Light Sedation: N2O & Oral Sedatives (Oct 17 - 18, 2025)

Light Sedation: N2O & Oral Sedatives is organized by DOCS Education and will be held from Oct 17 - 18, 2025.

Course Description:
This comprehensive, 2-day N2O and oral sedation course for dentists will maximize patient comfort and increase practice productivity.

Learn the fundamentals of providing safe and comfortable dental care using a combination of light oral sedation protocols. Nitrous oxide is among the oldest and safest anesthetics in dentistry, offering straightforward treatment for anxious patients of various ages and medical conditions. By partnering this approach with one of five different medications, you’ll be able to offer a simple and effective analgesic and anxiolytic solution that will provide pain relief and ease your patients’ anxiety at the same time.

Course Objectives:

• Follow the ADA-recommended guidelines for minimal sedation.
• Practice hands-on techniques of ₂ administration, both fundamental and advanced.
• Cover guidelines for patient monitoring and special equipment.
• Understand the proven and safe light sedation protocols.
• Understand airway management, including signs of an impending emergency.
• Review prescribing, dispensing, and dosing oral sedatives, and regulatory issues.
• Learn to combine enteral/inhalation sedation.
• Learn a dental response to COVID