Hypertension: Risk Stratification and Patient Management in the Oral Healthcare Setting, Part A
Course overview
Participants in this course will be introduced to evidence-based knowledge essential for the risk stratification of patients with hypertension, the development of appropriate diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic strategies commensurate with a patient’s ability to undergo and respond to dental care, and the implementation of a hypertension-related wellness program.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course the practitioner should be able to:
Discuss the current and accepted medical management of patients with hypertension
Discuss treatment-specific, patient-specific, functional (exercise) capacity-specific, and procedure-specific risk factors and their impact on the dental management of patients with hypertension
Develop therapeutic strategies appropriate for patients with evidence of hypertension
Implement a hypertension-related wellness program
Presenter(s)
Disclosure
It is the policy of the UT Health San Antonio Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Relationships of spouse/partner with proprietary entities producing health care goods or services should be disclosed if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member will be shared with the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation.
Continuing Dental Education Staff members have nothing to disclose.