Episode 5 - Dental Emergencies Management Strategies That Improve Outcomes (Trauma CME)

This month's episode of EMplify, a podcast corollary to the Emergency Medicine Practice journal, focuses on management strategies that improve dental emergency outcomes. Hosts Jeff Nusbaum, MD, and Nachi Gupta, MD, cover all aspects of the diagnosis and management of this condition, from initial diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department to controversies and cutting-edge strategies. This podcast is based on the full-length review published in the June 2017 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice. In it, author Ryan Pedigo, MD, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, cover evidence published in more than 700 articles and reviewed recommendations from the International Association for Dental Traumatology and the Cochrane Database. Topics covered in this episode of EMplify include: Case Presentations Dental Anatomy Pathophysiology Traumatic Dental Emergencies Concussion Subluxation Luxation Avulsion Fracture Ellis classification system Atraumatic dental emergencies Dental Infections Dental Disease Prehospital Care Imaging Nerve blocks Antibiotics Management of tooth trauma Treatment for dental fractures Summary of key points Links and resources: Tables referenced in this podcast episode - http://www.ebmedicine.net/topics.php?paction=showTopicSeg&topic_id=543&seg_id=9020 Dental Emergencies: Management Strategies That Improve Outcomes - https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics.php?paction=showTopic&topic_id=532 Clinical Decision Making in Emergency Medicine - http://www.clinicaldecisionmaking.com/