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Course ID: DENT090070 (Dentists)
Course ID: DENT090071 (Auxiliary)
Course ID: DENT090072 (Lunch)
What's New 2010 - Drugs & Dentistry: New Issues & New Solutions
Friday, March 12, 2010
Location: ConAgra Theater at the Strategic Air & Space Museum, 28210 W Park Hwy, Ashland, NE
Speakers: Professor Karen A. Baker
Credits: 6 hour credit NE and IA
Costs:
$175 Dentists ($150 if also attending Weeth)
$100 Auxiliary ($75 if also attending Weeth)
Course Description:
Dental professionals frequently face medically complex and chemically challenged patients who need practical strategies for safe and appropriate care. This course will identify new drug-related problems encountered in dental practice and outline practical management solutions. Controversial issues related to new antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines, dietary supplement dangers, and dental drug interactions will be presented. Emphasis will be on developing consistent strategies for treating medically complex dental patients. An extensive and current handout will greatly enhance the chair-side value of this fast-paced, comprehensive, and practical course.
Course Objectives:
After attending this course and reviewing the handouts, the participant should be able to:
1. Recognize the specific dental treatment modifications necessary to prevent complications in patients with major cardiovascular or central nervous system disorders,
2. Prescribe and explain antibiotic pre-medication based on new or updated guidelines
3. Modify dental treatment for patients on new chronic medications for diabetes, asthma, gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD), and rheumatoid arthritis, and
4. Identify the chronic medications or dietary supplements likely to precipitate major interaction with dental antibiotics, analgesics, local anesthetics, and oral or parenteral anesthesia agents.
Professor Karen A. Baker, a faculty member for 28 years at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, occupies a unique role in dental practice and education. She is a clinical pharmacist with a master’s degree in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, and is focused on patient-specific dental drug therapy. Karen Baker’s dental education-based pharmacy and drug therapy consultation center is the only one in the United States.
TOPIC SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. New Drug and Disease Management Resources for Clinical Dental Practice 9:00 a.m. Cardiovascular Medications (Hypertension, Angina, Arrhythmias)
10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. Cardiovascular Medications (CHF, High Cholesterol/Lipids,Blood Clots)
11:30 a.m. New Patient Management Issues With Prophylactic Antibiotics Noon Luncheon Break—on your own
1:00 p.m. Central Nervous System Medications
2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. New Endocrine Medications
3:00 p.m. Respiratory Medications
3:15 p.m. GI Medications and RA Medications
3:30 p.m. Impact of Herbal Medicine on Clinical Dentistry/Drug-Drug Interactions
Method of teaching:
Lecture/Discussion