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Dermatologists, Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants

Program Purpose / Objectives

Ten Tongue Troubles and the Burning Mouth Syndrome
Recognize infectious causes of glossitis
Be able to evaluate a patient with symptoms of a sore, burning mouth

Acute Oral Ulcers and Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis
Be able to differentiate between 4 types of recurrent acute oral ulcers
Be able to classify canker sores into simple and complex types

Oral Lichen Planus
Be able to diagnose and classify oral lichen planus
Be able to treat oral lichen planus with topical and systemic therapies

Gingivitis and Cheilitis
Be able to diagnose and classify desquamative gingivitis
Recognize six types of cheilitis

Contact Stomatitis
Recognize the common allergens of allergic contact stomatitis
Understand the controversy about and the clinical presentation of lichenoid contact stomatitis to dental metal restorations

Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
Appreciate the changing clinical and immunological picture of mucous membrane pemphigoid
Be able to use dapsone in the treatment of mucous membrane pemphigoid

Dramatic Oral Diseases
Understand the concept of orofacial granulomatosis
Be able to diagnose and treat the vulvovaginal-gingival variant of oral lichen planus

Just Dermatitis? Differential Diagnosis Made Easy and an Intro to Patch Testing
Be able to efficiently evaluate the dermatitis patient in order to rule out the most common causes of itch.
Become familiar with the basics of starting your own patch test clinic.

Dermatitis: Can You Manage It Without Patch Tests?
Learn how to easily teach patients how to empirically avoid the most common contact allergens.
Recognize what type of patients can’t get better without patch testing.

Common Allergens Part I: Fragrances, Hair Care Allergens
Be able to readily teach patients how to avoid fragrances
Recognize typical hair care allergens and counsel patients on their avoidance

Common Allergens Part II: Rubber, Glues, Metals and Preservatives
Learn how to teach patients to identify the above allergens in their environment.
Be able to teach patients that avoidance of the above allergens must occur in the environments of both their home and work. Bring your jewelry! We can check to see if it has nickel.

Topical Medication Allergy: Doctors Cause Rashes?
Recognize the typical sources of allergic contact dermatitis from medicaments.
Know how to teach your patients to empirically avoid common medicament allergens, and “prove” the allergy via home use tests

Oral Contact Allergy: A Cause of Intraoral SCC?
Be aware that the histology of lichen planus is believed to be indistinguishable from lichenoid contact stomatitis.
Explore the hypothesis that chronic antigenic stimulation may result in oncogenesis.

An In Depth Look at the Contact Allergen Replacement Database (CARD)
Enjoy the history of CARD’s development.
Understand the enjoyable “nitty-gritty” of how CARD works.

Accreditation

Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: Continuing Education, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Contact Hours: Continuing Education, Inc., is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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