General Info and Policies
Course Location
Unless otherwise indicated, all courses are held at UAB School of Dentistry, 1919 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama. Program confirmation letters will include building and room information and maps.
Course Credit
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry Continuing Dental Education Program is an Academy of General Dentistry Accepted National Sponsor FAGD/MAGD Credit. The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
Tax Deduction
The IRS allows an income tax deduction for continuing education course expenses when course content is designed to maintain or improve skills required for an individual's business. Deduction expenses include registration fees, cost of travel, meals, and lodging. Please contact your accountant for detailed information.
Refund Policy
Tuition must be paid in full at the time of registration unless otherwise noted. We accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover. Tuition for no-shows will be forfeited, no exceptions.
If you must cancel your registration, please notify the Continuing Dental Education Department as soon as you determine you are unable to attend. Full refunds of tuition are granted only if written notification is received seven (7) business days prior to a lecture course and fourteen (14) business days prior to a participation or limited attendance course. Cancellations received within 72 hours prior to the start of the course will be subject to a 25% administrative fee. The remainder of the tuition may be applied to a future course. Please allow up to 4-6 weeks for some refunds to be processed.
Presentation and Cancellation of Courses
UAB Continuing Dental Education reserves the right to cancel any course, limit enrollment, modify the announced course content, or change the location, time, date, and faculty of any course as may be deemed necessary or advisable.
We encourage you to register early. This will enable us to protect course enrollment and avoid an unnecessary cancellation of a course. In the event that the School of Dentistry feels it is necessary to cancel a program, a full refund of the tuition will be granted. Attempts to contact all registrants will be made at the time cancellation is determined.
UAB Continuing Dental Education Programs cannot be responsible for the refund of any part of the tuition, costs of travel, or lodging as a result of unforeseen circumstances or events beyond its control.
New Knowledge Related to Dental Practice
Dental educational institutions have an obligation to disseminate new knowledge related to dental practice. In so doing, some presentations may include controversial materials of commercial references. Participants are cautioned about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when incorporating techniques and procedures into their practices, especially when the course has not provided them with supervised clinical experience in the technique or procedure to ensure that they have attained competence. Sponsorship or partial sponsorship of a continuing education course by the UAB School of Dentistry does not necessarily imply endorsement of a particular philosophy, procedure, or product.
Continuing education courses do not necessarily reflect the philosophies of the postdoctoral or postdoctoral training programs. Sponsorship of a continuing education course by the UAB School of Dentistry does not imply subject matter, product, or technique endorsement. Courses may include subject matter of an experimental and/or controversial nature. This material is offered to the profession for educational and informational purposes in a spirit of academic freedom.
Weather Emergencies
On rare occasions, inclement weather will necessitate cancellation of programs for that day only. If the University is closed, it will be announced on metropolitan area radio stations.
Clinic Patients
For courses involving clinical participation, patients are provided by UAB School of Dentistry unless specified otherwise within the course description. However, all patients accepted for treatment must be registered and will be charged a clinic fee for treatment.