Adult and Pediatric Oral Conscious Sedation Recertification Program

Adult and Pediatric Oral Conscious Sedation Recertification Program is organized by Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California (USC) and will be held from Feb 09 - 10, 2019 at Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 Continuing Education Credits.

Course Description:
This course is a recertification program geared towards how to safely provide oral conscious sedation for adult and pediatric patients through the study of physiology and pharmacology.

The course on Saturday will complete the 2-year requirement (7 CE hours) for recertification of adult oral sedation. Pediatric oral sedation is defined as 13 and younger. Only recertification courses will be offered. This is NOT an initial certification course.

There will be a review of physiologic principles and how key features affect the administration of sedative medications in different patient populations. Emergency management will be covered in a realistic and applicable manner that reflects the likely scenarios to be encountered when introducing sedation to the dental office. There will be discourse into emergency prevention and proper office training.

This course will present and teach various medications, techniques, and combinations found in published literature, in addition to popular contemporary techniques, with an emphasis on evaluating risk-benefit ratios for each. There will be a review of how patient selection and medication selection can help maximize success and reduce the stress of failed outcomes.

There will be an assessment of probabilities and statistics in relation to the dangers of sedation, and how to utilize this data to make purposeful treatment decisions.

Upon Completion you will be able to:
• Develop a broad knowledge base in the administration of oral conscious sedation.
• Review the techniques and principles of sedation that help uncover the relationship between effectiveness and safety.
• Provide established and novel concepts in sedation for the recertification of an Oral Conscious Sedation Permit in California.

This Course is Intended for:
• This course is intended for dentists who already possess an adult or pediatric oral (moderate) conscious sedation permit. This is not an initial certification course. 
 

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