Pharmacy Dentistry (PHARMD)

Prerequisites: None This course includes basic pharmacologic principles that apply to all medications. Pharmacology of major classes of medications used to treat the most commonly encountered disease states for ambulatory patients will be highlighted. Medications used in dental practice will received special emphasis.

Prerequisites: PHARMD 7194: Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry This course focuses on applied therapeutics of agents commonly encountered in dental practice. It includes a series of selected topics that build upon basic pharmacologic principles. Topics encompass the spectrum of medication use in dentistry including appropriate prescribing, considerations in special populations, peri-procedural management, adverse drug events, and drug abuse.

Prerequisites: None May be repeated; maximum credit 4 hours. Special topics