CDE1840 - ACDE Webinar: Providing Care to the Special Needs Patient
Course Description
Caring for patients with special health care needs comes with unique challenges that the dental clinician is not always prepared for. This course is designed to help give you the perspective and skills for treating, educating, and supporting patients with disabilities. We will review pertinent behavioral management principles and historical perspectives that will help you be successful in serving the special needs patient.
Learner Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Review the history of disability around the world.
- Review common disability conditions the dental clinician may encounter.
- Learn behavioral management principles that will help special needs patients have a better dental experience.
- Review some of the most common treatment challenges and how to overcome them.
Notes
Presenter
Enrique Varela, DDS is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah School of Dentistry, where he serves as the Section Head over Geriatric and Adult Special Care Dentistry and as course director for Dental Local Anesthesiology. He also serves as the Director for the Geriatric, Hospital, and Special Needs Pathway Program. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry and practiced in Missouri and Kansas before completing a General Practice Residency at the University of Utah Hospital in 2016.