California-required Prescribing Schedule II Opioid drugs. Satisfies the new California mandate for all narcotic prescribers to complete a 2-hour continuing education course on the responsibilities and regulations of prescribing Schedule II opioids. Approved by California Board of Dentistry for license renewal.
Discusses:
- National Opioid crisis
- Statistics of United States opioid prescribing
- Pharmacology of opioids
- Common dental pain management drugs
- non-opiate first-line pain medications
- Best practices of pain management in dentistry
- Common pain management regimens
- Pain medication mechanisms of action
- management of vulnerable populations
- adverse outcomes from opioid misuse
- CREWS 2.0 mandates
- recognition of opioid misuse signs and symptoms
Dental Didactics is an approved California Dental Board Registered CE Provider: RP3768, as well as an Academy of General Dentistry National PACE Provider #217643
