Subject: 750 - Special Patient Care                                                   
Credits: 12
Friday, June 19 & Saturday, June 20: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lunch Break: 12  to 2 p.m. 
Audience: DTC (D,H,A,O,T) ST
Fee: $795 {$845}
Location: Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2007

Speaker Bio: Frederick, MD; private group and hospital general practice

Description: This course will provide attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to treat difficult or otherwise unmanageable patients. Discussion will include many examples of complicated cases involving medically or mentally compromised patients, from the apprehensive to the combative, from infancy to old age. These cases will illustrate criteria for case selection, protocols for pre- and postoperative care, and practical clinical tips for greater intraoperative efficiency. This course will prepare participants to implement or augment special needs dentistry within their practices.

Learning objectives:

• Understand how treating special needs patients can be both personally gratifying and financially rewarding.
• Learn clinical techniques for performing standard procedures on difficult, compromised, or otherwise unmanageable patients, including wraps, props, drugs, gas, portable imaging systems, and more.
• Develop protocols and checklists for treating special needs patients in the office, in the operatory, in the operating room, and off-site.
• Learn techniques for quickly and efficiently extracting a large number of teeth, with no wrist or body fatigue and very few fractures.

Additional funding provided by: Aribex, DentalEZ Group,  DUX Dental, Isolite, Lexi-Comp, Septodont, Porter Instrument, and Ultralight Optics.