IV Sedation Certification

This 90 CE hour credited course offers a high-powered, engaging curriculum that draws upon the unparalleled pedagogical talents of the DOCS Education faculty, working under the auspices of Idaho State University and Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry.

The course instructors, who are practicing clinicians—not academicians—take a practical team approach to effective minimal and moderate sedation utilizing both enteral and parenteral methods.

In dentistry, time is money, and this course is fashioned to save you both.

First, and foremost, the majority of the required didactic hours for completion of this program are study-at-home.

That means you won’t have to forego seeing patients in your practice during the majority of your training. Moreover, the 40-hours of in-person, didactic and live patient training that takes place at our modern facility in Lexington, Kentucky, is condensed into four consecutive, extended-weekend days of onsite learning and practice.

Because travel is only required once—to complete the clinical portion of this course—you will avoid repeated airline and hotel add-ons, not to mention the inconvenience of flight delays and long security lines.

Your tuition also entitles and requires a member of your team to attend the clinical session, where breakfast and lunch are on us, in addition to a celebratory dinner on the final day.

If you have questions or would like to register by phone, please contact one of our outstanding course advisors at 855-227-6505.

We’ve dubbed the permit that you’ll be qualified to earn upon completion of this course “The Forever Permit” because like Forever postage stamps that shield consumers from future postal price increases. Obtaining an IV sedation permit will provide you increased protection for the duration of your professional life against foreseeable regulatory restrictions on sedation.

Even for dentists currently working in states that do not yet require an IV permit to provide minimal and moderate enteral (oral) sedation, obtaining your Forever Permit is a wise choice for three reasons.

1. Our goal as clinicians should always be to provide at or above the standard of care.  With national guidelines suggesting the removal of the route of administration from regulatory language, obtaining an IV permit demonstrates your commitment to the highest safety standards.
2. There are times when dentists who, to date, have only provided oral sedation, can benefit from adding IV sedation to their treatment plans. Having the ability, and the credentials, to combine oral and IV sedation provides dentists maximum safety and flexibility.
3. If your state does adopt the stricter ADA guidelines—as have New Mexico, West Virginia, Utah, Rhode Island, and Louisiana, with Virginia poised to impose them—you will have to cease providing moderate enteral sedation until you can qualify. The wait times to enroll in an accredited course can extend to years. However, by jumping ahead of the crowd, now, you’ll be approved to continue providing oral or IV sedation without interruption.

If you have questions or would like to register by phone, please contact one of our outstanding course advisors at 855-227-6505.

When you register for our IV Sedation Certification course, you can begin your first class, taken online, immediately.

In total, you’ll be asked to complete 60 hours of didactic training, combined with 20 live patient experiences. The clinical experience also includes advanced training in medical emergencies and airway management practicing on high fidelity patient simulators.

Every one of our instructors is a veteran educator and distinguished practitioner—all are experts in their respective fields of dentistry, anesthesiology, emergency response, medicine, graduate education, and research.

Course highlights include:

• Mastering the prevention, recognition, and management of systemic complications of minimal and moderate sedation with particular attention to airway maintenance and support of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems
• Learning to safely and effectively administer minimal and moderate sedation to patients in a clinical setting
• Description and demonstration of the techniques of intravenous access, intramuscular injection, and other parenteral techniques
• Exploration of the pharmacology of the drug(s) selected for administration, and the precautions, indications, contraindications, and adverse reactions associated with them
• A thorough discussion of patient evaluation, assessment, and selection through a detailed review of medical history taking, physical diagnosis, and psychological considerations

If you have questions or would like to register by phone, please contact one of our outstanding course advisors at 855-227-6505.

IV Sedation Certification from DOCS Education is, in actuality, an insurance policy that pays you.

Yes, there is an upfront cost for completing the course, earning your certificate, and obtaining your IV sedation permit.

That buys you the best kind of practice insurance, knowing that come what may, you’ll be able to continue and expand your sedation dentistry practice without concern that changing regulations could put you out of business.

How many sedation patients might you lose to regulatory red tape—and what would that cost you and your practice?

The payback “annuity” that comes with your IV Sedation training goes further. The ability to combine oral and IV sedation will make your day much more efficient—and allow you to reach and satisfy patients who currently you must refer out. These are medically complex patients and patients who do not respond quickly enough—or long enough—to oral sedatives alone.

The total tuition fee for IV Sedation Certification is $18,990, or $210 per participation/hands-on credit. Better still, we offer interest-free financing to qualified applicants, or rates as low as 3.9% for longer terms. And remember, you can bring along one team member to the clinical program at no charge whatsoever.

If you have questions or would like to register by phone, please contact one of our outstanding course advisors at 855-227-6505.

At the top of this course page, we wrote that DOCS Education’s IV Sedation Certification program could be the most important, and productive, class that you’ve ever taken.

In review, here’s why:

1. You’ll qualify to safely administer effective IV (parenteral) and oral (enteral) minimal and moderate sedation in 46 states* and the District of Columbia
2. You’ll bullet-proof your practice from the turbulence of ever-changing dental regulations and shifting national guidelines
3. Combining oral and IV sedation will improve your efficiency, allowing you to better serve patients who are difficult to treat with oral sedation alone
4. You’ll be able to safely and confidently treat medically complex cases and refer out fewer patients
5. You’ll study under the best dental faculty in the nation, in collaboration with the highly respected Idaho State University and Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry. Your instructors practice what they teach
6. Designed for convenience, you’ll be able to complete the preponderance of the didactic training from the comfort of your home or office—on your own schedule, at your own pace
7. You’ll save on travel expenses and inconveniences. The live patient and remaining didactic portions of this course are held over a single, extended four-day weekend in our state-of-the-art clinic in Lexington, Kentucky. No need to forego seeing patients for days or weeks on end
8. Bring along one team member for the clinical training at no additional charge. She or he will earn 40 hours of CE
9. You’ll earn 90 CE participation credits from a PACE-approved provider, applicable toward your Mastership and Fellowship in the AGD
10. Cement your reputation as a lifelong learner and dedicated dentist who stands at the forefront of our profession. Your patients will know that you invest in them

*Currently does not qualify in MO, NV, CO and NY

If you have questions or would like to register by phone, please contact one of our outstanding course advisors at 855-227-6505.