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Module 2 Objectives:

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• ASA Classification: Understand the ASA system and how it guides patient health evaluation.
• Bleeding Disorders: Identify key concerns extracting teeth for people with elevated risk of bleeding. 
• Hypertension: Identify key concerns when extracting teeth in hypertensive patients.
• Vital Signs: Demonstrate proper blood-pressure technique and correct cuff sizing.
• Diabetes: Explain how diabetes affects oral surgery and list strategies for safer, predictable treatment.
• Hyperthyroidism: Safely manage hyperthyroid patients, including sedation nuances and pain-medication choices.
• Hypothyroidism: Identify signs/symptoms and understand its importance in exodontia.
• Asthma: State why NSAIDs are a relative contraindication and note essential treatment considerations.
• Anemia: List anemia types and explain why anemia is a concern in oral surgery.
• Cardiac Disease: State treatment considerations for patients with angina, MI history, or CHF.
• Prosthetic Joints: Recall ADA guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis.
• Pregnancy: Learn when to work on pregnant women and medications to be aware of.
• Infective Endocarditis: Understand prophylaxis guidelines and what to prescribe when patients are already on antibiotics.
• Scarlet Fever: Describe scarlet fever and explain how it relates to infective endocarditis.
• Osteoporosis: Identify its clinical presentation and understand implications for exodontia.
• Liver Failure: State causes, manage liver-disease patients confidently, and identify appropriate prescriptions.
• Medical Emergencies: Identify and manage all common emergencies in the dental office.