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Antibiotic Update: An Infectious Subject That Should Not Bug You
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
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4 lecture credit hours |
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Tuition: |
$200 (dentists)
$100 (auxiliaries)
If applicable, one discount may be applied:
- Register by 10/2/09 and save $25 off full tuition
- Penn Dental Medicine Alumni: 25% discount
- Penn Dental Medicine Faculty: 50% discount
- Active Duty Military: 25% discount
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Location: |
The Robert Schattner Center
Penn Dental Medicine
240 South 40th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Course Description:
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The prescribing of antibiotics is a routine part of dental practice. However, their overuse has lead to the development of resistant bacterial strains and unnecessary side effects and drug interactions. This course will review the basics of antibiotic pharmacology, emphasizing dosing strategies, important drug interactions, and recent changes in the guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis. This course is geared toward general dentists, specialists, and hygienists.
This course will enable participants to:
- Discuss the mechanism of actions of commonly employed antibiotics in dentistry.
- Identify the cardiovascular conditions where antibiotic prophylaxis is necessary before invasive dental procedures.
- Discuss the evidence supporting and refuting the alleged interaction between antibiotics and oral contraceptives.
- Discuss the common side effects of antibiotics employed in dental medicine.
Discuss the benefits of employing local delivery systems of antibiotics over systemic antibiotics in treating periodontal disease. |
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Speakers:
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Elliot V. Hersh, DMD, MS, PhD
Dr. Hersh is Professor of Pharmacology at Penn Dental Medicine and Chair of IRB #3 Office of Regulatory Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his DMD degree from UMDNJ-NJDS and his MS and PhD degrees from UMDNJ – Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He has published extensively in the areas of dental pharmacology, drug interactions, analgesics, and local anesthetics, and he was the 2007 recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award in Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology from the International Association of Dental Research.
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