Courses

According to the CDC over 48% of Americans are taking at least one prescription drug.  Understanding how these drugs interact with sedation medications is critical to patient safety .

In this course presented by DOCS Education Medical Director, Leslie Fang, MD, PhD, he discusses the mechanism of metabolism of drugs that are metabolized in the liver as well as the intestines.  The critical nature of the CYP450 enzyme system that is responsible for the metabolism of many drugs is broken down to help you recognize how drugs, including those used for sedation, work together and against each other. 

1 CE hour

In this presentation, Dr. Leslie Fang expounds on the new guidelines for the use of antibiotics in dentistry. One might think that in treating odontogenic infection, the key question is the potential for microbial resistance, but the treatment goals for the use of adjunctive antibiotics is—first and foremost—to improve debridement results and then, secondly, to prevent spreading infection.

1.5 CE hours

Dentists are the third-highest prescribers of antibiotics in all outpatient settings in the United States, and the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs has created new antibiotic guidelines.

The new Guidelines focus on localized infection, with a little time on spreading infections. They were predicated on a multidisciplinary evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio of antibiotics and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on antibiotic use for the urgent management of pulpal- and periapical-related dental pain and intraoral swelling.

Dr. Fang helps you understand and put them into practice. This is now included in the Full Ultimate Companion Series course.

1 CE hour

Did you know that Hepatitis C is almost cured? And Hepatitis B will probably follow soon? It’s true.

In Module Twelve of the Ultimate Cheat Sheet Series - you’ll learn…

The good news about viral hepatitis infection rates
How a sharp decline in viral hepatitis will affect your protocol

1 CE hour

Good oral health provides tremendous benefits to diabetics. It slows the progression of the disease. Yet, because diabetes correlates with other diseases, patients with insulin pumps often are taking additional medication.

In module Eleven from the Ultimate Cheat Sheet Companion Series, you’ll learn how to prepare a patient wearing an insulin pump for advanced dental work.

1 CE hour

In this 2 Part Module, you'll learn about the Updates in Coronary Artery Disease and Its Impact on Dentistry. The type of stent placed in patients with heart disease dictates the drugs prescribed to them. Currently, there are five types of stents, all of which work differently. Then you'll study Congestive Heart Failure, The Number One Heart Disease, and the Dental Implications. Dentists who opt to treat patients with heart disease must perform a risk stratification. That’s because a patient with a compromised vascular system is susceptible to multiple adverse outcomes. This is Module Ten of the Ultimate Cheat Sheet Companion Series.

1.5 CE hours

Anti-cancer drugs have been implicated for causing bone destruction in the jaw (MRONJ). The number of cases--and the number of drugs causing this osteonecrosis--appears to be growing. This is Module Nine of the Ultimate Cheat Sheet Companion Series.

1 CE hour