Course Description:

Dentistry and medicine are converging faster than ever before—and today’s dental professionals must stay ahead of the latest medical developments to provide safe, informed, and exceptional patient care.

The comprehensive 13-module video course, newly updated for 2025, delivers 8.5 CE hours of cutting-edge education designed specifically for the practicing dentist. Presented by the incredible Dr. Leslie Fang, it serves as the perfect companion series to The Ultimate Cheat Sheets and The Medical Guide for Dentists Treating Complex Patients. (Want to bundle the Ultimate Cheat Sheets and the Medical Guide? Click here.)

Each lecture distills complex medical information into clear, practical insights that you can immediately apply in your operatory. You’ll learn the latest developments in medicine that directly impact dentistry—including new guidance on antibiotic use, cardiovascular management, and emerging diabetes medications. The course also includes the highly sought-after Ultimate Antibiotic Bible, ensuring you’re equipped to make informed, confident decisions for every patient.

Here’s what you’ll master in this 13-module series:

Module One: Drugs that All Dentists Need to Learn to Use & Optimizing Use of Analgesics to Avoid Excessive Reliance on Opioids
Module Two: Local Anesthetics and the Controversy About Use of Vasoconstrictors in Medically Complicated Patients
Module Three: Antibiotics for Valvular Cardiac Disease & Antibiotic Premedication for Prosthetic Joint: The Final Word
Module Four: Antibiotics for Dental Implants
Module Five: Antibiotics for Localized Odontogenic Infections & Antibiotics for Spreading Infections
Module Six: Coumadin and NOACs: The Rapid Emergence of the New Oral Anticoagulants
Module Seven: New Anti-Platelet Agents: Brilliant and Efficient and Their Impact on Your Practice
Module Eight: MRONJ instead of BRONJ: Yet another Beachhead? Implication for Dentists
Module Nine: Dental Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease on Optimal Medical Management
Module Ten: Dental Management of Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Module Eleven: Dental Management of the Type 1 Diabetic Including Those on Insulin Pumps & New Medications for Management of Type 2 Diabetics and the Dental Implications
Module Twelve: Dental Management of Patients on Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound
Module Thirteen: New Developments in Viral Hepatitis and the Impact on Dentistry

Stay ahead of the curve, deepen your clinical confidence, and ensure every patient receives the safest, most informed care possible.

Purchase of this course will grant access for one year and requires an internet connection, computer with video and audio capabilities, and in some cases, Adobe Reader to view handouts and articles.

(When available) Watch the videos and complete the quiz to earn 8.5 CE credits.

Scientific support and additional resources are available here.

NOTE: Many dental boards require that a specified portion of your CE credits be via in-person attendance at live courses. Check your state's rules!

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Objectives

Module 1

Drugs that all Dentists Need to Learn to Use
Are these drugs safe?
how drugs can lengthen a patient’s QTc interval—predisposing him or her to arrhythmia

Optimizing use of Analgesics to Avoid Excessive Reliance on Opioids
how to help patients experiencing significant pain with the moderate use of analgesics

Module 2

Understand why you must know the functional status of a patient, specifically those using vasoconstrictors, before using local anesthesia.

Module 3

Learn how to minimize the risk of relapse
Recognize potential medications that may interfere with dental treatment
Identify signs of cross-tolerance

Module 4

Learn the updated guidelines for managing patients with valvular heart disease
Learn how to identify patients best served and most likely to respond to antibiotic prophylaxis^{(4074, 4075, 4076, 4077, 4078, 4079, 4080, 4081)}

Learn to answer questions about antibiotic premedication
Uncover hidden nuances in the administration of antibiotic medication

Module 5

Discover how the ADA guidelines came into being
Learn the appropriateness of antibiotic use on dental implant patients ^{(3998, 3999, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005)}
Learn to balance the benefits and risks of using antibiotics on dental implant patience^{(504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510)}

Module 6

How to select the best antibiotic for an odontogenic infection^{(454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462)}
How to determine the correct dosing schedule for the antibiotic

Module 7

In this module, you’ll learn how to make treatment plans for patients on new, oral anticoagulant drugs^{(4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4129, 4130, 4131, 4132, 4133, 4134, 4135, 4136)}

Module 8

Learn why more patients are using anti-platelets^{(463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471)}
Learn how to provide treatment for patients on Brilinta and Effient

Module 9

Learn how to apply risk stratification to patients on angiogenesis inhibitors
Learn how to develop trust with patients, while asking more cancer-related questions

Module 10

How to manage patients with stents
What kind of drug is placed in a dual therapy stent (DTS)?^{(4107, 4108, 4109, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4113, 4114)}
What research says about performing dental intervention after a heart attack^{(734, 735, 736, 737)}
How vascular health affects oral health (and vice versa)

Module 11

Good oral health provides tremendous benefits to diabetics
How diabetes correlates with other diseases
patients with insulin pumps often are taking additional medication.
how to prepare a patient wearing an insulin pump for advanced dental work. ^{(2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059)}

Module 12

The good news about viral hepatitis infection rates^{(4193, 4194, 4195, 4196, 4197, 4198)}
How a sharp decline in viral hepatitis will affect your protocol^{(4199, 4200, 4201, 4202, 4203, 4204, 4205, 4206, 4207)}

Module 13

What is the role of antibiotics for patients who present with dental pain and swelling? This is nuanced and can be very confusing. ^{( 3721, 3722, 3723, 3724, 3725, 3726, 3727)}
How can you determine if an infection is localized or a spreading infection in immunocompetent patients? ^{( 3881, 3882, 3883, 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887)}
How can suboptimal or unneeded dental prescriptions cause harm? ^{( 1997, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)}
What are the 18 new drug-resistant superbugs recently identified by the CDC? ^{( 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626)}
How and why should definitive conservative dental treatment should be prioritized?^{(709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714)}
What are the causes of acute dental pain and swelling as an untreated condition progresses through the stages from dental caries to necrosis? ^{( 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2787, 2788, 2789)}
How do symptomatic irreversible pulpitis (SIP) with or without symptomatic apical periodontitis (SAP) present? ^{( 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2461)}
What does “delayed antibiotics” (delayed prescription) mean? ^{(255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261)}
How does the antibiotic dosing schedule affect patient compliance? ^{(440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447)}
Which antibiotic would you use if a patient were allergic to penicillin? ^{(426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439)}
Why is QTc Prolongation an issue? Which drugs can prolong QTc? ^{(2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2231)}
Why is Metronidazole called the “piggyback antibiotic?”⁽⁴³⁹⁸⁾