Opioid Addiction, Pharmacology and the Dentist’s Role in Responsible Prescribing
About This Event
This clinically relevant presentation helps clinicians understand the extent and nature of the opioid crisis and how to identify patients who may be seeking dental practices to satisfy opioid addiction. The presentation covers the pharmacological basis for using a multimodal post-operative pain management protocol and provides a predictable analgesic protocol that typically has patients pain-free within 3 to 5 days while minimizing reliance on narcotics. The course also reviews government regulatory requirements and when glucocorticosteroids may be of value.
Learning Objectives
- How extensive the opioid crisis is.
- How clinicians can identify patients who are at risk for opioid abuse.
- Government regulatory agencies' requirements for clinicians regarding what to do and know.
- Opioid pharmacology for pain relief and how it can lead to addiction.
- Methods for controlling immediate and delayed post-operative pain by utilizing pharmacological agents that block specific pain-generating pathways.
- When the use of glucocorticosteroids may be of value.
- Participants will learn tips on how to avoid being the “
- Office to seek out if the patient wants narcotics”
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- Dental clinicians can predictably diminish post-operative pain by understanding and utilizing a non-addictive multimodal pain control protocol.
- Participants will be presented with pharmacological principles that can provide adequate and predictable post-operative analgesia without relying on narcotics.
Additional Event Information
Target Audience
Dentists, Dental auxiliaries
Event Format
Virtual
CE Credits
2*