Course Details

Friday, September 11, 2026
8:30 – 4:00 pm
7 MCE credits

Speaker: Brian Novy, DDS, FACD, FADI, FICD

Cariology in 2026: Heresy or Oral Healthcare?

Caries management is more than a risk assessment, and certainly more than increased fluoride concentrations and more frequent applications. When the public is literally being led towards more tooth decay and away from time-tested interventions, the oral healthcare infrastructure finds itself at a crossroads, on a frontier. Can prevention be cost effective if it’s not evidence based? Who and where are the oral health champions in dental settings? If AI drives more remineralization over restorative interventions what can go horribly wrong?

In a world where preventionists are sidelined while the public hears nanohydroxyapatite cures tooth decay and fluoride will lower your IQ, will providers reach for an increasing volume of treatments for caries with no peer reviewed research to back them up? The oral healthcare ecosystem is poised for some sort of revolution, but where are the weapons and what might they accomplish?

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Improve the prognosis of patient care
• Explain the facets of effective disease management
• Describe critical components of disease management strategies that hinder success
• Discuss roles and goals of Oral Health Agents
• Defend evidence-based anionic remineralization AND research based caries reversal
• Identify highest risk patients before they develop disease
• Position your practice for the next fluoride resistant patient

Audience: Hygienists, Dentists, Dental Assistants

COURSE HANDOUTS

• TBD