|
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Marquette
University
 Milwaukee, WI
Alumni Memorial Union
Third
Floor Ballroom.
8:30 am to 11:30 am
3 Continuing Education Units
Cost =
$50.00
| If you graduated from Marquette University in the last five years or are a
dentist 65 years of age or older, you are eligible for a discount.
Subtract 20% from your total. |
|
Polypharmacy and the Dental Patient
The Affects of Medications on Dental Treatment
In the dental office, an adverse drug reaction (ADR) may occur with the
administration of a single drug. The risk of an ADR increases when managing
patients who use multiple medications. 40% of seniors take an average of
three medications.
Currently, persons age 65 and older comprise 13% of the population but
consume almost 1/3 of all drugs prescribed in the United States. ADRs occur
more often in older persons - often due to polypharmacy. The potential risk
of an adverse reaction rises from 6% for those persons who use two
medications to 50% for those who use five and to 100% for those persons who
use eight or more.
In the dental setting, taking a thorough health history and monitoring
the patient carefully can prevent most of these ADRs.
The medical conditions resulting in polypharmacy and the medications
themselves impact our patient's oral health and the way dentistry is
practiced.
Objectives:
- Identify medical
conditions
necessitating a drug
and its potential
impact on the
provision of dental
care.
- Identify drugs with the potential for oral side effects.
- Create a system
for assessing and
prescribing for the polypharmacy
patient.
Dr. Elisa M. Chávez
Dr. Elisa M.
Chávez is a graduate of Saint Mary's College
of California and the University of California San Francisco, School of
Dentistry. After graduation she practiced in private practice in San
Francisco, but then returned to El Paso to practice in community health at
Clinica de Salud Familiar, La Fe. After reflecting upon her experiences in
both settings, and the medical and dental complexity of the patients seeking
treatment in the community health center, she pursued and completed a
two-year fellowship in geriatric dentistry at the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor.
Dr. Chávez is currently an Assistant Professor
in the Department of
Removable Prosthodontics at University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry
in San Francisco. She provides didactic and clinical instruction on oral
health issues and dental care for frail elders and medically compromised
patients at pre and post - doctoral levels. She developed and directs a
clinical rotation in geriatric dentistry through On Lok Senior Health
Services and is also developing the Laguna Honda Hospital Dental Program
through the University of the Pacific. She practices at Jewish Home for the
Aged, where she is also the Dental Director. Her clinical and research
interests are in the relationships between oral health and systemic
diseases.
Dr. Michael Malone
Dr. Michael Malone graduated with honors from medical
school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He did his residency in
Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Fellowship at Mt. Sinai Medical
Center/University of Wisconsin Medical School in downtown Milwaukee. He
joined the Section of Geriatrics and has lead the Aurora Geriatrics
Institute at Aurora Sinai Medical Center for 10 years.
Dr. Malone is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health. He has lead the development of several
innovations in medical education such as "ACE cards" and is the Editor of
the American Geriatrics Society's on-line CME programs. He is the
Coordinating Edi-tor of Oakstone Medical Publishing's monthly audiotape
based CME program called "Practical Reviews in Geriatric Medicine". He
joined Dr. Ed Duthie and Dr. Paul Katz as Edi-tor of Elsevier Publishing's
"Practice of Geriatrics, Fourth Edition" to be released in spring 2007.
Marquette
University School of Dentistry is a Recognized Provider by the American
Dental Association's Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP).
[
return to top
]
