ACDE Webinar Series
The Association for Continuing Dental Education (ACDE), along with 37 of its member schools, is jointly providing a series of live webinars. This series features university-based key opinion leaders presenting numerous topics on multiple dates and times. Presentations are available to meet every dental professional’s schedule and interests.
Course Description
HIV infection is a worldwide epidemic cutting through barriers of race, gender and age. Approximately 1.2million patients currently are affected by this infection in the United States alone. This course will focus on the etiology, transmission, oral manifestations and management of a HIV infected patient. Medical and dental considerations when performing procedures on a HIV infected dental patient will be discussed. Application of the principles of infection control in protection of the dental health care professional and the patient will be emphasized. Post-exposure prophylaxis of occupational injury while treating a HIV patient and currently available treatment will be discussed.
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Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the etiology, signs, and symptoms of HIV/AIDS.
- Understand current dental treatment procedures and protocols in the care of a HIV patient.
- Recognize drugs used in treatment of HIV/AIDS.
- Discuss infection control procedures.
- Implement precautions to avoid occupational injury, and in case of injury, then understand the need and administration of post exposure prophylaxis.
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This webinar will be held on Zoom.
Instructions will be sent to you by email closer to the course start date on how to access the Zoom meeting.
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Cancellations made more than 10 calendar days before the course start date will receive a full refund. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within 10 calendar days of the course start date.
Refunds will not be issued for registrants who do not attend, regardless of reason for absence.
Registrations cannot be transferred to another individual.
To cancel your registration, please follow the link and instructions provided in the registration confirmation email. If you are eligible for a refund, the refund will be processed automatically upon cancellation. Please allow 3-5 business days for the transaction to be completed.
Continuing Dental Education (University of Toronto) reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient registrations, instructor cancellation, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. In the event of course cancellation, a full refund will be issued, and registrants will be notified promptly. We are not liable for any associated losses, damages, or expenses, including travel and accommodations.
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After completing this course, a certificate of completion that indicates the number of Continuing Education (CE) points earned will be sent to you within 7-10 days by email.
Presenter
Dr. Rama Kiran Chavali is a full-time Associate Professor at the UAB School of Dentistry. After graduating dental school from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India he moved to the United States in 2002. He completed both his Masters in Biomaterials (2005) and Graduate Prosthodontics residency (2009) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has been actively involved in teaching dental biomaterials, fixed, removable, and implant prosthodontics at the pre-clinical and clinical level for over 16 years at UAB. He is the Co-director for the UAB International Dentist Program, and pre-doctoral director for D3 and D4 removable partial prosthodontics and Implants. He maintains an active faculty practice at the school of dentistry.