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Thursday, September 11

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Via ZOOM

Proper Pharmocologic Prescribing &
Disposal for Dental Practitioners

2L CE Credits | AGD 340 Anesthia & Pain Management

Featuring Marvin Leventer, DDS

Course Description:
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This two-hour course on proper prescribing and disposal of prescription drugs will review proper writing of prescriptions, disposal of unused medications and protection of prescription pads, the prescription drug abuse epidemic, and what we need to know to help to decrease its impact in our community.  â€‹This course fulfills the MSBDE (COMAR 10.44.22) requirement for re-licensure, which must be completed every other renewal cycle for re-licensure.

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The seminar will cover the following topics:

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  • Prevalence in the population and the Maryland community.

  • List commonly abused prescription drugs

  • List commonly abused non-prescription drugs

  • Definitions of commonly used terms

  • Pain Management strategies

  • How to recognize prescription drug abuse

  • Legal implications of non-medical distribution /sale of prescription drug s

  • Mechanisms of addiction

  • How to prevent prescription drug abuse

  • Treatment

  • Chronic pain patients

  • Disposal of controlled substances

  • Prescription writing review

Course Objectives:

​Participants in this course will gain knowledge in the following areas:

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  1. Identify the problem of prescription drug abuse.

  2. Identify patients at risk for abuse

  3. How to mange post op pain without narcotics

  4. Review proper use and disposable of prescription medications

  5. Writing of prescriptions and protection of prescription pads

About the Speaker:
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Dr. Marvin Leventer received his dental degree from the University of Maryland in 1990. He then completed a General Practice Residency, and a Dental Anesthesiology Residency at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in New York. Dr. Leventer is a Diplomat of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology where he is also on the Board of Directors and serves as a board examiner.  He is also a member of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, the Academy of General Dentistry and the American Dental Association. Dr. Leventer is committed to providing dental care without pain or anxiety.

 

Dr. Leventer started his academic career in 1997 as a part time clinical instructor in Dental Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland Dental School while maintaining a private general dental practice with a focus on anesthesia for dentistry. In 2009 he  became a full time Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland. He provides sedation and general anesthesia within the dental school, practices general dentistry in the faculty practice and provides dental services at the University of Maryland Hospital. He has presented many CE courses for the use of sedation and anesthesia in dentistry.

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He spends much of his spare time running and mountain biking and has completed many ultra-marathons and triathlons.

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