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Addressing Patient Marijuana Use in Today’s Dental Environment

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With more states allowing medical and recreational use, dental teams should be aware of care strategies for patients who use marijuana.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Describe the implications for dental practice and oral health in light of the increasing legalization of medical and recreational marijuana.
  2. Explain marijuana’s potential to become addictive, and some of the tools dental teams can utilize when caring for patients who use marijuana.
  3. Detail helpful management strategies when caring for patients who use medical or recreational marijuana.

This course was issued in August 2021 and expires August 2024. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.


Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID 317924
3621 Harbor Blvd., Suite 265, Santa Ana, CA 92704

J. William Claytor Jr., DDS, MAGD, serves as associate director for North Carolina Caring Dental Professionals, a nonprofit based in Aberdeen. An author and lecturer, he speaks about the opioid epidemic, as well as professional burnout, perfectionism and addiction. He is also a consultant to the Dental Well-Being Advisory Committee of the American Dental Association. Claytor, who is a recipient of the C.V. Winter Advocacy Award from the North Carolina Caring Dental Professionals, can be reached at bclaytor@nccaringdental.com.


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