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Pharmacology and Therapeutics

 
Pharmacological Approaches to Dental Pain Management: Navigating Substance Use Risk (Recorded Webinar)
Member Price: $0.00
CE Credit(s): 2
Retail Price: $0.00
Course Created on: 09/13/2023
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Description:

American Dental Association on-demand webinar
This presentation was recorded on May 25, 2023

Overview
Join the ADA Council on Dental Practice and Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS) to learn how dental professionals can describe safe pharmacological management of acute dental pain, propose conversations and education for opioid use and misuse and the need for referral of patients and providers.
Kimberly A. Sanders Pharm.D., and David Lesansky, DMD, share their expertise and answer questions. You will learn safe pharmacological management of acute dental pain and propose conversations and education for opioid use and misuse.
Presenters also review the need for referral of patients and providers at risk of substance use risk and the need for intervention.

Learning Objectives
• Describe safe pharmacological management of acute dental pain
• Propose conversations and education for opioid use and misuse
• Review the need for referral of patients and providers

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What Emergency Medicine Providers Want Dentists to Know About Opioids (Recorded Webinar)
Member Price: $0.00
CE Credit(s): 1
Retail Price: $0.00
Course Created on: 03/30/2023
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Description:
American Dental Association on-demand webinar
This webinar was recorded in March 2023 

Background
Emergency departments have a unique perspective on how to employ strategies to promote the judicious use of opioids and prioritize nonopioid multimodal evidence-based care when managing acute pain. Emergency medicine providers have adopted a targeted approach to acute pain with a focus on appropriate transitions of care for continued treatment. There is a shift in emergency care to equip all providers with the tools necessary to tailor acute pain management, break pain crises, and educate the community on nonopioid strategies for pain and appropriate follow up. Learn about the emergency medicine provider’s perspective on opioids, effective pain management, and why streamlined referral programs are essential to patients receiving appropriate dental care.

Learning Objectives
•Discuss the evidence based multi-modal nonopioid strategies utilized in the ED to address acute dental pain
• Review the importance of streamlined referral programs to connect emergency department patient directly with appropriate dental care and how to implement this strategy
• Explore the strategic initiatives set forth by the American College of Emergency Physicians to provide membership with guidance and support to appropriately management acute pain in the era of fentanyl.

Presenters
Dr. Alexis LaPietra, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, System Chief for Pain Management and Addiction Medicine at St Joseph’s Health in New Jersey

Disclaimer: The views of the presenter(s) do not necessarily represent the views of the American Dental Association

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Pharmacotherapeutics for Dental Practitioners: Local Anesthetic Agents
Member Price: $98.00
CE Credit(s): 2
Retail Price: $138.00
Course Created on: 06/26/2014
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Description:

Updated in 2018

Introduce evidence-based information that will help with the selection of the most appropriate local anesthetic agent for the management of pain in the perioperative period.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course the practitioner should be able to:

  1. Discuss the basic mechanisms of acute pain
  2. Discuss the pharmacology of  local anesthetic agents
  3. Discuss factors to be considered in the selection of a local anesthetic agent
  4. Discuss potential adverse drug events associated with the use of local anesthetic agents

Abstract:

 The most common complaint causing a person to seek the services of an oral health care provider is pain. Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Proper management of pain requires an understand¬ing of its complexity, an appreciation for the factors that determine its expression in the clinical setting, sound pharmacological strategies (local anesthesia) during the perioperative period, and implementation of  disease-modifying procedures (primary dental care).

Outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Physiology of pain
    1. Activation of acute pain pathways
    2. Intrinsic modulation of nociception
    3. Role of the higher CNS in pain
  3. Pharmacology of local anesthetic agents
  4. Therapeutic considerations
    1. Topical anesthetic agents
    2. Lidocaine hydrochloride
    3. Mepivacaine hydrochloride
    4. Prilocaine hydrochloride
    5. Articaine hydrochloride
    6. Bupivacaine hydrochloride
  5. Adverse drug events
  6. Conclusion

EPHARM21

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The Top 200 Prescription Drugs Part 1
Member Price: $49.00
CE Credit(s): 1.5
Retail Price: $69.00
Course Created on: 06/26/2014
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Description:

Introduce evidence-based knowledge essential for risk stratification of patients and for the developing oral healthcare strategies commensurate with the patients’ functional capacity.

Learning Objectives:
• Discuss the role of physical evaluation in risk assessment
• Discuss the concept of functional capacity and how to assess it in a clinical setting
• Discuss disease-related, treatment-related, and procedure-related variables

Abstract:
Our primary obligation and ultimate reasonability is the timely delivery of quality diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services, within the bounds of the clinical circumstances presented by patients. Consequently, we must possess knowledge and skills essential to determine the functional state of patients to undergo and respond to dental care. Diagnostic activities should be validated and focused  not only on identifying those problems that one cannot afford to miss but also to identify those patients with an increased likelihood of developing a disease and those who may experience an increase in disease severity or a medical emergency in the perioperative period.

Course Outline:

I. Introduction: Never Treat a Stranger
1. Physical Evaluation
2. Functional Capacity

II. Hidden Risk Factors
1. Disease-specific Risk Factors
2. Treatment-specific Risk Factors
3. Procedure-specific Risk Factors

III. Conclusion

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Pharmacotherapeutics for Dental Practitioners: Analgesics Clinical Implications
Member Price: $147.00
CE Credit(s): 3
Retail Price: $207.00
Course Created on: 06/26/2014
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Description:

Introduce evidence-based information that will help with the selection of the most appropriate analgesic for the management of pain in the postoperative period.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss the basic mechanisms of acute pain
  2. Discuss the pharmacology of analgesics
  3. Discuss factors to be considered in the selection of analgesics
  4. Discuss potential adverse drug events associated with the use of analgesics

Abstract:

The most common complaint causing a person to seek the services of an oral health care provider is pain. Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Proper management of pain requires an understand¬ing of its complexity, an appreciation for the factors that determine its expression in the clinical setting, the implementation of disease-modifying procedures (primary dental care) and sound pharmacological strategies (analgesia) in the postoperative period.

Outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Physiology of pain
  3. Activation of acute pain pathways
  4. Intrinsic modulation of nociception
  5. Role of the higher CNS in pain
  6. Pharmacology of analgesics
  7. Therapeutic considerations
  8. NSAIDs
  9. Acetaminophen
  10. Opioid agonists
  11. Adverse drug events
  12. Conclusion

Updated in 2018!

PHARM23

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The Top 200 Prescription Drugs Part 3
Member Price: $147.00
CE Credit(s): 3
Retail Price: $207.00
Course Created on: 06/26/2014
/education/ViewCourse.aspx?id=64|22590
Description:

Introduce evidence-based knowledge essential for risk stratification and dental management of patients with endocrine disorders.

Learning Objectives
• Discuss the medical management of patients with endocrine disorders predicated on the top 200 prescription drugs
• Discuss disease-related, treatment-related, and procedure-related variables
• Develop therapeutic strategies predicated on the patient’s ability to undergo and respond to dental care

Abstract
Our primary obligation and ultimate reasonability is the timely delivery of quality diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services, within the bounds of the clinical circumstances presented by patients. Consequently, we must possess knowledge and skills essential to determine the functional state of patients to undergo and respond to dental care. Diagnostic activities should be validated and focused  not only on identifying those problems that one cannot afford to miss but also to identify those patients with an increased likelihood of developing a disease and those who may experience an increase in disease severity or a medical emergency in the perioperative period.

Outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Endocrine agents in the Top 200 Drugs
    1. Mechanisms of action
    2. Clinical indications
    3. Adverse drug effects
  3. Endocrine disorders predicated on the Top 200 Drugs
  4. Risk stratification and dental management of patients
    1. Disease-specific risk factors
    2. Treatment-specific risk factors
    3. Procedure-specific risk factors
  5. Conclusion
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Pharmacotherapeutics for Dental Practitioners: Antibacterial Agents
Member Price: $196.00
CE Credit(s): 4
Retail Price: $276.00
Course Created on: 06/26/2014
/education/ViewCourse.aspx?id=80|28330
Description:

Updated in 2018!

Introduce evidence-based information that will help with the selection of the most appropriate antibacterial agent for the management of an odontogenic infection.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss the etiology of odontogenic infections 
  2. Discuss the pharmacology of  antibacterial agents
  3. Discuss factors to be considered in the selection of an antibacterial agent
  4. Discuss potential adverse drug events associated with the use of antibacterial agents

Abstract:

Most odontogenic infections are polymicrobial. The number of isolated strains ranges from 1 to 10 with an average number of approximately 4 isolates per infection.  Ultimately, facultative gram-positive and gram-negative cocci and bacilli; and anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative cocci and bacilli predominate in all types of odontogenic infections. Most odontogenic infections can be resolved satisfactorily through debridement (primary dental care). When antibacterial chemotherapy is indicated, the drug of choice should be either the most effective drug against the infective pathogens or the least toxic alternative among several available agents.

Outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Microbiology of odontogenic infections
  3. Pharmacology of antibacterial agents 
  4. Therapeutic considerations
    1. Primary line of treatment
    2. Secondary line of treatment
    3. Tertiary line of treatment
    4. Antibacterial prophylaxis
  5. Adverse drug events
  6. Conclusion

PHARM23

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The Top 200 Prescription Drugs Part 2
Member Price: $196.00
CE Credit(s): 4
Retail Price: $276.00
Course Created on: 06/26/2014
/education/ViewCourse.aspx?id=86|32484
Description:

Our primary obligation and ultimate reasonability is the timely delivery of quality diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services, within the bounds of the clinical circumstances presented by patients. Consequently, we must possess knowledge and skills essential to determine the functional state of patients to undergo and respond to dental care. Diagnostic activities should be validated and focused  not only on identifying those problems that one cannot afford to miss but also to identify those patients with an increased likelihood of developing a disease and those who may experience an increase in disease severity or a medical emergency in the perioperative period.

Learning Objectives
• Discuss the medical management of patients with cardiovascular diseases predicated on the top 200 prescription drugs
• Discuss disease-related, treatment-related, and procedure-related variables
• Develop therapeutic strategies predicated on the patient’s ability to undergo and respond to dental care

Abstract
Introduce evidence-based knowledge essential for risk stratification and dental management of patients with cardiovascular diseases.

 

Outline:

I. Introduction

II. Cardiovascular drugs in the Top 200 Drugs

  1. Mechanisms of action
  2. Clinical indications
  3. Adverse drug effects

III. Cardiovascular diagnoses predicated on the Top 200 Drug

IV. Risk stratification and dental management of patients

  1. Disease-specific risk factors
  2. Treatment-specific risk factors
  3. Procedure-specific risk factors

V. Conclusion

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