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8th Annual Alan J. Drinnan Memorial Symposium
Medically Complex Patients: The Role for Oral Health Professionals
Friday, October 5, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 pm (3 CE hrs)
Room 106-A
Dentists play an important role as primary healthcare professionals. They screen and monitor patients for underlying medical conditions and are required to render dental care to an array of medically complex patients. Providing oral healthcare for medically complex patients in today's rapidly changing medical environment is a daunting responsibility. This lecture will simplify this task by explaining and providing clinical protocols for dental care of patients with complex medical conditions and delineate the role a dentist plays in their patients' overall health and well-being.
Participants in this course will learn:
- how obtained health information impacts on routine dental care
- how to interpret information that may indicate underlying medical problems
- how to alter routine dental care according to patient's medical condition
- how to apply protocols that are used to provide safe and appropriate care for the medically complex dental patient
- how to be a contributing member in the overall health of the patient
- how to remain sensitive to related legal issues
Recommended for.... Dentists, Hygienists, and Assistants.
Michael Glick, DMD is Professor of Oral Medicine and Dean, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo. Dr. Glick has authored more than 200 journal publications, numerous book chapters and has written and co-edited several textbooks, including "Dental Management of Patients with HIV" and "Burket's Oral Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment" (10th and 11th eds.). He serves on several national and international committees, including Chairman of the Science Committee for FDI, the World Dental Federation. He has lectured extensively both within the United States and internationally. Dr. Glick is the immediate past-President of the American Board of Oral Medicine and serves as the Editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
Dr. Glick, or an immediate family member, has a significant relationship with the following commercial organization whose products he will refer to in this presentation: ADEC, Inc.
UB School of Dental Medicine
Giving to the School of Dental Medicine