USC Ruth Ragland 31st Dental Hygiene Symposium
USC Ruth Ragland 31st Dental Hygiene Symposium Lecture Radisson Midtown at USC 3540 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90007 Saturday, March 11, 2017 9 00am 5 00pm 7 Continuing Education Hours REGISTER NOW Symposium Chair Diane Melrose,
USC Ruth Ragland 31st Dental Hygiene Symposium
Lecture:
3540 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90007
Saturday, March 11, 2017 9:00am – 5:00pm
7 Continuing Education Hours
Symposium Chair:
Diane Melrose, RDH, BS, MA, (Symposium Director)
Speaker:
Stanley F. Malamed, DDS
Synopsis:
The Ruth Ragland Symposium is designed to present cutting edge information on periodontal nonsurgical therapies, clinical techniques, anesthesia, preventive strategies for dental caries and methods for the effective delivery of oral health care.
LOCAL ANESTHETICS – Dentistry’s Most Important Drugs
Local anesthesia forms the backbone of pain control techniques in contemporary dental practice. The subject of pain control in dentistry has undergone a recent renewal of interest, a renaissance. In this program Doctor Malamed will present an in-depth discussion of the many aspects of this important area of daily dental practice.
An important area of research has been the development of new drugs, both local anesthetics, such as articaine, as well as drugs to reverse soft tissue anesthesia – phentolamine mesylate, buffered lidocaine – producing a more rapid onset, more comfortable injection and more profound anesthesia, and the nasal local anesthetic mist – Kovanaze, providing needle-less anesthesia to maxillary non-molar teeth. These and other areas of current research into improving pain control will be discussed.
Is the “Mandibular Block” Passé?
Local anesthesia forms the backbone of pain control techniques in contemporary dental practice. The subject of pain control in dentistry has undergone a recent renewal of interest, a renaissance. In this program Doctor Malamed will present an in-depth discussion of the problem in achieving MANDIBULAR ANESTHESIA.
The traditional ‘mandibular nerve block’ has one of the lowest success rates of major nerve blocks administered in the human body. Newer techniques, such as the Gow-Gates mandibular nerve block; Akinosi-Vazirani closed mouth mandibular nerve block; intraosseous anesthesia; periodontal ligament injection (PDL) and intraseptal techniques have been developed in an effort to improve success in this area. The local anesthetic articaine HCl has been demonstrated to have significant success when administered by mandibular infiltration in adults, while more recently the ability to buffer local anesthetic solutions has demonstrated potential to both increase the rate of onset of anesthesia as well as increasing its depth. These techniques will be reviewed in this program.
Topics To Be Covered:
- Compared clinical characteristics of current local anesthetic formulations
- Describe the mechanism of action of phentolamine mesylate – the local anesthesia reversal agent
- Describe the mechanism of action and efficacy of buffering local anesthetics
- Discuss the mechanism of action and efficacy of the intranasal local anesthetic mist
- Name 4 methods of achieving pulpal anesthesia of mandibular teeth
- Describe the Gow-Gates mandibular nerve block
- Discuss the effectiveness of articaine HCl when used by mandibular infiltration in adult patients
Registration Fees:
Registration Fee:
Dental Hygienists/Dentists:
$265
Registration Fee:
Webinar: $195
