Third District Dental Society - 2009 Continuing Education Program

 


The Ultimate “Cheat Sheet” Lecture: The Practical Guide for the Dental Team

 

Robert C. Fazio, DMD

Friday, April 3, 2009

 

The NEW Holiday Inn Express

400 Old Loudon Road, Latham (corner Rt. 9, Rt. 9R and Old Loudon Road)

 

In conjunction with the Fourth District Dental Society

 

An honors graduate of Harvard College and an honors graduate of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Fazio also completed Clinical Fellowships in Periodontology and Oral Medicine at Harvard.  He is currently Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine.  His current books include, Oral Medicine Secrets and The Ultimate Cheat Sheets – The Practical Guide for Dentists He is also the co-author of Principles and Practice of Oral Medicine.

 

Dr. Fazio has presented Continuing Education Courses throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.  Dr. Fazio serves on the editorial board for the Journals: Inside Dentistry, Compendium of Continuing Education, and the Journal of Interdisciplinary Dentistry.

 

He maintains a private practice limited to Oral Medicine and Periodontology in Norwalk, Connecticut.

This CHAIRSIDE FRIENDLY course is for the clinician seeing patients on a daily basis. It will focus on the principle drugs prescribed by dentists including Antibiotics for Acute Infections and for all Antibiotic Prophylaxis situations; including intra-cardiac devices, vascular grafts, dialysis accesses, the myriad intravenous devices, prosthetic joints and hydrocephalus shunts.  Analgesics Protocols for post operative pain and Local Anesthetic options will be emphasized.  The dental team is faced with an aging population with a myriad of medical problems and physician prescribed medications. The purpose of this course, is to provide the dental team a framework for choosing antibiotics, analgesics, anesthetics and other TOP 50 DENTAL PRESCRIPTIONS in the context of potential Drug-Drug Interactions and Disease related complications of the Medically Compromised Patient.