The Handbook of Dental Therapeutics

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Dr Craig Brown - Moderator
BDS FADI FPFA FICD

Dr Craig Brown is a general dental practitioner and has been running his own two-dentist practice in Manly, Sydney, since 1988. He has held an appointment as Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at Charles Sturt University and was admitted as a Fellow of both the Academy of Dentistry International and the Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2015 and the International College of Dentists in 2021.  Craig worked for ADA NSW Advisory Services on a part-time basis for over 10 years, firstly as a Peer Advisor and subsequently in a consultancy capacity.

Dr Leanne Teoh
BPharm(Hons) BDSc(Hons) PhD FICD FPFA

Dr Leanne Teoh is a dentist and pharmacist, lecturer of dental therapeutics and an early career researcher at the University of Melbourne. Her research focus is on various aspects of medicine use in dentistry and dental prescribing practices. She co-authored the Therapeutic Guidelines Oral and Dental Version 2, is on the editorial board for the journal BMC Oral Health, and is a member of the Australian Dental Association Therapeutics Committee.  

Leanne has received several awards and scholarships, including the Rowden White Scholarship, International College of Dentists Community Oral Health Award for 2018, and the Ernest Joske Award in 2020 at Melbourne Dental School for research impact and publications. She is a founding member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Dental Network for the World Dental Federation.  

Prof Michael McCullough
BDSc MDSc PhD FRACDS (Oral Med) FOMAA FPFA FICD

Michael McCullough is the Professor of Oral Medicine at the Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne. He is the convener of both the post-graduate and graduate courses in Oral Medicine, has published over 220 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, and was on the Expert Panel for both editions of the Therapeutic Guidelines book titled “Oral and Dental”. Michael is an Oral Medicine Clinical Consultant to the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne’s Dental Clinic. Michael gained a Bachelor Degree in Dental Science in 1982, a Master Degree in Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology and a PhD in 1995, all from Melbourne University. He spent several years as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University in California during 1996 and 1997; followed by 3 years as a Lecturer in Oral Medicine at the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London. Michael has 27 years’ experience in clinical and academic Oral Medicine, was an inaugural Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in Oral Medicine (2005) by examination, and is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists (2012), the Pierre Fauchard Academy (2013), and the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia (2012).  

Adj Assoc Professor Geraldine Moses AM
BPharm DClinPharm Adv.Prac.Pharm

Geraldine Moses is a Doctor of Clinical Pharmacy specialising in drug information. Geraldine works part-time in the Academic Practice Unit of the Mater Public Hospital in Brisbane and is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Schools of Pharmacy at University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology and the Dental school at UWA. She also consults to organisations such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Commission for Safety in Quality in Health Care and the New Zealand Dental Association. A well-known educator and speaker, Geraldine has received many awards including in 2002 she was named Australian Pharmacist of the Year, in 2013 she received ADAQ’s Medal of Merit, and in 2019 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to health care as a pharmacist.

Synopsis

Drugs are an intrinsic part of everyday dental practice. This includes the drugs patients are already on, the drugs they have reacted to in the past,  the drugs to use during the procedure, and of course the drugs the dentists may want to prescribe.  This new text, Handbook of Dental Therapeutics is a comprehensive but succinct guide to the practical use of drugs in everyday dentistry. This webinar will present a summary of the various aspects of this book. Examples include appropriate use of the common drugs dentists prescribe, prescribing for the very old and very young, prescribing legalities and competencies, drugs associated with bleeding risk and medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.:

Learning outcomes:

  • Appreciate that the Handbook of Dental Therapeutic (HDT) is a companion text to Therapeutic Guidelines – Oral and Dental. The two are best used together.

  • Understand that the HDT provides introductory chapters on pharmacology, toxicology, and appropriate prescribing including relevant legislation, medication error prevention and explanations of off-label drug use.
  • Appreciate the scope of chapters covering drugs commonly used in dentistry from antimicrobials (including antibiotic prophylaxis), analgesics, anti-inflammatories, anxiolytics, topical medication and local anaesthetics.

  • Know that this book provides whole chapters on safe prescribing for children, the elderly, those who are pregnant or breastfeeding. 

  • Learn that special topics are addressed such as oral adverse drug reactions, medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw and drugs associated with increasing bleeding risk

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