About Us
Who We Are
DOCS Education offers courses throughout the United States and Canada illustrating safe and effective techniques in oral and IV sedation dentistry. Since 1999 our faculty have instructed 17,000 dental professionals in these procedures, which affect patients ranging from the very young to seniors. We also provide instruction in emergency preparedness. Now based in Seattle, Washington, DOCS Education was founded to address the estimated 3 in 10 Americans who are so fearful of dental care that they avoid even routine treatment, thus compromising their overall health. Approximately 2 million patients have returned to regular dental treatment as a result of the availability of oral and IV sedation, services they received through their dentists' participation in DOCS Education courses.
Our Founders
Michael Silverman, DMD, and Anthony Feck, DMD, formed DOCS Education following decades of experience caring for anxious patients in their own practices. After introducing a single oral sedation course in 1999, Drs. Silverman and Feck added to the curriculum with instruction in IV sedation and information targeted specifically for pediatrics patients. Together Drs. Silverman and Feck have performed over 6,000 sedation cases. Today they not only lead seminars but speak widely on behalf of sedation dentistry, which they consider a vital component to comprehensive, patient-focused oral health.
Distinguished Faculty
In addition to founders Drs. Michael Silverman and Anthony Feck, DOCS Education faculty include distinguished instructors from across the United States. Leslie Fang, MD, PhD, is a six-time winner of Harvard Medical School's best professors award; Dr. Fang serves as a critical bridge between the medical and dental fields. Roger Sanger, DDS, Peter Chiang, DDS, and Kenji Saisho, MD, DDS, lead one of California's largest pediatric dental practices. They direct DOCS Education courses for children and young adults. All DOCS Education faculty are widely published.