I-9 Oral Medicine: Management of the Medically Compromised Patient
CE Hours: 1.0
Description: Systemic health is related to oral health and vice versa. Many systemic diseases are manifested in the oral cavity and many oral conditions and therapies have a profound impact upon systemic diseases. In addition, some of the therapies used to these conditions have significant effects on the oral cavity. For those reasons, it is important for dentists (and dental health care professionals) to know about their patients' medical conditions before treating them and to understand which diseases manifest themselves in the oral cavity. This lecture will present a general overview of the principles of the management of medical conditions in dental patients. The participant will be updated upon current understanding of medical conditions such as antibiotic prophylaxis, bleeding and cardiovascular conditions.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the changing epidemiology of medical problems in dental patients
- Review the medical manifestations and treatment options for medical problems in dental patients
- Review the current dental management for patients with medical problems in dental practice
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Nelson L. Rhodus, D.M.D., M.P.H.
DR. NELSON L RHODUS is a Morse Distinguished Professor and Director of Oral Medicine in the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry . He is an adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology in the School of Medicine . He is a Diplomate ( and Past President) of the American Board of Oral Medicine. He is an inductee in the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Academy of Excellence and the Academy of Distinguished Teachers and the University of Minnesota Scholar’s Walk of Fame. He is on the Hospital Staff of the University of Minnesota Hospital and the Cancer Center. He has published over four-hundred scientific papers and abstracts and presented over four-hundred fifty lectures and courses throughout the United States and abroad . He co-authors a textbook: DENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE MEDICALLY COMPROMISED PATIENT and he is an editor of the Journal of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine., Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
