The Anxious Patient on Meds: SSRIs/SNRIs, Bruxism, Bleeding, and Epinephrine Considerations

Course Description

This is not just a pharmacology conversation. It is a real-world look at the anxious patient sitting in your chair every day. In this podcast-style session, Tom and Kelly unpack how SSRIs, SNRIs, bruxism, bleeding, and epinephrine considerations can influence the way the dental team assesses risk, plans care, and communicates with patients. Through an engaging back-and-forth format, they connect antidepressant use, parafunction, stress physiology, cardiovascular history, and restorative and periodontal implications in a way that feels practical, current, and immediately useful in practice. Attendees will leave with a stronger understanding of how to care for the whole patient with greater confidence and clinical clarity.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the potential oral and clinical implications associated with SSRIs and SNRIs, including bruxism, altered bleeding response, and stress-related presentation during dental care.
2. Evaluate how anxiety, medication history, and cardiovascular considerations may influence local anesthetic selection, epinephrine use, and chairside patient management.
3. Describe the role of the dental team in recognizing, documenting, and communicating medication-related findings that may affect restorative outcomes, periodontal therapy, and overall patient safety.

CE Credits: 1

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System Requirements:

• • PC, Mac, Laptop, and other mobile devices with standard web browser capability. 
  • The newest version of Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari browsers.
  • Internet connection with 500+Kbps

  This course is non-refundable