P-7 - A Cornucopia of Pain Relief

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST

Location: 129

CE: 1.5

Speaker(s)

Ken Hargreaves, DDS, PhD

Professor and Chair
UT Heath San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Nikita Ruparel, MS, DDS, PhD

Director of Advanced Education Program in Endodontics
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session Host(s)

Susan E. Hinman, D.D.S., M.S.

Director, Advanced Specialty Program in Endodontics
Naval Postgraduate Dental School
Bethesda, Maryland

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

This course will review the latest studies on pain management from the perspective of treating both acute and persistent post-endodontic pain. We will provide recommendations for suitable drugs, their dosing and rationale using case based scenarios to best manage endodontic patients in pain.

Learning Objectives:

Describe common mechanisms for acute and persistent post-endodontic pain
Describe a strategy for selection of various medications for treating these patients
Describe indications, contraindications and potential adverse effects of these medications