Lexicomp® Online™ for DentistryQUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

Click the database name to review the Table of Contents 5 .

Navigating content within a drug monographWithin a specific drug monograph window, you can navigate the content quickly by using the Navigation Tree 6 on the left side or the “Jump to Section” drop down menu 7 on the right. Each drug monograph contains dental-specific fields of information such as:

• DentalHealthProfessionalConsiderations• DentalUse• DentalUsualDosage• EffectsonBleeding• EffectsonDentalTreatment• LocalAnesthetic/VasocontrictorPrecautions

Accessing Images and Patient Education LeafletsIn addition to the monograph information, additional content is available via the tabs 8 across the top of the monograph window. Clicking on these tabs will give users access to images of solid oral dosage forms; adult patient education material and pediatric patient education material.

Searching from the Home PageFrom the opening screen, enter any keyword (i.e., drug, dental condition, procedure) in the search box and click the “Search” button. To assist with searching, a possible keyword list will appear after you enter at least four (4) characters. To select a suggested term, simply click on the desired search term and the system will automatically perform a search and display the results.

Once you have entered your search term, clicking the “Search”button or hitting the enter key on the keyboard will initiate a global search across all available databases. Any database that has information on the keyword searched will be displayed on the results screen. 1 To view the results, simply click on the hyperlink under

the database listing you wish to review.

In addition to basic global searching, Lexicomp Online allows users to perform a more refined search within a specific sec-tion of the monograph, by clicking the “Limit search to” drop down arrow 2 to view a list of possible sections that can be searched. To limit your search to a particular field, simply click on the desired listing from the drop down menu.

The “Explore by General Category” function 3 allows the user to browse the available databases using different indexes. The databases are classified into four main cat-egories: Drugs, Dental Databases, Oral Surgery Videos, and Patient Education. Browse all clinical reference content by clicking the “Dental Databases” 4 category to display the complete listing of dental databases.

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CLINICAL DATABASES INCLUDE:n Dental-specific Drug Informationn Natural Productsn Little Dental Drug Bookletn Dental Office Medical Emergenciesn Oral Soft Tissue Diseasesn Oral Hard Tissue Diseasesn Clinical Dentistryn Oral Surgery n Pediatric Dentistryn Periodonticsn Endodonticsn Dental Implantsn Office Finance

CLINICAL MODULES:n Dental Alerts & Drug Interactions and

Allergy Screener with Medication Safety Check: Medication warnings; analysis of drug, herbal and drug allergy interactions, as well as duplicate therapy screening; and recommendations of drugs from a category that won’t interact with a patient’s regimen and known allergies to help inform treatment decisions

n Drug I.D.: Identification of drugs by dosage form, imprint, color, and shape

n Medical Calculators: Wide range of medical calculations

n Patient Education: Printable leaflets providing drug, natural product, disease, condition and procedure information written for patients

OPTIONAL ADD-ON RESOURCES:n DoseSpot: ePrescribing, stored patient

records, allergy and drug interactions n VisualDx® Oral: Oral lesion diagnosis tool

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The Clinical Decision Tool BarThe blue Clinical Decision Tool Bar provides access to all clinical tools that are included in the user’s account. This bar is always available from any screen in the application.

Dental Alerts and Drug InteractionsClicking on the “Alerts/Interactions” button provides a tool to quickly assess risk management information about a patient’s entire drug profile. Enter all patient medications (both prescription and over-the-counter), natural products, foods and/or alcohol, and known medication allergies. Once the list is complete, review the following:

Dental Alert 1 notices deliver a summarized report describ-ing how patient medications will affect dental treatment.

Medication Categories 2 will add a category of treatment medications (i.e., Antibiotics) to an interaction analysis for comparison against a patient’s medication list.

Analyze 3 provides a review of interactions, drug allergies and duplicate therapies, including an assigned risk rating (A, B, C, D or X). Each letter represents a different level of urgency in responding to the identified interactions. Use the filters to refine the results.

Medication Safety Check 4 displays only the drugs from the selected Medication Category that have no interactions.

Drug I.D.Lexi-Drug ID is an application that allows identification of tablets, capsules and other oral solid dosage forms by entering known product characteristics, such as: Imprint, Dosage Form, Shape and Color. Results and additional product information are displayed with a link to available images.

CalculationsLexi-Calc is a robust dental and medical calculations application covering adult and pediatric dosing, conversions, and other general medical calculations.

Patient EducationCreate patient packets that include drug, disease and procedure leaflets (available in up to 19 languages).

More Clinical ToolsWeb SearchWeb Search allows the user to expand a search to other medically based websites. A single search provides links to trusted and qualified healthcare websites, eliminating the need to search individual sites independently.

Other Clinical Links (Oral Surgery)Watch clinical examples of various oral surgery techniques and procedures through streaming video.

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