Dental Management of the Medically-Complex Patient
This course aims to provide the general dentist with a better grasp on the management of medically-complex patients in the dental setting. Focus will be placed on the most common diseases and conditions encountered in a busy dental practice and will include a comprehensive overview of clinical cases. Discussion of each disease process and case will cover signs, symptoms, and complications; incidence and prevalence; etiology; pathogenesis; basic physiology, medical management including medical pharmacology; nitrous oxide use and general anesthesia considerations in patients with respiratory conditions, management of medically complex patients in the dental setting including dental pharmacology; management of medical emergencies in the dental setting; contraindications to dental treatment; oral and craniofacial manifestations; and interpretation of common laboratory, radiographic and histologic evaluation.