Course Description:
IV Sedation Training for Dentists
Invest in your future and take advantage of our INTEREST-FREE PAYMENT PLAN! An initial deposit of $4,501 (after Membership savings) will hold your spot in an upcoming IV sedation course, and the remaining amount is split evenly over six months for a total tuition of $22,995.
Q1 2025 is SOLD OUT - save your seat in Q2 2025 soon! Schedule a complimentary consultation with Lindsay Cahill, the Clinical Program Manager, or email us at [email protected] to learn more.
The DOCS Education IV Training Program meets the regulatory requirements to obtain an IV permit in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia - the only non-residency training program in the country to do so.
By integrating IV sedation dentistry into your practice, you will elevate your skill and confidence level as well as increase treatment efficiency. By choosing DOCS, you’ll prioritize quality.
During this course, you will:
- Receive extensive support from sign-up to sedation permit and beyond
- Learn how to gain IV access and provide sedation to 20+ patients
- Combine home study with hands-on, in-person training over one 4-day clinical session
- Learn why IV conscious sedation dentistry can be a game-changer in your practice
One Team Member is included in the price.
Choose from two clinical locations: Lexington, KY or Salt Lake City, UT.
| Upcoming Clinical Training Dates: | |
|---|---|
| Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2025 (Salt Lake City) | FULL |
| February 5-8, 2025 (Lexington) | FULL |
| March 5-8, 2025 (Lexington) | FULL |
| April 2-5, 2025 (Lexington) | 3 SEATS LEFT |
| April 9-12, 2025 (Salt Lake City) | FULL |
| May 7-10, 2025 (Lexington) | 4 SEATS LEFT |
| June 4-7, 2025 (Lexington) | 2 SEATS LEFT |
| June 11-14, 2025 (Salt Lake City) | OPEN |
| LOCATION: Lexington, KY or Salt Lake City, UT | |
| Disclaimer: Please note that while we make every effort to accommodate the date selected by course participants, we cannot guarantee that the requested date will be available. Dates are subject to availability and may be changed based on factors such as enrollment numbers or other logistical considerations. We will make best efforts to accommodate your preferred date but in the event of scheduling conflicts we will work with you to find an alternative date. | |
Dr. Feck, Wilson and Combs and their amazing team helped all the students from Day 1 to get organized, learn the techniques involved with IV Sedation and then guided us as we hit the ground running to see 20 patients in 3 days and successfully perform IV Sedation Dentistry on them.
The heroes were also Kimberly, who helped sign me up, Lindsay, who helped organize the didactic portion of the course, and the Assistants and Dr. Wilson’s kids who helped turn the rooms around so the Doctors could meet the requirements.
Dr. Feck and his team screened the patients such that the treatment plans were accurate and all the necessary instruments and x-rays were ready for us to perform treatment once sedation was successfully achieved. The patients were also indeed special people to allow us to work on them.
This course will be one of the most memorable continuing education I have ever had and I am very grateful to the Faculty and the team members at DOCS Education.
Why choose IV Sedation?
Did you know that learning and incorporating IV sedation into your practice is one of the most pivotal decisions you could make?
IV sedation dentistry is a critical service that can:
- Propel your practice to incredible levels of patient care,
- Increase productivity, and
- Elevate your position as a top healthcare provider in your community.
And now with the aid of remote learning technology, the path to IV sedation certification for dentists is convenient and affordable.
With the DOCS Education IV sedation program, you won't have to forgo seeing patients in your practice during the majority of your training.
You'll complete 90 hours of comprehensive IV sedation training, which includes:
- 60 hours of didactic study and
- 20+ live patient experiences
You'll both sedate and provide dentistry to patients with your own assistant and our faculty by your side. We will teach you proven and safe protocols that combine oral and IV sedatives
Our course is the only IV Sedation certification program in the nation meets the regulatory requirements to obtain an IV permit or certificate in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
Learning intravenous conscious sedation with DOCS Education raises the bar in providing excellence in care—whether you are a seasoned sedation practitioner looking to ensure your continued qualifications or new to sedation dentistry.
Determine how IV sedation can benefit your practice with a complimentary consultation with Lindsay Cahill, Clinical IV program manager.
Instructor, Dr. Anthony Feck
Advanced Home Study
When you register for your dental IV sedation certification course, you can begin your first online class immediately. For your convenience, the majority of your didactic training can be completed from the comfort of your home or office with DOCS’ advanced home-study curriculum.
You'll be granted access to our proprietary IV sedation home study curriculum consisting of four fully guided online modules, each containing short educational and engaging videos.
Watch an Example of the Curriculum
In addition, you'll receive a 361-page study guide and reference manual that coordinates chapter-by-chapter with the modules, allowing you the freedom to learn your own way. We'll provide you a target self-completion date for each module to keep you on track with the program and your fellow participants. Plus, you'll maintain access to the physical and digital learning materials - forever!
You'll have the opportunity to engage with our faculty during four live, interactive, video office hours designed to ensure you master the IV sedation course material, module by module.
Our esteemed instructors are veteran educators and distinguished practitioners who take a practical team approach to effective minimal and moderate sedation—utilizing both enteral (oral) and parenteral (IV) methods. Each is an expert in their respective fields of:
- Dentistry
- Anesthesiology
- Emergency response
- Medicine graduate education
- Research
Each DOCS Education IV sedation training program has a maximum class size of just seven (7) doctors. You'll be assigned a 4-day clinical session with six other dentists and their assistants, which will be the culmination of your IV sedation training. In addition to the 20 patient experiences, the clinical session includes:
- Advanced training in medical emergencies,
- Airway management, and
- Practicing on high-fidelity patient simulators.
Schedule a complimentary IV Program Consultation with Lindsay Cahill, Clinical Program Manager.
Instructor, Dr. Jerome Wellbrock
Lexington, KY
Instructor, Dr. Carol Wilson
Instructor, Jim Bovia
4-Day Clinical Session
After successful completion of the home study portion of your IV sedation course, it's time to travel to one of our state-of-the-art dental facilities for four (4) days of live clinical training. Our clinics are held in either Lexington, KY or Salt Lake City, UT.
You’ll earn 90 continuing education participation credits applicable to your fellowship and masters in the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). Your tuition also includes a member of your team to attend the clinical session where they will earn a 40-hour continuing education certificate.
Jim Bovia, an EMT-P with more than 20 years of experience, and clinical instructor Dr. Carol Wilson, Dr. Ray Coleman, or Dr. Taylor Tate will lead your first day of intravenous sedation training where you'll:
- Practice gaining IV access on training arms
- Run emergency scenarios on a high-fidelity human simulator
- Get briefed on the rules of the clinic for seeing your 20 prescreened patients
The remaining three days of your clinical time will be spent directly sedating and treating patients, while accompanied by your assistant and one of our experienced faculty. The maximum class size of just seven (7) doctors in the DOCS IV training provides quality one-on-one training with instructors.
When you complete the course, you'll have the knowledge, confidence, and skills to perform IV sedation in your practice.
Breakfast and lunch are on us, plus a celebratory dinner on the final day!
More questions? Schedule a complimentary consultation with our Clinical IV Program Manager today.
Fully supported,
From start to permit
You will be supported through every step of the way to your IV sedation certification, from start to permit and beyond, by the dedicated team at DOCS Education.
As part of our commitment to each participant, our Clinical Program Manager, Lindsay Cahill, will personally assist you for the full length of the IV training program to help you stay on track and meet all deadlines.
You will also have access to our full-time Regulatory Counsel who will assist you in complying with all regulatory requirements in your jurisdiction and acquiring your IV sedation permit.
This one-of-a-kind program offers a high-powered curriculum that draws upon the unparalleled talents of the DOCS Education faculty, working in affiliation with Idaho State University Department of Dental Sciences and Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry.
Now, you can combine oral and IV sedation to improve your efficiency, allowing you to help more patients get the care they deserve. You'll be able to safely and confidently treat complex medical cases and refer out fewer patients.
Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or new to sedation dentistry, learning IV sedation with DOCS will raise the bar in providing excellence in care. Start your journey to a higher level of expertise and service.
Lindsay Cahill,
Program Manager
David T. Palmer, J.D.
Regulatory Counsel
Testimonials
“I want to thank you for putting together the wonderful clinical session at your office. I never thought visiting Lexington would be this fun, but I really enjoyed the entire experience! Your staff was amazing, the patient volunteers were incredible, and you were knowledgeable and supportive. I really felt I learned a lot during the clinical session.”
—Ann Wei, DDS, FACP
“Sedation is a huge practice builder. One of the biggest reasons people avoid going to the dentist isn't finances – it's fear. After all, we tend to have money to spend when it's something we want. But dentistry is scary for many people. If you can inoculate against that fear on the first phone call by offering oral or IV sedation, it’s a game-changer. And if you combine sedation with implant surgery, I can tell you, it will double your practice's net income within 12 months.”
—Bill Blatchford, DDS, Owner of Blatchford Solutions
“The DOCS IV course is one of the best out there; I had a wonderful experience learning new techniques, and was able to return to my office and start placing IV right away. The doctors were amazing and the way the course was conducted was worth every penny, as well as my time. The online didactic course was very skillfully organized, with group discussions and lectures, and the clinical portion was great. Course coordinator Lindsay has been very helpful in guiding through every step of completing my IV license within a month. I strongly recommend this course for everyone interested in IV sedation.”
—Shilpa Koneru, DDS
“DOCS Education has done it again! They delivered a thorough, comprehensive training solution for the people like me who wanted to add IV Sedation to their Practice. The pre-course was so thorough, it prepared me for the hands-on portion—it was easier to do the IV starts than I ever thought possible. As with all DOCS courses, the level of training is far and away the most comprehensive and relevant to the topic. You will receive the best didactic and clinical training in the dental continuing education market, in a for that fits a busy dentist's live.”
—Damon Thompson, DDS
The New Convenient Approach
This dynamic IV sedation course for dentists, offered in collaboration with Idaho State University Department of Dental Sciences and Meharry Medical College, is designed from the ground up to be as convenient as possible.
You can complete the preponderance of it from the comfort of your home or office. And when it comes time to participate in the clinical portion of the IV certification training, you and your assistant will fulfill that requirement during a single, four-day, extended-weekend program conducted at one of our state-of-the-art clinics in Lexington, Kentucky or Salt Lake City, UT.
The many benefits you’ll gain from completing this course are unmatched. They include:
- Incorporating methodologies to provide both enteral (oral) and parenteral (IV) minimal and moderate sedation in an outpatient setting—now and for the foreseeable future. Our course participants have successfully acquired licensure in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
- Expanding your confidence and ability to treat medically complex patients safely, and realizing the synergies that arise—for both doctor and patient—when you strategically combine safe oral and IV sedation—i.e., the best of both worlds
- Earning 90 hours of CE credits, all of which under PACE rules count as participation/hands-on credits toward obtaining your Mastership and Fellowship in the AGD
- Following the ADA guidelines for Teaching Pain Control and Sedation to Dentists and Dental Students (Adopted by the ADA House of Delegates in Oct. 2016).
- Fulfilling the ADA-recommended advanced airway management and opioid prescription training, and qualifying for ACLS certification
If you have questions or would like to register by phone, please contact one of our outstanding course advisors.
The Savings Abound
In dentistry, time is money, and this course is designed 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 greater part of your training. Moreover, the 40 hours of in-person, didactic and live patient training that takes place at one of our modern facilities (choose from Lexington, Kentucky or Salt Lake City, UT) is condensed into four consecutive days of onsite learning and clinical 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.
Start Today
When you register for our IV Sedation Certification course, you can begin your first class online immediately.
You’ll be asked to complete 60 hours of didactic training (online and in-person) and at least 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.
Purchase of this course grants access for one year and requires an internet connection, computer with video and audio capabilities, and in some cases, Adobe Reader to view handouts and articles.
You can download this course and watch it anywhere using the DOCS APP. Get it on Google Play or the Apple Store.
Scientific support and additional resources are available here.
Curriculum Topics:
- The sedation spectrum
- Mechanisms of orofacial pain and analgesia
- Psychological aspects of pain and anxiety
- Principles of pharmacology
- Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics of conscious sedation medications used in dentistry
- Drug interactions
- Patient assessment
- Advanced airway maintenance & management
- Monitoring
- IV sedation protocol
- Venipuncture
- Record-keeping
- Sedation blunders
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), including ACLS certification
Course Objectives: Upon completion of a competency course in enteral sedation, the dentist must be able to:
- Incorporate methodologies to safely provide both enteral (oral) and parenteral (IV) minimal and moderate sedation in an outpatient setting.
- Expand your confidence and ability to treat medically complex patients safely, and realizing the synergies that arise—for both doctor and patient—when you strategically combine safe oral and IV sedation.
- Understand the ADA guidelines for Teaching Pain Control and Sedation to Dentists and Dental Students (Adopted by the ADA House of Delegates in Oct. 2016).
- Fulfill the ADA-recommended advanced airway management and opioid prescription training, and qualify for ACLS certification.
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of minimal and moderate sedation and the sedation spectrum.
- Learn prevention, recognition, and management of complications from venipuncture and other parenteral techniques; oral sedation and other enteral techniques; and minimal and moderate sedation with particular attention to airway maintenance and support of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
- Review abuse potential, occupational hazards, and other detrimental effects of the agents utilized to achieve minimal and moderate sedation.
- Techniques of intravenous access, intramuscular injection, and other parenteral techniques through demonstration.
- Study Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics of sedation medications used in dentistry for administration, including the precautions, indications, contraindications, and adverse reactions associated with them.
- Understand complications and potential missteps associated with techniques of minimal and moderate sedation.
- Learn protocols for management of most commonly encountered emergencies in the dental office, and the drugs and equipment required for prevention and management; demonstrate proficiency.
- Study historical, philosophical, and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain control, mechanisms of orofacial pain and analgesia.
- Understand patient evaluation, assessment, selection, monitoring and recordkeeping through a detailed review of medical history taking, physical diagnosis, and psychological considerations.
- Description of the sedation anesthesia continuum with special emphasis on the distinction between the conscious and the unconscious state.
- Pharmacology of local anesthetics and agents used in IV Sedation, including drug interactions and contraindications.
- Indications and contraindications for use of IV Sedation.
- Review of dental procedures possible under IV Sedation.
- Patient monitoring using observation and monitoring equipment with particular attention to vital signs and reflexes related to consciousness.
- Safely and effectively administer the selected drug(s) to dental patients in a clinical setting.(304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312)
DOCS Education considers the dental team a vital part of good patient care and every dentist is required to bring at least one staff member to the clinical course. States differ in their sedation regulations. Visit www.SedationRegulations.com to learn more.
In most dental offices team members play an essential role. It's imperative that they be knowledgeable about the process to better serve the patient and the dentist.
60 didactic
30 clinical live hands-on
20+ cases
(Hours - AGD Code - Definition)
2 - 010 Basic Science: Anatomy
4 - 010 Basic Science: Pharmacotherapeutics
2 - 010 Basic Science: Physiology
15 - 142 Electives: Emergency Training / CPR
2 - 153 Electives: Psychosocial anxiety & fear in dentistry
62 - 340 Anesthesia & Pain Management: Parenteral techniques
3 - 340 Anesthesia & Pain Management: Prescription management
TOTAL: 90 hours (participation)
Once you have started the course, no refund will be issued. If you need to move your clinical date less than 6 weeks prior to the first day of the session, a $2,500 fee will be charged.
To learn more about how DOCS Education’s full range of courses can satisfy your state’s regulatory requirements, visit www.SedationRegulations.com. This unique online resource is kept up-to-date by DOCS Education’s full-time regulatory counsel with a brief outline of the latest sedation legislation by state and province. DOCS Members receive a comprehensive regulatory reference sheet for their location and access to the regulatory counsel. Contact one of our course advisers with any questions or visit our course listings to see upcoming classes.
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