Adult Oral Sedation Dentistry (Oct 17 - 18, 2025)

Adult Oral Sedation Dentistry is organized by DOCS Education and will be held from Oct 17 - 18, 2025.

Course Description:
By learning to safely incorporate oral conscious sedation into your dental services, you’ll expand your skills and ultimately provide enhanced care to your patients. The sedation protocols we teach encompass sophisticated administration methodologies and proven pharmacological techniques, as well as patient assessment and emergency management. Learn traditional and new oral sedation protocols that are taught by dentists who practice what they teach, and a board-certified internal medicine physician who teaches patient assessment and pharmacology.

Dental professionals who enroll in this specialized, online oral sedation dentistry program will enjoy key advantages:

• Implement oral sedation - Acquire the expertise to provide safe and comfortable sedation to healthy adults leading to a positive experience for you and your patients.
• Expand your knowledge - Gain current medical information and become a better clinician.
• Reach a broader base - Help those who fear dentistry by managing their pain and anxiety through oral sedation.
• Save time and money - Eliminate the need for travel and time off with flexible online study and engaging live-stream.
• Facilitate collaboration - Access quality education as well as the value of supportive peers and faculty.
• Streamline your practice - Reap the benefits of efficiency through coordinated team training by including your staff.

Objectives:
Upon completion of a competency course in enteral sedation, the dentist must be able to:

• Describe the basic components of inhalation sedation equipment and their function.
• List and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation.
• List and discuss the indications and contraindications for the use of enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation.
• List the complications associated with enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation.
• Discuss the prevention, recognition and management of these complications.
• Observe the administration of enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation to patients in a clinical setting in a safe and effective manner.
• Discuss the abuse potential, occupational hazards and other effects of enteral and inhalation agents.
• Discuss the pharmacology of the enteral and inhalation drugs selected for administration.
• Discuss the precautions, contraindications and adverse reactions associated with the enteral and inhalation drugs selected.
• Describe a protocol for management of emergencies in the dental office and list and discuss the emergency drugs and equipment required for management of life-threatening situations.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage life-threatening emergency situations.
• Discuss the pharmacological effects of combined drug therapy, their implications and their management. Nitrous oxide/oxygen when used in combination with sedative agent(s) may produce minimal, moderate, deep sedation or general anesthesia.
• Understand historical, philosophical and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain control.
• Have knowledge in patient evaluation and selection through review of medical history taking, physical diagnosis and psychological profiling.
• Understand the definitions and descriptions of physiological and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain.
• Describe of the stages of drug-induced central nervous system depression through all levels of consciousness and unconsciousness, with special emphasis on the distinction between the conscious and the unconscious state.
• Have reviewed of adult respiratory and circulatory physiology and related anatomy.
• Be knowledgeable in the pharmacology of agents used in enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation, including drug interactions and incompatibilities.
• Know the Indications and contraindications for use of enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation.
• Have reviewed of dental procedures possible under enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation.
• Observe patient monitoring using observation, monitoring equipment, with particular attention to vital signs and reflexes related to consciousness.
• Maintaining proper records with accurate chart entries recording medical history, physical examination, informed consent, time-oriented anesthesia record, including the names of all drugs administered including local anesthetics, doses, and monitored physiological parameters.
• Understand prevention, recognition and management of complications and life-threatening situations.
• Understand the administration of local anesthesia in conjunction with enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral sedation techniques.
• Describe the use of inhalation sedation equipment.
• Understand the potential health hazards of trace anesthetics and proposed techniques for limiting occupational exposure.
• Discuss abuse potential.