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DE0212: IHS Recommendations for Management of Acute Dental Pain: A Collaboration with HOPE [Recorded Webinar]

 
Date: 10/01/2021 - 9/30/2022
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Online
Location: Online
Instructor: Brandy Larson
Director: Timothy Ricks
Level: Review
Audience: Hygienists, DHA, Dentists, Assistants
Quota: 5 - 500 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 1.00 (Total CDE); 1.00 (DANB Non-Clinical); 1.00 (AGD - 340)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

In 2018, the IHS unveiled the first-even dental pain management clinical guidelines. This 1-hour webinar will provide information on those guidelines, which were a collaboration between the IHS National Committee on Heroin, Opioids, and Pain Efforts [HOPE] and the IHS Division of Oral Health. The presenter will also discuss why dentists play a critical role in addressing the heroin and opioid epidemic crisis. This course was live on 10/31/18 and is available now as a recorded webinar.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe what the IHS Recommendations for Management of Acute Dental Pain document is and where it can be found.
2. Describe why dentists play a vital role in preventing opioid and heroin addiction and why dentists should be committed to limiting opioid prescriptions.
3. Describe specific ways clinics can limit opioid prescriptions.

Speaker / Presenter:

Brandy Larson — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at brandy.larson@ihs.gov.

Disclosure Policy:

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition Payment Information:

Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

Tuition Policy:

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.