Fall CE Event
November 1, 2024 Fall CE
Brought to you by the Upper Cumberland and Chattanooga DHAs
Earn 4 CE for the day!
Pharmacology Review for Dental Hygienists-Limited Prescriptive Authority
2 CE
Dental Hygienists will receive Basic Overview of Pharmacology to accompany the Limited Prescriptive Authority Certification course.
Objectives:
Define drugs used in dentistry and how those drugs may interact with a patient’s other medicines or medical conditions.
Review Drug Regulations
Review Drug Types and Names
Review pharmacology of drug actions, factors that alter drug effects and adverse drug reactions.
Be provided prescription writing, documentation protocols and database
Limited Prescriptive Authority
2 CE
Dental Hygienists will be able to prescribe fluoride agents, topical oral anesthetics and non-systemic oral antimicrobials to a patient under general supervision of a licensed dentist.
Objectives:
- Define Limited Prescriptive Authority as based on State of TN requirements for
Dental Hygienists - Identify approved preventive agents including recommended dosage
- Discover indications, contraindications and potential side effects of prescriptive
Agents - Review requirements to obtain certification through the Tennessee Board of Dentistry
Schedule of Events
Time: 7:30am-8:30pm
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am-10:30am
Pharmacology
Presented by:
Tena A. Phillip’s, DDS Professor
Supervising Dentist
Dental Assistant and Dental Hygiene Programs
Chattanooga State Community College
10:30am-11:00am Break
11:00am-1:00pm
Limited Prescriptive Authority
Presented by:
Lynn S. Russell, RDH, EdD
Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene
University of TN – Health Sciences College-Memphis Campus
1:00pm-1:30pm
Closing Remarks