This lecture focuses on the evolution of sedation, pitfalls to avoid, management of medical emergencies, modernized sedation techniques (inhalation, intravenous, oral and others), marketing, and medical-legal considerations. Particular focus is placed on safety, efficiency, and new developments in sedation techniques, technology and pharmacology in the dental office.
This lecture can be taken as a stand-alone course or as part of the four-part lecture/participation series. The three remaining courses are: WPKC2: “Skills for Pain and Anxiety Management and Medical Emergencies” (participation course); TPKC1: “Choose Your Own Ending! Clinical Scenarios for the Modern Dental Practitioner” (participation course); and TLKC2: “Pain Anxiety Management — Sedation Spectrum and Monitoring” (lecture course).
This course is as part of the certificate program offered by the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists’ (ASDA’s) Institute for the Management of Pain and Anxiety (IMPA). All hours may be applied toward IMPA IV or oral sedation certification didactic hours. Tuition paid for this course will be applied as a credit toward IMPA moderate IV or oral certification course work.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the history of anesthesia.
Delineate differences among anesthetic administration (available routes of administration) and depth of sedation.
Describe misconceptions many dental providers have regarding past and present clinically relevant sedation practices.
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