Dr. Roger Sanger

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Dr. Sanger’s warm and open teaching style, coupled with his vast experience and passion for treating children, make him and engaging and effective instructor.


Dr. Roger Sanger, DOCS Education’s lead instructor for Pediatric Sedation Dentistry, is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry. He completed a residency in pediatric dentistry as well as a fellowship in rehabilitation. He received his Master’s in Health Care from USC
Medical Center and Hospitals prior to entering private practice.

A lifelong educator, Dr. Sanger has served as an attending faculty member at USC Children’s Hospital and the University of Colorado Medical Center.

Dr. Sanger’s role at DOCS Education

Utilizing the safest drugs and latest technology, Dr. Sanger believes that pediatric oral conscious sedation can allow dental practices to offer comprehensive care to anxious and unmanageable children, while simultaneously reducing parental anxiety and increasing practice success.

As the lead instructor on pediatric sedation dentistry for DOCS Education, Dr. Sanger continually imparts his knowledge about the subject to dentists across the nation.

Professional accomplishments and business ventures

Dr. Sanger has had extraordinary success in private practice for over 27 years. He founded a multi-doctor, multi-office children’s dental group, which serves six counties on the central coast of California. The group was a leader in establishing two children’s dental surgicenters, which treat over 5,000 cases of pediatric oral sedation every year.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Sanger has personally completed more than 10,000 pediatric cases.

Publications

Dr. Sanger has authored two clinical textbooks, numerous scientific articles, and a textbook on pediatric dental practice management. With fine attention to detail and a passion for writing, he has also been a contributing editor for Dentistry Today.

His published articles include the following:

  • Training GPs to Perform Pediatric Sedation Dentistry. Dentistry Today. Mar. 2011; Vol 30, No. 3
  • The new economics of pediatric dentistry. Dental Economics. Feb. 2011; Vol. 101, No. 2
  • Implementing pediatric sedation dentistry into your practice. DOCS Digest. Spring 2010