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What You Need to Know About Cannabis Use

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The use of both medical and recreational cannabis is growing, putting the onus on dental hygienists to understand how to provide safe and effective care.

AGD Subject Code: 010
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Identify United States Food and Drug Administration-approved cannabinoid drugs and recreationally used cannabis products.
  2. Discuss the therapeutic and adverse effects of these products.
  3. Note their possible effects on oral health and dental treatment.

This course was issued in January 2023 and expires January 2026. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.


Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for AGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID# 317924
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Anna Matthews, RDH, MS, is a professor and chairperson of the Dental Hygiene Program at New York City College of Technology. She has taught oral anatomy, pharmacology, principles of dental hygiene care-II seminar, and clinical dental hygiene, and has served as one of the clinic coordinators. Her research interests include emerging issues in dentistry and dental hygiene, microbiology of the oral and systemic diseases, novel pharmacotherapeutics and their effects on general and oral health, as well as interdisciplinary education, educational innovations, and technology in the classroom. Matthews is also a member of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Editorial Advisory Board. She can be reached at: amatthews@citytech.cuny.edu.


Sandra Stramoski, RDH, MSDH, is an associate professor in the Fones School of Dental Hygiene at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is also vice president of the Southwestern Dental Hygienists’ Association. Stramoski received the Mabel C. McCarthy Award for service to the profession in the state of Connecticut in 2013. She is a member of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Peer Review Panel.


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