Antibiotic Stewardship and Appropriate Antibiotic Use

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

Overview: Antibiotics have improved health outcomes since the discovery of penicillin and its widespread use during WW II. However, their overuse and misuse has now threatened their effectiveness and led to superbug infections that are untreatable. This course will provide antibiotic stewardship guidance and cover the risks of inappropriate antibiotic use, including antibiotic resistance and C. diff infections. It will also review the latest ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines related to when antibiotics are appropriate for patients with odontogenic infections. Additionally, best practices for antibiotic use for extractions and implant placement will be reviewed. Prescribing recommendations as well as when and why antibiotics are indicated or not indicated will be covered.

 

Objectives:

1. Understand the current Clinical Practice Guidelines for appropriate antibiotic use for odontogenic infections, extractions, and implant placement.
2. Understand the risks and benefits of antibiotic use including antibiotic resistance and C. diff infection.
3. Understand and be able to implement antibiotic stewardship practices in your practice.
4. Be able to write prescriptions appropriately and inform patients on how to use antibiotics according to best practices.

Bio: 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: Drug Interactions / Drug Related

Provider Approval: (AGD) Academy of General Dentistry, 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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