Dental Care for Patients with Disabilities

About This Course

This course highlights systemic diseases and mental health issues with direct and/or indirect influence on the oral and maxillofacial complex. Suggestions to improve oral hygiene and to facilitate dental appointments are included. The course is designed to focus awareness upon the difficult oral health issues that patients with disabilities face on a daily basis and provide healthcare professionals with necessary information to improve patients' oral and systemic health.

Learning Outcomes

✓Outline the chronic oral health issues caused by Sjögren disease
✓Describe the oral health issues associated with the systemic and discoid forms of lupus erythematosus
✓Discuss the diverse variety of opportunistic oral infections that occur in patients with immunosuppression
✓Outline how immunosuppression for patients with organ and bone marrow transplants and from chemotherapy affects short-term and long-term oral health care
✓Review oral health considerations for patients with Parkinson disease, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries
✓Describe treatment modifications for home care and in-office dental care
✓Identify the varying degrees of physical impairment experienced by stroke victims
✓Describe techniques that allow stroke victims to maintain oral hygiene
✓Describe the special oral health issues encountered by cognitively impaired patients, particularly those with Down syndrome or Alzheimer disease

Course Curriculum

Course Details

Price: $30
CPD Hours: 5
Format: online
Duration: Self-paced

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Provider

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