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A Demographic Dilemma: Hypersensitivity and Its Treatment
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Howard E. Strassler, DMD, FADM, FAGD, FACD
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For the dental community, the increasing life span of the average person means patients who require more dental health care for a longer period of time. As gingival recession is a condition that only worsens with age, its contribution to dentinal hypersensitivity cannot be ignored. Statistics show that approximately one-third of the nearly 78 million American adults, the baby boomers, over age 60 are at risk for recession in one or more teeth. With the impending flood of dentinal hypersensitivity cases that are likely to result from this demographic, the treatment of dental hypersensitivity is more important than ever. This course will discuss factors contributing to and treatment methods for dentinal sensitivity.
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Cardiovascular Disease and the Dental Office
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Fiona M. Collins, BDS, MBA, MA
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Upon completion of this course, the clinician will be able to do the following: Define cardiovascular disease and understand its occurrence in various demographic groups, understand the need for an updated medical history and risk factors to consider when screening and counseling each patient, understand procedural precautions that need to be taken in the dental office due to a patient’s medical history, and understand the current drug therapies for cardiovascular treatment and the implications of these medications for dental office treatment - including potential side effects, drug interactions, and adverse oral drug reactions
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Demystifying Recurrent Oral Ulcerations
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Cost: $59.00
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Michael Hurlbutt, RDH, BS, Lane Thomsen, DDS, MS
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Oral irritations and ulcerations occur frequently in the general population. Recurrent aphthous ulcers (RAU) are the most common. There are three types of RAU -- minor, major and herpetiform, the most common being minor aphthae. The exact etiology of RAU is not known. Systemic and local factors, as well as infectious agents, have been proposed. Certain medications and foods are associated with oral ulcerations, and chemicals such as sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) contained in dentifrices have also been implicated. RAU also occur in more serious systemic diseases and where appropriate patients should be referred for screening and medical care. Treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers is palliative, based on the severity of the lesions. Both topical and systemic medications are available. Nutritional and oral hygiene advice should also be given, and if patients are sensitive to SLS, a low-dose SLS or SLS-free dentifrice should be recommended.
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Emergency Medicine In Dentistry (Part One)
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Cost: $55.00
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Stanley Malamed, DDS
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Imagine you are in your operatory, treating a patient. You see his hand fall slightly off of the armrest but do not think much of it. You stop treatment to ask him a question and find that he is unresponsive. You quickly ask someone to tell the receptionist to call 911 and to bring you the oxygen tank. The receptionist, who is on the phone scheduling an appointment for a new patient, is not paying attention because she does not recognize there is a problem. When the oxygen tank finally arrives, you realize that it is almost empty and that you need a new one. You finally get another from an assistant, but it has no tubing, so there is another delay in getting the patient oxygen. The paramedics finally arrive but it is too late–the patient is dead.
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Emergency Medicine In Dentistry (Part Two)
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Cost: $55.00
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Faculty:
Stanley Malamed, DDS
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In Emergency Medicine - Part 1, you learned how to prepare your office to handle an emergency. Hopefully by now your in-office emergency team is in place and your emergency medicine kit has been updated for completeness, with replacements added for any outdated medications. We are now going to focus on specific medical emergencies that you may encounter in your practice and what you and your emergency team need to do to help your patients through them. There are four categories of medical emergencies described in this course. They are based on clinical signs i.e., sweating, shaking, rapid breathing) and symptoms (i.e., “I feel faint; I can’t breathe.”).They are altered consciousness, respiratory distress, allergic response, and chest pain. Your management of medical emergencies will be based upon recognition of the presenting signs and symptoms, always starting with PABCD.
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Nitrous Oxide, From Discovery to Now
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Roger Fleser, DDS, MS, Rph
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Nitrous oxide was discovered and first prepared in 1793 by an English scientist and clergyman named Joseph Priestley. Since then nitrous oxide has proven to be a safe and popular agent utilized by many dental practices. In this setting, its use is usually as a mild sedative and analgesic. It helps to allay anxiety many patients may have toward dental treatment, and it offers some degree of analgesia. As such, its use for phobic patients has been well established and remains its primary indication. Relative contraindications to the use of nitrous oxide include patients with psychiatric disorders, blocked eustachian tubes, bowel obstruction, colostomy bags, gas in the ocular orbit, and large tubercular lesions in the lung. When administered appropriately, nitrous oxide is a safe and valuable asset in decreasing the pain and anxiety experienced by dental patients.
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Periodontal Treatment: The Delivery and role of Locally Applied Therapeutics
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Fiona M. Collins, BDS, MBA, MA, Rob Veis, DDS
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Upon completion of this course, the clinician will be able to do the following: Understand the onset and progression of periodontal disease, understand the objectives of mechanical therapy, its limitations and the sources of these limitations, be knowledgeable concerning available systemic and locally-delivered therapeutics, their active ingredients, delivery systems and results obtained with each of them, and understand the potential advantages and disadvantages of each therapeutic option and how these should be considered when selecting the appropriate therapy for a patient.
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Review of Local Anesthetics With A Discussion of Prilocaine 4%
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David Isen, BSC, DDS
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Many studies show that prilocaine is as effective as any amide local anesthetic in the marketplace for adults and children. The choice of which local anesthetic to use might be decided upon by considering the duration of pulpal anesthesia required. Prilocaine can produce maximum pulpal anesthesia with minimal vasoconstrictor use, or it can provide short duration pulpal anesthesia with no vasoconstrictor use. As well, there are advantages to limiting or even completely eliminating vasoconstrictor from the local anesthetic solution. The patient’s medical history, acidification of tissues and pulpal insult are some of the factors to consider. Prilocaine is an effective drug to add to your local anesthesia armamentarium.
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Scaling-Up Productivity with Technology
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Charles Blair, DDS
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Dental offices’ clinical objectives are to provide patients with the best possible treatment that is effective and safe, and to deliver this in a patient-friendly manner. Business objectives are to maintain and increase production and productivity and to limit expenses, thereby ensuring the financial health of the office and increasing profitability. Technologies such as locally-applied noninjectable anesthetic gel and endodontic rotary nickel titanium (NiTi) files increase productivity. Both reduce chairside time and the potential number of visits, while the locally-applied noninjectable anesthetic gel also offers the opportunity to completely delegate a procedure. Technology plays a key role in the modern dental office in improving the standard of care and practice-building, improving convenience and flexibility for clinicians and patients alike.
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Treating Caries Chemically: Fact or Fiction
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Douglas A. Young, DDS, MBA, MS
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Science has identified three factors involved in decay: pathogenic bacteria, poor dietary habits and xerostomia. The Caries Balance Theory states that caries is the outcome of the complex interaction of pathologic and protective factors. The caries process involves demineralization and remineralization of teeth. Caries management requires risk assessment. For patients at risk, preventive therapies available include the use of antimicrobials, fluorides, xylitol, calcium and phosphate products, baking soda products and glass ionomers.
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