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ADS/ADA antibiotic stewardship spokesperson, Dr. Erinne Kennedy, and CDC's antibiotic stewardship in dentistry champion, Dr. Emily McDonald, will present the critical takeaways from the 2024 Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Summit. The speakers will provide an overview of the key findings that every dental prescriber, team member, and policy maker should know about antibiotic use and stewardship in dentistry, and look forward to the next summit.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Summarize the current data on antibiotic use in the United States by dentists.
2. Outline the key takeaways from the 2024 Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Summit.
3. Preview the next Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Summit and upcoming projects related to antibiotic stewardship.

• Members and Non-Members: Free 

SPEAKERS: 

Dr. Erinne Kennedy grew up in Middleport, OH where she first found her love for dentistry by playing every day in her father’s dental office. Erinne graduated from Ohio State University (OSU) with a B.S. in Biology, and a minor in Spanish. While at OSU, she was heavily involved in undergraduate research through the RUMBA Program, and won third place for her environmental health research at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.

Dr. Kennedy took her love for the dental profession and applied to dental school. She graduated in 2015 with honors from Nova Southeastern University’s College of Dental Medicine (NSU). Dr. Kennedy loved everything about dental school, especially being involved in organized dentistry. While in dental school, she was involved with the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) as a local vice president at NSU and was a national contributing editor to ASDA. After dental school Erinne attended a one-year general practice residency (GPR) at the VA Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Erinne has a passion for community health and received her certificate of completion for a dental public health (DPH) residency from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) in 2018. She was board-certified in public health in 2019. In May 2019, she graduated as the pioneer student at HSDM with a MMSc in Dental Education. She works at Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine as the Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Integrated Learning.

Erinne has been a part of the American Dental Association (ADA) expert panel for developing the guidelines on the Use of Antibiotics for the Emergency Management of Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis, Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis, and Localized Acute Apical Abscess. Also, she was a speaker for the first interdisciplinary statewide training in Massachusetts on antibiotic stewardship. The conference was supported by The Forsyth Institute and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in April 2019. Alongside her team, she helped create and release a state toolkit, website, and training specifically for oral health clinicians on antibiotic stewardship clinical practice.

Currently, she is a contributing editor for two publications: Dental Economics and Dental Entrepreneur Women (DeW). She is an expert spokesperson on behalf of the ADA for antibiotic use and stewardship in dentistry. She serves as secretary to the Council for Education for the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD). Dr. Kennedys’ professional affiliations include: ADA, AAPHD, Missouri Dental Association (MDA), Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), and ADS.

Emily McDonald, MD
Dr. Emily McDonald completed her medical training at Indiana University School of Medicine and her residency training at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She has a Master’s of Public Health and is board certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. Following residency, Dr. McDonald joined CDC as a fellow in the renowned Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) applied epidemiology training program. She has been pursuing her passion for public health with CDC for the past 5 years and served in various leadership roles during the agency’s COVID-19 pandemic response. In her current position as a medical officer in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Dr. McDonald focuses on combatting antibiotic resistance and improving patient safety through her work in the Office of Antibiotic Stewardship.

Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

ADS 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.

ADS designates this activity for 1 continuing education credit.

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CE CREDITS: 1.0
EDUCATIONAL METHOD: Lecture and Q&A
COURSE TYPE: Live webinar
LOCATION: Online
PREREQUISITE:  None - Recommended for All

REFUND & CANCELLATION:
No refunds will be provided as the webinar is free. Registration can be canceled at any time.