National Prescribing Curriculum
A non-healing tooth socket
Treat a patient with complications after dental extraction.
-
Cost: free
About
The National Prescribing Curriculum (NPC) is a series of interactive case-based modules that encourage confident and rational prescribing. The modules follow a stepwise approach as outlined in the WHO's Guide to Good Prescribing.
In this module you will provide care for Raymond, a patient presenting to the dental clinic complaining of an ongoing dull pain in his jaw.
.
Learning objectives
On completion of this module, you should be able to:
- describe the factors that can lead to development of medication related osteonecrosis of the jaw ONJ (MRONJ)
- describe prevention measures and management strategies when medicines associated with ONJ are identified on a patient’s medical history
- identify at least two therapeutic goals in treating patients with complications arising from dental extraction
- make the correct diagnosis and identify therapeutic objectives for treating the patient
- identify non-pharmacological interventions that will assist the patient
- write a prescription for your patient and make recommendations for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.