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Varicella Zoster Virus in Oral Health Care

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Oral health professionals should be familiar with shingles symptoms, the varicella vaccine, and the disease’s oral manifestations.

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

  1. Describe the epidemiology of a herpes zoster (shingles) infection.
  2. Identify risk factors for the development of shingles.
  3. Recognize the signs and symptoms of shingles.
  4. Know the current vaccine recommendations for the prevention of shingles.

This course was issued in April 2020 and expires April 2023. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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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. July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. Provider ID 317924
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Diane P. Kandray, RDH, EdD, is a professor in the Dr. Dominic A. and Helen M. Bitonte College of Health and Human Services, Dr. Madeleine Haggerty Dental Hygiene Program at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. She can be reached at [email protected]


Joan O'Connell-Spalla, MSEd, MT(ASCP), is an American Society of Clinical Pathologists-certified medical laboratory scientist. She is an assistant professor and program director in the Dr. Dominic A. and Helen M. Bitonte College of Health and Human Services for the Medical Laboratory Science Program at Youngstown State University. She is also pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership.


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