Dental Didactics provides these dental continuing education courses for relicensure purposes only. They are provided to update dental professionals on current research and treatment protocols in general. They are not intended to encourage dental professionals to manage clinical conditions that fall outside the scope of the practice of dentistry. Likwewise, they are not intended to encourage general dentists to attempt treating dental conditions that fall outside the scope of a general dental practice and should receive the attention of an appropriate dental specialist. The courses are not intended to address the specific needs of any particular patient or individual. Dental Didactics assumes no responsibility and cannot be held liable for the clinical diagnosis or treatment of any individual patient. Clinicians are encouraged to pursue specific, accredited clinical training related to any didactic course topic before incorporating the didactic information into their practice. Funding for this site comes exclusively from course sales revenues. Dental Didactics in not affiliated with, nor does it receive funds from, any commercial interests. Any referral to a specific commercial product or technology is coincidental and does not imply a product endorsement. Although every effort has been made to assure the accuracy and timeliness of the information included in these courses at the time of publication, Dental Didactics is not liable for damages arising from the employment of this information in clinical practice. Dental Didactics encourages all practitioners to seek accredted clinical training related to any didactic course before incorporating the didactic information into their practice.