Comprehensive Pain Management Primer for Dentistry

Objectives

  1. Discuss Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
  2. Discuss pain comorbidities that complicate pain management in dentistry
  3. Review the new opioid guideline from the CDC 2022
  4. Discuss the new guidelines for children and adults from the American Dental Association
  5. Discuss the pain management ladder and highlight those used to provide analgesia in dentistry
  6. Discuss the adverse event risk of opiates and the need for intranasal naloxone
  7. Prescribe acetaminophen and ibuprofen after an evidence-based review of the research
  8. Review the opiate complications in South Carolina and the most recent data on opiate- related deaths

CE Units: 3

Kelly W. Jones, Pharm.D

Kelly W. Jones, Pharm.D

Kelly W. Jones, Pharm.D., is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) where he received both his B.S in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees. He also completed a Pharm. D. Fellowship in Family Medicine from MUSC. After graduation he join the faculty at the McLeod Family Medicine Residency Program in Florence, South Carolina and worked with them for 28 years. In 2016, he broke away from academics to help develop a new independent pharmacy located in Florence simply called THE Pharmacy. In October 2021, Dr. Jones decided he missed his first love, teaching. He decided to rejoin McLeod Family Medicine with the intent to focus and develop the rural residency program in Manning and Cheraw, South Carolina. In 1993, he was awarded Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy and since has renewed that certification three times. Dr. Jones was born in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, married to Lisa and has 6 wonderful children Amanda, West, Carol, Mason, Hamilton, and Jackson. To these he can add 9 grandchildren: Mae, Kellett, Lily, Sammy, Morgan, Henry, George, Andy and Jamie. He currently resides in Hartsville, South Carolina. His hobbies include family and writing music.

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