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Impact of Cannabis Use on the Provision of Dental Care

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Oral health professionals should be able to identify signs and symptoms of use and possible abuse of cannabis and cannabis products.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Discuss the legal and recreational use of cannabis and cannabis products.
  2. Identify signs of cannabis use and abuse in dental patients.
  3. Consider possible negative drug interactions in cannabis users when administering local anesthetic or sedation.

This course was issued in August 2022 and expires August 2025. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Lori Hendrick, MS, CDA, CDT, RDH, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in the Dental Assisting Program at Isothermal Community College in Spindale, North Carolina. With more than 20 years of experience as a dental lab technician, she owns and operates Athena Dental Solutions LLC, a dental laboratory and provider of dental continuing education. Hendrick is also the first dental hygienist certified to administer local anesthetic in North Carolina. Additionally, she is one of two dental hygienist representatives on the North Carolina Caring Dental Professionals Board of Directors, as well as the immediate past president of the North Carolina Dental Hygienists’ Association. Hendrick can be reached at: lhend001@odu.edu.


Joseph R. Hendrick, JR., DDS, maintains a private dental practice in Shelby, North Carolina, with a concentration in general, restorative, and cosmetic procedures. He has served as president of the Isothermal Dental Society, member of the Piedmont Study/Seattle Study Club, president of First District Dental Society, and is the current president-elect of the North Carolina Dental Society. Hendrick is also a member of the Isothermal Community College Dental Assisting Program’s Advisory Board.


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