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

Cumberland Mountain State Park

24 Office Drive
Crossville, TN 38555 United States

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