Updating Hot Button Drug Topics of Interest to Dentistry 2020

Course Description

This fast paced course will present an update of the latest drug and supplement issues of interest to dentistry.  List will include the antibiotic industry and the universal call for stewardship of antibiotic use, more drugs associated with osteonecrosis of the jaw bone, patient management on new blood thinners such as Xarelto and Pradaxa, pain relievers and America’s addiction to heroin, medical marijuana and the marijuana licensing industry, 2017 recommendations from orthopedists on premedication in hip and knee patients, development of anti-aging drugs, and clarifying the new onslaught of target-specific immune modulator drugs (i.e. JAK inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis); hot button supplements including chocolate, Co-Q-10, turmeric, echinacea, vitamin D, fish oil and chondroitin/glucosamine/MSM, will be updated.
The latest on C-reactive protein levels and the risk of heart attack, the different benefits and lack thereof of moderate alcohol consumption, and what supplements to take for maximum health  will be described.

The dental health care provider will come away with a thorough updating of the important drug issues described in recent scientific publications, and the mainstream media, that are relevant to dental practice and of interest to the profession.