The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing (eBook)

Dentists have been inundated by patients with an array of
complicated medical conditions and pain/sedation management issues.
This is in addition to a variety of legal regulations dentists must
follow regarding the storage and recordkeeping of controlled
substances. Avoid unknowingly putting your practice at risk by
becoming victim to a scam or violating a recordkeeping requirement
with The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe
Prescribing.

This Practical Guide is ideal for dentists and staff as
they navigate:

* Detecting and deterring substance use disorders
(SUD) and drug diversion in the dental office (drug-seeking
patients)

* Prescribing complexities

* Treating patients with SUD and complex analgesic and
sedation (pain/sedation management) needs and the best use of
sedation anxiety medication

* Interviewing and counselling options for SUD

* Federal drug regulations

Commonly used illicit, prescription, and over-the-counter drugs, as
well as alcohol and tobacco, are also covered.

Special features include:

* Clinical tools proven to aid in the identification,
interviewing, intervention, referral and treatment of SUD

* Basic elements of SUD, acute pain/sedation management,
and drug diversion

* Summary of evidence-based literature that supports
what, when and how to prescribe controlled substances to patients
with SUD

* Discussion of key federal controlled substance
regulations that frequently impact dental practitioners

* Checklists to help prevent drug diversion in dental
practices

* Chapter on impaired dental professionals

* Case studies that examine safe prescribing and due
diligence