DIABETES: DENTAL MANAGEMENT AND LINKS TO PERIODONTAL DISEASE, 2ND EDITION

Course overview

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BASIC-LEVEL COURSE IS TO EQUIP DENTAL PROFESSIONALS WITH THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE CLASSIFICATIONS AND CLASSIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES MELLITUS, TO GRASP THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERIODONTAL DISEASE AND DIABETES, AND TO IDENTIFY PERIODONTAL AND OTHER ORAL MANIFESTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES, INCLUDING ATTACHMENT LOSS, ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS, GINGIVITIS, XEROSTOMIA, AND ORAL CANDIDIASIS. MOREOVER, THIS COURSE DISCUSSES DENTAL TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES, ADVERSE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HYPOGLYCEMIC MEDICATIONS AND ADJUNCT DENTAL TREATMENT MEDICATIONS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES. THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TYPE I DIABETES AND TYPE II DIABETES AND THEIR INFLUENCES UPON ORAL AND SYSTEMIC HEALTH WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED.