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Sep 27, 2024
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DH 124A - Pharmacology for Dental Hygiene ICredits: 1 Instructional Contact Hours: 1
Provides introduction to drugs regarding terminology, action of drug, dosage, and precautions.
Prerequisite(s): DH 110 , DH 111 , DH 112 , DH 114 , DH 115 , DH 116 , DH 118 each with a C (2.0) minimum grade. Corequisite(s): DH 120 , DH 121 , DH 122 , DH 123 , DH 123L , DH 125 and LW 206A Lecture Hours: 15 Lab Hours: 0 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: No
Outcomes and Objectives
- Communicate effectively with patients and colleagues regarding drugs
- Describe the role of pharmacology in the dental hygiene process of care
- List and utilize the various online an computer drug references
- Discuss various federal drug laws and their impact on drug regulation
- Identify the various parts of a written prescription
- Discuss how to avoid errors in prescription writing
- Discuss the concept of generic substitution
- Apply the fundamentals of drug actions.
- Compare and contrast the terms pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
- Describe common routes of drug administration
- Describe the mechanisms of drug absorption through the various membranes in the body
- Describe absorption through the different routes of drug administration
- Describe the drug-receptor interaction
- Distinguish between a loading dose and a maintenance dose
- Describe the various factors involved in the biological variations of drug dosing
- Discuss the different types of drug effects
- Describe the effects of drugs on the autonomic nervous system.
- Understand the differences between the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system
- Illustrate the different types of receptors and neurotransmitters in the autonomic nervous system
- Identify drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system – sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
- Compare and contrast the effects of adrenergic and cholinergic drugs
- Describe the role of the autonomic nervous system drugs in dentistry
- Explain the use of vasoconstrictors (in local anesthetics) in dental patients
- Describe the effects of anti-infective agents in treating bacterial infections, including dental infections and tuberculosis, and in the prevention of infective endocarditis tuberculosis
- List the classifications of the different antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosporins, tetracyclines, macrolides, fluoroquinolones, and nitroimidazoles
- Understand the concept of bactericidal versus bacteriostatic antibiotics
- Describe adverse effects of the various antibiotics
- Explain the use of antibiotics in periodontics, implants, oral surgery, and endodontics
- Discuss the rationale for use of topical agents used in dentistry
- List the various antimycobacterial drugs used to treat tuberculosis
- Discuss the dental adverse side effects of antimycobacterial drugs
- Describe the effects of anti-viral and antifungal agents on the herpes simplex virus, HIV/AIDS, and other oral fungal infections.
- Illustrate the pathophysiology of herpes simplex viruses
- List various anti-herpetic agents
- Describe the appropriate dental management of patients with herpes labialis
- Describe the pharmacology of currently approved drugs used in the treatment of HIV infection
- Describe selected drugs with adverse side effects related to dentistry
- Explain dental implications of patients taking anti-HIV/AIDS drugs
- List common antifungal agents used to treat oral infections
- Describe the patho-physiology management of pain for the dental patient.
- Discuss the concepts of dental pain
- Discuss the commonly used pharmacological agents used for the treatment of orofacial pain
- Identify drug-drug interactions that pertain to dental treatment
- Describe the classification of narcotic analgesics
- Discuss when a narcotic versus a nonnarcotic analgesic is indicated for dental patients
- Discuss screening methods to detect potential patients with a chemical dependency
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