UT Health San Antonio Continuing Dental Education UT Health San Antonio Continuing Dental Education

Opioid Use and Misuse: What Dentists Should Know - WEBINAR

June 28, 2022

Description

This course is intended to satisfy SBDE rules 111.1 and 104.1 as of this date. The material covered will discuss safe and effective pain management related to the prescription of opioids and other controlled substances as well as approved procedures of prescribing and monitoring controlled substances.

Objectives

After the presentation, the participant will:

Learn the history of opioid use globally.
Learn the nature of contemporary opioid overuse in the US
Learn how non-opioid analgesics compare to opioid analgesic efficacy.
Learn indications and contraindications of opioid and non-opioid analgesics.
Learn analgesic strategies to maximize pain control for their patients.

Presenter(s)

Ernest B. Luce, D.D.S.
- ERNEST B. LUCE, D.D.S., received his D.D.S. degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1985. In June of 1986, he completed a one year General Practice Residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Upon completion of the residency, Dr. Luce joined the Department of General Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Currently he is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Health Science Center, and he also maintains a part time private practice in general dentistry in San Antonio.
  
  His teaching duties include didactic presentations as well as clinical supervision of graduate general dentistry residents. Dr. Luce served as Head of the Graduate Division of the Department of General Dentistry and Program Director for the General Practice Residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from 1993 to 1999. He also served as the Department Chairman for the Department of Hospital Dentistry, University Hospital, in San Antonio during that same time period. You may contact this author at luce@uthscsa.edu

Time

Check-in: 5:30 PM
Program time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Location

Webinar/Virtual Course

Tuition

Credit

Hours: 2

Registration

For help or questions about this program, you can contact us at:
Phone: (210) 567-3177
Email: smile@uthscsa.edu

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