Dr. DePaola is Professor Emeritus, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, and recently retired Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at the School of Dentistry, University of   Maryland, Baltimore. He received his DDS in 1975, completed a Master’s Degree in Oral Biology; is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists; and has a Certificate in Prosthodontics. He is the Director for dental training for the Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center and served as a member of the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs from 2002-2005. From 1998 to 2002 Dr. DePaola served at the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, Division of Extramural Research of the National Institutes of Health to help develop dental treatment guidelines for patients with HIV/AIDS and infection control practices to protect both patients and practitioners from the transmission of infectious diseases in the dental office. Dr. DePaola serves as a dental and infection control consultant for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Maryland Department of Corrections. In 2015, Governor Hogan appointed him to the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners and he was reappointed for another term in 2020. 

Well-known on the lecture circuit, he has presented at most major national meetings as well as numerous international organizations. Active in research, he has authored and co-authored of over 130 journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts and serves as a consultant to the American Dental Association and numerous other professional groups and private industry. He is the Editor of the Book Infection Control in the Dental Office: A global Prospective published in 2020 and Infection Control in the Dental Office in the Era of COVID-19 published in 2024.

Over the past 20 years, he has been awarded over 75 research and service grants, many in the field of antiplaque chemotherapeutic agents, HIV/AIDS, management of medically compromised dental patients, rapid salivary diagnostic testing, dental unit waterlines and infection control. Dr. DePaola was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus for Public Service for the year 2021 and the MSDA Presidential Award for Distinguished Service during the COVIC-19 pandemic.

Course Objectives:

1.      Understand the CDC guidelines and any changes within the last year

2.      Understand the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

3.      Outline the importance of a written office-specific infection control program and OSHA regulatory documents

NOTE: Participants must have previous basic infection control and OSHA training. This two hour presentation fulfills the OSHA Update and Bloodborne Pathogens for offices and staff. The office must record those in attendance as well as hold a meeting to customize the protocols for their offices.

You will receive 2 CEs for this course.  

Thank you to our sponsor for this event: Bien Air    

We are no longer able to arrange a single invoice for offices. Please register each attendee separately.  Thank you.

*Note: Only students in dental hygiene programs are eligible for our free student rate. 

Questions/concerns please contact:

   Betsy Di Silvio, RDH

   NVDHC CE Chair

   Email: [email protected]

Registration deadline: Monday, October 5th

No refund or cancellation one week prior to the course date.