Pain Management in Dentistry, Myths and Evidence Based Practice

Presented by: Dr. José Lança

RCDSO Expiry Date: March 31, 2025

To qualify as a Core Category 1 course, the course certificate must be issued no later than this date.

RCDSO CE Points: 3, Category 1

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  • Dr. José Lança MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Dentistry and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine

    Dr. José Lança, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Dentistry and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (UofT). He is also affiliated with the School of Graduate Studies and Centre for the Study of Pain at the UofT. He is also affiliated with the School of Graduate Studies and Centre for the Study of Pain at the U of T. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, Society for Neuroscience, and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

    Dr. Lança has contributed extensively to curriculum development and teaching of pharmacology, therapeutics and interprofessional education.He is the director of several undergraduate and graduate courses in the Faculty of Dentistry and has been the Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine. He has developed and taught courses and seminars in Continuing Medical and Dental Education, including the American Medical Association, Canadian Dental Association, amongst others.

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Pain Management is an important component of patient care in any health care profession. Clinical identification of the etiology of pain, not prescription of analgesic medications, is the first appropriate step in pain management. Understanding pain neurocircuitry and mechanisms of action of analgesic medications is required for an evidence-based approach to pain management.

Management of acute orofacial pain is inherently complex, due to the multiplicity of the anatomical structures of the face and oral cavity. The assumption that orofacial pain is “just about teeth” would be incorrect, as numerous other structures and etiologies require taking a complete medical history and conducting a thorough clinical assessment.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Odontogenic vs non-odontogenic orofacial pain;
  2. Sinusitis; and migraines.
  3. Opioid Prescribing in Dentistry;
  4. Efficacy and Safety of Alternatives to Opioid Prescribing in Dentistry; and
  5. New Developments in Analgesia.

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