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Treating Fearful Dental Patients:

Behavioral And Pharmacological Strategies

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Instructor: Philip Weinstein, PhD

Credit Hours: 6 total

Reading and Self-Instruction; 3 hours

Precepted Patient-Oriented Project, Report and Discussion with Instructor
- 3 hours.

Cost: $350.00 for written course materials and consultations as need with instructor.

Contact: The instructor will contact the participant once registration has been received. Should you need to make contact click on contact us.

Course Content

The learner will gain knowledge in the assessment and clinical management of fearful and avoidant dental patients so that the learner will be able to recognize and manage dental fear and avoidance more effectively in their clinical practice.

Educational Objectives

At completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

1. Describe the common physiological and behavioral signs which may indicate that a patient is anxious, fearful, or phobic.
2. Describe how fearful patients can disrupt dental practice.
3. Cite research findings regarding the most fearful aspects of dental treatment and the prevalence of dental fear.
4. Identify etiological factors that contribute to dental fear.
5. Describe the relationship between fear and pain as well as between control and pain.
6. Given an anxious patient, describe behavioral management procedures to control pain.
7. List the four types of dental fear and how to distinguish among them.
8. Specify dental environment characteristics which increase anxiety in the fearful patient.
9. Specify interview questions which elicit patient concerns and help develop and effective management strategy.
10. Specify how different types of dental fear are best managed.
11. Describe how to best manage a patient that reports previous suboptimal local anesthesia.
12. Describe how to prevent or minimize post-operative problems with fearful patients.
13. Specify how pharmacologic techniques can be combined with behavioral techniques to control patient anxiety.
14. Describe procedures to enhance patients' coping.
15. Describe procedures to enhance patients' feelings of control.

Required Text:

• Milgrom, Weinstein, and Getz, Treating Fearful Dental Patients: A Patient         Management Handbook, 2nd ed.
• A syllabus with additional readings will be made available to the participant by the    instructor once registration has been received.

Dr. Philip Weinstein is a Professor of Dental Public Health Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Pediatric Dentistry and Psychology at the University of Washington. He is the Director of the Dental Behavioral Science Research Program at the University of Washington and co-Director of the Dental Fears Research clinic, where he maintains a private practice.

You may register online for this or any course from DentalBehavioralResources.com You will be sent an electronic version of the syllabus via email by the instructor. After reviewing the written course materials, you will have an individual telephone consultation with the course instructor, at which time you will review the requirements for the Patient-Oriented Project and Report. Upon successful completion of the final Project and Report, your certificate of completion will be mailed to you within 7 days.

There is no time period required for completion of the course; however, DentalBehavioralResources.com reserves the right to change instructors for each course at any time, and therefore instructors may change during the time you are completing the course. You will be notified in writing of any change in instructors.

Refund and Cancellation Policy

Full payment is due with course registration. DentalBehavioralResources.com has a 48-hour cancellation policy. This period begins upon receipt of the online registration and extends for a period of two business days. You must notify DentalBehavioralResources.com by email within this 48-hour period should you decide not to complete the course; at that time you will receive a full refund less a 20% handling fee.  After 48 hours, there are no refunds.

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