Allergic Reactions to Metals in the Mouth
Tracking # 20-805346
Course overview
This basic-level course reviews the importance of metals for human health, identifies common harmful metals and their role in disease, and discusses hypersensitivity reactions, with particular regard to metal allergies in medical and dental patients. Corrosion is also discussed relative to its role in the hypersensitivity reactions experienced by dental patients.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Louisiana Board of Dentistry
Dental Hygienist
2h
Clinical (pertaining to the actual delivery of dental hygiene services to patients)
Dentist
2h
Clinical (pertaining to the actual delivery of dental services to patients)