AGD 2016 in Boston
 
L29: Medicine, Dentistry & Drugs



Subject:   016 - Pharmacotherapeutics
Credits:     3, Lecture
Saturday, July 16th:  1 to 4 p.m. 
Audience:   D, A, ST, R
Fee: $60
Location: Level 2, Room 207

Speaker Bio: New Haven, CT; private practice limited to periodontology, implants and oral medicine; associate professor in surgery, Yale University School of Medicine,

Description: This CHAIRSIDE FRIENDLY course is for clinicians. It is the follow up course to the morning session, “Antibiotics in Dentistry”. The dentist is faced with an aging population with a myriad of medical problems and physician prescribed medications. Medical problems like Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension therapy, Anticoagulant therapy and the drugs for a myriad of Cardiovascular Diseases directly affect Dental Treatment Planning and prescriptions written by the dentist. This course will provide the dentist with a framework for choosing Antibiotics, Analgesics, Local Anesthetics and other TOP 50 DENTAL PRESCRIPTIONS in this context of potential Drug-Drug interactions and medical disease.

Learning Objectives:
  • Develop Algorithms for the Selection of Analgesics and Local Anesthetics and other drugs in the context of Medical Issues
  • Know the important interactions with physician prescribed medications and medical diseases 
  • Know the medical diseases and drugs that complicate the delivery and success of Dental therapy
Crest Oral-B is the Presenting Sponsor of this course.