Dental Pharmacology
These are the 3-main classes of drugs.
What are Chemical, Generic & Brand?
q.i.d. is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is four times daily?
This indicates how many refills are permitted on this prescription.
What is Refill?
Rx is short hand representing what?
What is Prescription?
This is the order from the dentist to the pharmacist to dispense the medication(s) listed to the patient.
What is the Superscription?
t.i.d. is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is three times daily?
This reaction causes the body to produce antibodies for protection.
What is a Hypersensitive reaction?
This is recommended to patients when they are living with a joint replacement or heart condition, as a preventive measure to avoid a bacterial blood infection.
What is Prophylactic Antibiotic, also known as a Premedication?
Staff, patients and friends are not permitted to use this within a dental clinic?
What are the medications?
et is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is and?
a.c. is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is before meals?
q.2h is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is every 02-hours?
This drug class is the chemical compound of the drug, the base ingredients.
What is Chemical?
stat is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is at once, or first dose?
p.c. is latin abbreviation for what?
What is after meals?
These are the specific instructions for the patient on how the prescription is to be used.
What is the Label Signature?
b.i.d. is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is twice daily?
q.d. is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is every day?
If a medication is provided to a patient from the clinic's inventory, specific details must be logged outlining the patient name, dosage, etc... This is where the information is logged.
What is the Drug Register?
This is where the contact information for the dentist, the patient (including age) and the date for the prescription can be found.
What is the Heading?
This type of medication will raise blood pressure, narrows the blood vessels and is an ingredient in anesthetic which will stimulate the heart.
What is a Vasoconstrictor?
This includes the name of the medication, and the strength.
What is the Inscription?
SOB is the pharmacological abbreviation for what?
What is shortness of breath?
This is the drug class that is the shortened name of the chemical compound, can be sold by different distributors and the name is never capitalized.
What is Generic?
p.o. is the latin abbreviation for what?
What is by mouth?