Dental Fall Weekend CE Lecture

2024 UF College of Dentistry Dental Fall Weekend
Featuring: Post Operative Pain Management

Saturday, November 15th 2024

Gator Dentists Reconnect

We look forward to hosting the 2024 reunion at this year’s Dental Fall Weekend. It's a time to celebrate as classmates reconnect!

The UF College of Dentistry is excited to host the graduating classes for the 2024 reunion cycle. Go Gators!

*All are welcome to attend the CE lecture.

The class reunion cocktail reception will be from 6-8 pm on Friday, November 15th at the Harn, and the tailgate will be on Saturday, November 16th in BMS, starting 3 hours prior to kickoff.
Reception and Tailgate for Dental Gator Graduates and Family Only.

Description

This 1.5 hour course offers an exploration of post-operative pain management, designed for dentists seeking to enhance their understanding and application of pain control strategies. Attendees will gain knowledge of the physiology of pain, non-pharmacologic pain management techniques, and pharmacologic pain management.

Objectives

1. Physiology of pain:
   Course attendees will be able to…
   • understand the mechanism of neurobiological pathways of pain transmission
   • differentiate various types of pain and the timeline of pain.
   • describe the endogenous pain modulation system.
2. Non pharmacologic pain management:
   Course attendees will be able to…
   • understand the various pain management strategies and how they interact with the physiology of pain.
   • describe best practice home care instructions for pain management.
   • understand non pharmacologic intervention for pain management based on oral care.
3. Pharmacologic pain management:
   Course attendees will be able to…
   • understand recent guidelines for the use of opioids
   • determine the necessity and appropriateness of opioid pain management
   • understand non-opioid pain management.

Speaker

Department:

DN-ORAL SURGERY

Jason Buschman DDS,MEd

CLIN AST PROF

• “I declare that neither I nor any member of my family has a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program greater than $999, nor do I have a financial interest greater than $1,000 in any commercial product(s) I will discuss in the presentation.”

Registration Information