CE Showcase ASM2017: Anti-Infectives in the Dental Office: What’s New?

Highlights

• Clinical dental practice is immersed in the primary treatment and corrective management of infectious diseases of the oral and peri-oral region. Dental practitioners are faced daily to bacterial, fungal and viral infections.
• It has been estimated that 10 percent of all anti-infective prescriptions are related with dental infections. All antimicrobial agents may cause adverse reactions of varying degrees of severity.
• Understanding the interplay of host, microorganism and antimicrobials fosters advances in therapeutic choices and delivery systems when treating oral diseases.
• Understanding the rational use of anti-infective agents in dentistry, both in terms of the management of existing orofacial infections and for prophylaxis against the development of bacterial endocarditis or other infection post-treatment, is crucial.
• The lecture will discuss the common antibiotics, antifungals and antiviral drugs used in the dental office.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the prevalence of the various bacterial, fungal and viral infections in the daily dental practice
• Understand the rational use of anti-infective dentistry, both in terms of the management of existing orofacial infections and for prophylaxis
• Be informed of the adverse reactions and drug interactions that arise between medications the patient may be taking and antimicrobials prescribed