a featured speaker throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. His well-known teaching and lecturing style blends humor with contagious passion. As a student at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Dr. Feck won numerous awards for scholastic excellence before graduating with high distinction in 1983. He was then appointed Associate Professor of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry at his alma mater and has been in private practice in Lexington, Kentucky since completing his education. As the Dean of Faculty, Dr. Feck has played a major role in DOCS Education's growth as a leading provider of dental continuing education. Dr. Feck has also served as a consultant in the development of many new dental innovations.
Dr. Leslie Shu-Tung Fang is the John R. Gallagher III and Katherine A. Gallagher Endowed Chair in Clinical Excellence at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. A world-renowned physician, educator, businessman, and speaker, Dr. Fang received his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Illinois and his Doctorate of Medicine from Harvard Medical School. He is board-certified in both Nephrology and Internal Medicine and has been repeatedly honored as one of “America’s Top Doctors” and “The Best Doctors of Boston.”
Jim Bovia is a licensed paramedic who has been in the field for more than 25 years and has been teaching life-saving techniques to others for most of that time. As a member of the DOCS faculty, he’s training thousands of dentists and their teams in critical emergency protocols in a customized presentation that focuses on the issues that are most likely to occur in our field. Jim and his wife Sarah are part of the team at Life Support Services, Inc., a Michigan based company that teaches medical professionals, firefighters, paramedics and other EMTs a range of emergency service skills including ACLS, PALS, and BLS since 1983.
Karl Koerner, DDS, MS
Karl Koerner, DDS, MS has presented hundreds of didactic and participation oral surgery courses in the U.S. and around the world — speaking about twice a month at dental meetings both large and small. He is a former Associate Professor in Oral Surgery at Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine in Utah. Currently, he is an adjunct professor there. Dr. Koerner is the author of many articles on various aspects of oral surgery for the general dentist and has authored or co-authored four books on oral surgery. He has had a “surgery only” practice for over 20 years. In addition, Dr. Koerner has made several surgery DVDs with Dr. Gordon Christensen on various surgery topics.
Joseph Massad, DDS
Dr. Joseph Massad is in private practice in Tulsa, OK, a Fellow of both the American and the International College of Dentists, a Regent of the International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics, a member of the American Society of Dental Aesthetics, a Lifetime Member of the American Dental Association and is an honorary member of the American College of Prosthodontics. Awarded the PIONEERS IN DENTISTRY from the American University of Beirut as the third recipient ever bestowed this honor. Dr. Massad was also awarded LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the American Academy of Implant Dentistry for outstanding vision, dedication, and commitment to the field of implantology. Currently, he holds faculty positions at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Mass; the department of Comprehensive Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center Dental School in San Antonio, Tex; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Associate Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Dentistry, Memphis, Tennessee, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK and the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas. Recipient of Chicago Dental Society, "Gordon J. Christensen Recognition Lecturer Award”, and awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Implant Dentistry in 2019.
John Hexem, MD
Dr. John Hexem, MD is an anesthesiology doctor who practices in Saint Louis, MO. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Yale University, his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. He has extensive fellowship awards and diplomat status in the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Hexem spends much of his time treating patients with chronic pain.
DOCS online courses are available to the purchaser for one year from date of purchase.
No refund of course tuition is available.