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Speaker: Dr. John Coke, DDS, UAB School of Dentistry
About the speaker: Dental degree, Loyola University School of Dentistry; professor and program director, University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Dentistry.

Description:
Antibiotics and analgesics are the two most commonly prescribed medications by dentists in the US. What specific antibiotics and analgesics are needed in each dental office's "tool box"? Dr. Coke will present the alarming trends in the development of new antibiotics and how we as a profession can assist in slowing the progression of resistant bacteria. He will address any new trends in antibiotic premedication for dental procedures. A review of analgesics will also be presented and he will update on the less commonly prescribed analgesics that are safer for our patients. Lastly, Dr. Coke will review the newer anticoagulants our patients are taking and recommend how to effectively manage these patients for both routine and surgical dentistry.

Learning objectives:
Participants will be able to:

• Be knowledgeable of antibiotics and analgesics
• Discern how to effectively and safely prescribe antibiotics
• Learn about antibiotic premedication in dentistry
• Identify the most common anticoagulants our patients take
• Determine if we need to stop anticoagulant therapy for dental treatment