Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Dentists

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 1.5 hours of CE credit by Farran Media.
AGD Code: 016.

The fee to view this course is $36. This cost includes the fee to take the exam and claim your CE credits.

Synopsis:

Providing dental care to medically-complex patients continues to be a major challenge facing dentists. Despite advances in management techniques and treatment delivery, patients’ preexisting conditions and experiences contribute to difficult dental cases which often require antibiotic prophylaxis or in the case of acute infections, appropriate treatment. Your challenge of matching the right drug to the right bug at the right time and at the right dose for the right patient and the right procedure will be described to a depth that makes this program clinically useful. So what do you really need to know about all of those new antibiotics you keep hearing about? Are they really the latest and greatest? Are there really new guidelines when it comes to antibiotic prophylaxis?

This program reviews the basics of antibiotic pharmacology with a particular focus on the dental realm. The goal of making dental pharmacology useful at chair side beginning on Monday morning will be emphasized. The principles of infectious diseases management are simplified so that the most salient points are distilled into useful tenants that will help you make the best prescription choice for your patients under all circumstances.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss the principles of antibiotic pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
• Understand the clinical significance of matching the right drug to the right bug.
• Learn how to be a better prescriber and how to write better antibiotic prescriptions in order to match the right drug at the right dose to the right patient and the right procedure.
• Recognize the importance of the different antibiotic classes and their different mechanisms of action.
• Appreciate the recent updates in antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiac, orthopedic and immunocompromised patients.

Description of Speaker:
Dr. Mark Donaldson received his baccalaureate degree from the University of British Columbia, and his Doctorate in Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Washington. He has further completed a residency at Canada's largest tertiary care facility, Vancouver General Hospital, and is the current Director of Pharmaceutical Services at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Dr. Donaldson is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Montana in Missoula, and Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Dentistry at the Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He has a special interest in dental pharmacology and has lectured internationally to both dental and medical practitioners. He has spent the last twelve years focusing on dental pharmacology and the art of dental therapeutics, and has become a leader in this field of study. Dr. Donaldson has a number of published works in the peer-reviewed literature, and has spent three years in Japan focusing on cross-cultural communication and internationalization. He currently serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of the American Dental Association.

Disclosure:
Mark Donaldson declares that neither he nor any member of his family have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing education program. Although commercially available products are discussed, no financial arrangements exist between the manufacturers and Dr. Donaldson.

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