Antimicrobial Stewardship Symposium Moderator: Dr. Susan Sutherland, DDS, MSc
Wendy Thompson BSc(Hons), BDS(Hons), PhD, MCGDent
Is There a Problem in Dentistry? Prescribing patterns in dentistry before, during and after COVID-19 Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, essential for the safe provision of modern medicine. Globally, dentistry is responsible for around 10% of antibiotics prescribed across health care and research has shown up to 80% of dental antibiotics may be unnecessary. This session will explore patterns of antibiotic prescribing by dentists before COVID-19 and, in Australia, England and BC, during COVID-19. Reasons for differences will be explored and future directions will discussed. Learning Objectives: • To show why reducing unnecessary antibiotic use is so important locally, nationally and globally • To explore differences in antibiotic prescribing in different regions of the world before COVID • To learn how COVID-19 impacted on dental antibiotic prescribing and consider future projections
Course Code:
T030FL
Room: Time:
716A – South Building
2:30 – 5:00 pm
Type:
Lecture
Audience:
Dentist; Dental Hygienist; Dental Assistant; Office Personnel
RCDSO QA Program: Category 2 (3 CE Credits) Fee + HST: Ticketed Free
Dr. Wendy Thompson is a clinical and academic general dentist at University of Manchester (England) with an academic focus on antibiotic prescribing and stewardship. Dr. Thompson is a member of the FDI World Dental Federation science committee and chair of its antibiotics subgroup. In 2021, she presented at the International Association for Dental Research (Boston) and World Dental Congress (Sydney) about antibiotics and the impact of COVID-19 on dentistry. Dr. Susan Sutherland is an Associate professor at the University of Toronto and, until recently, Dentist-in-Chief at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, with a practice focused on medically complex patients. She is the Founding and Past President of the Canadian Association of Hospital Dentists, the Dentistry Lead for Choosing Wisely Canada and has worked with provincial, national and international groups to promote the appropriate use of antibiotics in dentistry.
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