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HIV infection is a worldwide epidemic—cutting through barriers of race, gender, and age. Approximately 1.2 million patients in the United States are affected by this infection alone. Learn about the etiology, transmission, oral manifestations, and management of an HIV-infected patient. You will learn about medical and dental considerations when performing procedures on an HIV-infected dental patient. You'll learn how to apply principles of infection control to protect dental professionals and patients. Post-exposure prophylaxis of occupational injury while treating an HIV patient and currently available treatment will be discussed.
Educational Objectives:
- Recognize the etiology, signs, and symptoms of HIV/AIDS.
- Understand current dental treatment procedures and protocols in the care of a HIV patient.
- Recognize drugs used in treatment of HIV/AIDS.
- Discuss infection control procedures.
- Implement precautions to avoid occupational injury, and in case of injury, then understand the need and administration of post exposure prophylaxis.
Instructor: Rama Kiran Chavali, DMD, MS
Dr. Rama Kiran Chavali is a full-time Associate Professor at the UAB School of Dentistry. After graduating from dental school at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India, he moved to the United States in 2002. He completed his Masters in Biomaterials (2005) and Graduate Prosthodontics residency (2009) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Chavali has taught dental biomaterials, fixed, removable, and implant prosthodontics at the pre-clinical and clinical level for over 16 years at UAB. He is the UAB International Dentist Program co-director and the pre-doctoral director of D3 and D4 removable partial prosthodontics and implants. He maintains an active faculty practice at the School of Dentistry.
CDE Coursework Units: 1.5
Tuition: $59 (Due to the Joint Provider ship of this program with ACDE, UCSF Faculty and Staff discounts are not available.)
Cancellation/Refunds:
Tuition refund, less a $25 cancellation fee, will be issued only for cancellations received in writing at least 3 business days prior to the start date of the course. No refunds will be issued for late cancellations or no-shows. We reserve the right to cancel any course due to circumstances beyond our control; under those circumstances we will refund all course fee payments. Please be aware that UCSF School of Dentistry CDE is not responsible for reimbursement of nonrefundable airline tickets or any other travel expenses in the event that a course is canceled.
ACDE Joint Providership
This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint efforts with the Association for Dental Education (ACDE).