Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Lecture Series featuring Dr. Elliot Hersh

 
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"Evidence-based Analgesia and Alternatives to Opioids for Dental Professionals"
 
presented by
Dr. Elliot Hersh
Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology
Thursday, September 20
6:00-6:30 PM | Light Fare and Networking
6:30-8:30 PM | Lecture  
Penn Dental Medicine
William W. M. Cheung Auditorium (formerly B-60)
CE Credits:
2.0 lecture credits

Cost:
Free to Penn Dental Alumni, students, and residents; $40 for Non-alumni 

Course Description​ 
This presentation will first review the biochemical and physiological mechanisms behind post-surgical dental pain and then discuss various double-blind randomized controlled trials on the efficacy of various analgesic agents following the surgical removal of impacted third molar teeth.  A discussion of the “drug seeking patient” and the prescription opioid abuse crisis will be highlighted.  Opioid-sparing strategies including the combination of an NSAID with acetaminophen and the potential utility of bupivacaine will be discussed. The final portion of this discussion will focus on meta-analysis data for various analgesics in both dental pain and other post-surgical pain models. In other words, which analgesics consistently lead the pack and which are consistently dogs ( i.e. "opioids in many situations"). An updated flexible analgesic schedule which was published in JADA in August 2013 will also be introduced.
Upon completion of this presentation, the participants will be able to:
1.  Discuss the utility of the oral surgery pain model.
2.  List various peripheral chemical mediators which contribute to post-surgical dental pain.
3.  Compare the analgesic efficacy of NSAIDs to single entity and acetaminophen combination oral opioids in randomized placebo controlled double-blind oral surgery pain studies.
4.  Describe the rationale for combining opioid with non-opioid analgesic agents.
5. Compare the short-term side effect profile of NSAIDs versus opioids.
6. Identify potentially addicting drugs that high school students often misuse
7. Discuss the potential opioid-sparing effect of combining an NSAID with acetaminophen and the administration of liposomal bupivacaine following surgery.
8. Discuss meta-analysis data on the numbers needed treat (NNT) to obtain one additional patient with at least 50% maximum pain relief beyond the placebo treatment. 

This event is sponsored by Penn Dental Medicine's Office of Alumni Relations.