Date Milestones
Release Date
October 4, 2024
Review Date
Expiration Date
October 4, 2027
Course
Course Description
HIV/AIDS, Special Patient Care
It began as a disease killing young gay men and became known as the AIDS epidemic. Beginning in the l970’s as a 100% fatal disease, it is now a chronic disease that can be managed, treated and prevented. This class will include the disease itself, HIV and its life cycle, testing and diagnosis and current treatment. People are living longer with the disease and research continues on effective treatments and hopefully a cure at some point. Universal precautions taken with every patient became the standard of care for all those in the medical community including dentistry during the epidemic. As people live longer with the disease, new treatments and prevention strategies are evolving including new blood donation requirements.
The educational teaching methodology used in this Dental CE Course is a self-study course presented via written materials. In addition to the information provided, case studies are included to enhance audience members’ understanding and retention of key concepts.
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:
- Explain the HIV life cycle and the effects of different medicines on each part of that cycle.
- Discuss ways of prevention in adults, children and young people.
- Describe ART and the use of medication regimens in the treatment of HIV/AIDS
- Present the new requirements for blood donation.
- List the types of universal and standard precautions that were a direct result of the epidemnic.
- Describe the expectations of dental practice for people with HIV/AIDS
- List some common oral conditions that people experience with HIV and the treatment for those conditions.
