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Demographic trends clearly demonstrate that as the average life-expectancy continues to grow in America, so does the burden of chronic illness. Thus, the contemporary dental practitioner is encountering an ever-increasing number of patients with a multitude of medical conditions and associated oral lesions which affect both the patient’s oral health and management. In addition, many dental patients see their dentist more regularly and frequently than they do their primary medical manager. This places the dental practitioner in the unique position of often being the first to observe the signs and symptoms of a serious systemic condition.
This course will provide a review of some of the common medical conditions and associated oral lesions the dental practitioner is likely to encounter in his or her practice. In addition, the historical and clinical clues of commonly encountered undiagnosed systemic conditions will be provided.
This course is intended to improve the practitioner’s ability to obtain and interpret the medical history and correlate these findings with the clinical examination to:
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.
Check-in: 8:30 AM
Program time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Webinar Course
Hours: 7
On the week of the course, you will receive an email with a link to this virtual webinar. This same email will also provide a link to the course handout as a PDF document. Download this PDF to your device. Remember to look for this email notice at the email address you provided us when creating your UT Health CDE account. Check your email account’s inbox, junk, and spam folders.
TSBDE considers a "Live Interactive Webinar" equal to an "In Person" course. Full CE credit hours are awarded to those who attend the course in its full duration. This webinar is NOT pre-recorded, it is live and interactive with the presenter. This course will not be held on campus.