Dentists have been inundated by patients with an array ofcomplicated medical conditions and pain/sedation management issues.This is in addition to a variety of legal regulations dentists mustfollow regarding the storage and recordkeeping of controlledsubstances. Avoid unknowingly putting your practice at risk bybecoming victim to a scam or violating a recordkeeping requirementwith The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and SafePrescribing.
This Practical Guide is ideal for dentists and staff asthey navigate:
* Detecting and deterring substance use disorders(SUD) and drug diversion in the dental office (drug-seekingpatients)
* Prescribing complexities
* Treating patients with SUD and complex analgesic andsedation (pain/sedation management) needs and the best use ofsedation anxiety medication
* Interviewing and counselling options for SUD
* Federal drug regulations
Commonly used illicit, prescription, and over-the-counter drugs, aswell as alcohol and tobacco, are also covered.
Special features include:
* Clinical tools proven to aid in the identification,interviewing, intervention, referral and treatment of SUD
* Basic elements of SUD, acute pain/sedation management,and drug diversion
* Summary of evidence-based literature that supportswhat, when and how to prescribe controlled substances to patientswith SUD
* Discussion of key federal controlled substanceregulations that frequently impact dental practitioners
* Checklists to help prevent drug diversion in dentalpractices
* Chapter on impaired dental professionals
* Case studies that examine safe prescribing and duediligence
Michael O'Neil
Community Dentistry & Public Health Dentistry Mundheilkunde Mundheilkunde / Pharmakologie Oral Pharmacology Zahnheilkunde Zahnheilkunde u. Gesundheitswesen Zahnmedizin