Controlled Substance Prescribing & Abuse: Tennessee Guidelines
Tracking # 20-654257
$30.00
What you'll learn
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Describe the origins and scope of the current opioid crisis in the United States.
• Identify current trends in opioid prescribing in the dental profession.
• Identify the various types of opioid medications and their mechanisms of action.
• Describe how opioids affect the body and the brain.
• Describe the most common pain medications used in dentistry.
• Distinguish between opioid tolerance, dependence, and addiction.
• Describe the symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
• Distinguish between opioid agonists, agonist-antagonists, and antagonists.
• Identify the most common sources of opioid misuse and diversion.
• Describe steps that dentists can take to ensure the safe handling, storage, and prescription of opioid medications.
• Describe the importance of screening for substance disorders in dental practice.
• Describe the function and impact of prescription drug monitoring programs in curbing opioid misuse and diversion.
• Outline the American Dental Association’s stance on the use of opioids in the treatment of dental pain.
Course overview
This continuing education program outlines opioid prescribing principles for general dentists and dental specialists with emphasis on the safe and competent use of opioids for managing acute moderate to severe dental pain. It is also approved for Substance Abuse training for Hygienists and Assistants. The course provides most current information on minimizing opioid abuse through patient education, careful patient assessment and screen patients for substance use disorders when indicated, and using tools such as prescription monitoring programs. It also focuses on substance abuse. Approved for both Tennessee Dentists and Hygienists
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Tennessee Board of Dentistry
Dental Assistant
Dental Hygienist
Dentist
Disclosure statements
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