Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Patients with Prosthetic Joints, Cardiac and other Medical Conditions

Overview

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This Course is a Live Webinar and will be live-streamed:

7:30 pm ET, 6:30 pm CT, 5:30 pm MT, 4:30 pm AZ, 4:30 pm PT

CDE: 1 hour

Overview: The topic of antibiotic prophylaxis , particularly related to patients with prosthetic joints has been controversial with multiple changes and recommendations over the last 20 years. Are you confused about when it is necessary to use antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with prosthetic joints, cardiac valve replacements, kidney dialysis, AV shunts, transplant patients and other medical conditions?  This course will make you confident you are treating these patients appropriately.  Additionally, best practices for antibiotic use for extractions and implant placement will be reviewed

 

OBJECTIVES:

Understand the current Clinical Practice Guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis.

Understand the risks and benefits of antibiotic use including C. diff infection.

Understand how antibiotic prophylaxis affects oral bacteremia and distant site infections.

Understand the biology and physiology of prosthetic joint infections and infective endocarditis.

Bio Dr. Thomas Paumier: Dr. Tom Paumier is a cum laude graduate of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry class of 1987 and completed a GPR at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio. He has been in private practice in Canton, Ohio since 1988. He is on the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital GPR in Canton and is a Fellow in the International and American College of Dentists. He was a member of the ADA and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons expert panels who wrote the Clinical Practice Guidelines and Appropriate Use Criteria for Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Prosthetic Joint Patients. He also was a co-author of the ADA Clinical Practice Guideline for Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Odontogenic Infections and was the 2019 recipient of the ADA Evidence Based Dentistry Clinical Practice Award. He was one of 6 dentists appointed to the ADA Dental Practice Recovery Task Force during the COVID-19 Pandemic. He regularly lectures to dental residents and students at Case School of Dental Medicine and NYU Langone Medical Center. He is member of the Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital Board and Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Mercy Development Foundation. He is a past president of the Ohio Dental Association and the Stark County Dental Society.

AGD Code: Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology 730

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the Academy of General Dentistry Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE) through the joint program provider approval of CE Zoom and Procter & Gamble / Crest+Oral-B. CE Zoom is approved for awarding FAGD/MAGD credit.

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Course Categories: Alternative Medicine / Experimental Techniques / Unapproved Modalitites

Provider Approval: Nationally Recognized (AGD-PACE) Academy of General Dentistry Program approval for Continuing Education

Educational Type: Live

Educational Method: Lecture

Prerequisites :

None 

Sponsor(s) : Crest + Oralb

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None

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