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Pharmacodynamics & the Minimal Sedation Protocol
Educational Objectives
Topics Covered:
- How common physiologic changes can affect a drug’s pharmacodynamics
- How altering the structure of benzodiazepines impacts the sedation process
- How nerve receptors change configuration
- How nerve receptors internally control consciousness
- Why components are added to benzodiazepines
- Why large therapeutic ranges are preferable over smaller ones
- How to explain the relationship between dosage and response
- Why fat-loving drugs cannot coexist peaceably with water-loving drugs
- … and more.
Abstract
All dentists who administer oral conscious sedation want to keep their patients comfortable, happy, and safe. To reach those goals, dentists must understand the dynamics of each drug they administer. That is, they must know how the drug interacts with receptors in the body and the location of those receptors. This online course qualifies for 1 hour of CE credit that is automatically issued with a digital certificate once you have completed the program.
Drugs themselves are changed and transformed once inside the body in a process called pharmacokinetics. Taken together, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics help explain drug exposure, dosing recommendations, physiological responses, and side effects (including adverse reactions).
In this course, Dr. Feck explains how basic chemistry determines the effects of a drug. He uses a popular sedative as an example to show the path it travels to bind with a receptor, turn it on, and boost the effect of a naturally-occurring chemical. He discusses chemistry again to reveal how the body’s composition changes the dynamics of a drug.
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Author Bio
Anthony Feck, DMD
An engaging international lecturer, established clinician, author and educator, Dr. Anthony Feck has a well-known teaching and lecturing style blending humor with contagious passion. A former associate professor of periodontics and restorative dentistry at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, he has been in private practice in Lexington, KY, since completing his education. He co-founded DOCS Education with Dr. Michael Silverman in 1999 and currently serves as the Dean of Faculty.
Dr. Feck also has an extensive background in dental implantology. He has taught over 60 courses on this subject at his teaching center. He has also been involved in the development of new dental implant designs, which has culminated in a newly designed implant being named after him, a prestigious honor recognizing his contributions to both the education and advancement of dental implantology. He has authored 10 dentistry manuals and published 27 articles on dental topics.
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This free Dental Learning presentation is made possible through the continued support of DOCS Education. Anthony Feck, DMD is a consultant and/or speaker for the following companies and/or organizations: Dental Learning, DOCS Education. Anthony Feck, DMD may receive an honorarium as compensation from the CE Supporter of this presentation and/or from Dental Learning for the time involved in preparing and delivering this online presentation.
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