Learning Objectives
After completing this course you’ll be able to:
- Provide treatment of bacterial infections.
- List drugs of choice to treat:
- Herpes simplex infections
- Fungal infections
- Acute pain
- Chronic facial pain
- Dental anxiety
- Oral vesicular/ Erosive diseases
- Caries
- Summarize drugs of choice for local anesthesia.
- Discuss the use of prophylactic antibiotics to prevent infective endocarditis.
- Identify notable drug interactions for drugs used in dentistry.
- Describe complementary and alternative drugs and supplements.
- List pharmaceuticals for treatment of dry mouth.
- Describe orofacial reactions to medications.
- Identify signs and symptoms of blood dyscrasias and commonly implicated drugs.
- Provide examples of extemporaneously compounded agents for dental use.
Course Contents
- Treatment of Bacterial Infections
- Management of Oral Viral Infections
- Treatment of Fungal Infections
- Management of Acute Dental Pain
- Treatment of Chronic Orofacial Pain
- Local Anesthetics
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Treatment of Anxiety
- Treatment of Oral Vesicular/Erosive Diseases
- Pharmacologic Management of Dental Caries
- Drug Interactions
- Complementary and Alternative Medications
- Medications for the Treatment of Dry Mouth
- Oral Reactions to Pharmacologic Agents
- The Hematologic Impact of Pharmacology
- Extemporaneously Compounded Agents for Dental Use
- Pharmacologic Considerations for Tobacco Cessation
- Electronic and PDA Resources in Pharmacology
- Bisphosphonates