Pediatric Sedation Dentistry by DOCS Education

Pediatric Sedation Dentistry is organized by DOCS Education and will be held during Feb 23 - 25, 2018 at Pullman San Francisco Bay, Redwood City, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Dentists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 25 hours of CE credits.

Conference Description :
In this 3-day course you will develop a foundational skill set that will allow you to safely and confidently use sedation on pediatric patients. You will learn how to determine which child and parent are good candidates for pediatric oral sedation; pediatric anatomy, physiology and physical evaluation; what equipment, supplies and management techniques are necessary to start sedation procedures in your office. You will engage in intensive study of pediatric sedation dentistry: from case selection to the science of sedation to safety to implementation.

Day 1 :
• Review of drug regimens.
• Principles of pharmacology for sedation medications.
• Anatomical and physiological considerations.
• The complicated patient.
• Metabolism of drugs and drug-drug interaction.
• Pediatric emergencies.
• Live patient experience.

Day 2 :
Asthma: A patient may experience an attack while under sedation, thus causing an airway emergency.
Excess of local anesthetic: A patient could experience an overdose (toxicity) of local anesthesia causing a biphasic (excitation then depression) reaction.
Allergic reaction: This could result in first a cutaneous reaction progressing to anaphylaxis with airway emergency.
Sinus Tachycardia (ST) or Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT): Possibly from elevated temp, stress, etc. during sedation requiring initial vagal stimulation.
Foreign body introduction: Gauze, tooth, crown, bur, etc. in oropharyngeal area during sedation causing an airway emergency.
Diabetes: Patient could experience an episode of hypoglycemia during sedation.

Day 3 :
• Treatment planning considerations.
• Case selection.
• Drug selection and dosage.
• Drug administration.
• Local anesthesia.
• Nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation.
• Parent communication and management.
• Financial arrangements.
• Informed consent, record-keeping and documentation.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.