2015 Annual Meeting: http://www.aaoms.org/annual_meeting/2015/index.php

DM10
Dentoalveolar Breakout Session: Dentoalveolar Surgery for Pregnant Patients

Friday, October 2, 2015
10:00 AM-10:50 AM
Location

143A-B (Walter E. Washington Convention Center)

This is a non-ticketed session.
Speaker:

Christos A. Skouteris DMD, PhD
Ann Arbor, MI, USA


Audio File Recorded Presentation
CDE/CME Offered: CDE/CME
CE Credit Hours: 1.00

Synopsis

Whether the treatment is emergent or elective, caring for a pregnant patient presents the healthcare team with multiple challenges. That may include perceived and real medical risk factors, ethical dilemmas, and medicolegal issues. The presenter will discuss the best practices in the management of a pregnant patient in need of dentoalveolar surgery to help for oral and maxillofacial surgeons develop an objective approach toward their pregnant patients.

Learning Objectives
  1. Evaluate patients in need of dentoalveolar surgery;
  2. Identify strategies to stratify the risks of dentoalveolar surgery for a pregnant patient; and
  3. Formulate strategies to care for pregnant patients in order to improve their quality of life.

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