Pediatric Minimal Sedation Dentistry

Many kids and teens are still presenting with high caries rates, despite best efforts. The last thing busy parents want to hear is that their child needs several dental appointments. Learn how safe and effective minimal oral sedation can benefit not only the child or teen with multiple and/or advanced caries, but can also save time for patient, parent, dentist, and staff.

Join DOCS and esteemed faculty members, Dr. Roger Sanger, DDS, MS (lead pediatric instructor), Dr. Leslie Fang, MD, PhD, and anesthesiologist Dr. Steven Yun, MD, for this once-a-year program. Learn to diminish everyone’s stress by performing one-visit, no-memory sedation on pediatric patients requiring multiple visits. 

Earn 16 CE credits through a one-day in-person training that’s combined with an online pre-course.

Course Break Down:

This course is broken into two distinctive parts: pre-course work completed via online video modules you can watch at home or the office; and in-person lectures that will take place from 8am-5pm on August 23 at the InterContinental Hotel in Atlanta, GA. 

• Pre-course Work (8HRS): Delivered via online video modules

• In-person Event (8HRS): August 23, 2024 from 8am-5pm in Atlanta, GA

  • About the Hotel: InterContinental Hotels brings a new luxury lifestyle experience to Atlanta’s prestigious Buckhead neighborhood. Elevate your stay with stylish rooms and suites, the 21st floor Club Lounge, The Americano restaurant, and Spa InterContinental with an adjoining fitness center and heated saltwater outdoor pool. Our luxury Buckhead hotel is a unique place to stay in the Atlanta metro area. Located just 19 miles from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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Course Objectives:

• Understand the “Pedonomics” of sedation management for treating children and teens in the dental practice. 
• Learn how minimal oral sedation that’s used safely and routinely in medical practices can be integrated into dental care for kids and teenagers.
• Review routes and levels of pediatric oral sedation that can be successfully combined with nitrous and local injectable anesthesia.
• Follow step-by-step sedation procedures and review actual case examples.
• Learn the preemptive oral analgesia technique and use of buffering local anesthesia for more comfortable and quicker uptake.
• Evaluate the airway for predetermination of case acceptance and patient monitoring during treatment.
• Understand the financial arrangements and ADA CDT coding for all sedation procedures.
• Design your physical office and staff for success in performing practice-based sedation.

About the Protocols: 

The “no-memory, no-opioid” protocols taught as part of this course have been clinically tested over 30 years by Dr. Sanger and have unprecedented safety, outstanding results, and no unnecessary complexity. Whether you’re a general dentist, specialist, or pediatric dentist, this program will help you develop a foundational skillset that allows you to safely and confidently use oral sedation on pediatric patients. Specific topics will include:

• Childhood behavior and parental interaction.
• Patient and parent selection for dental care with sedation.
• Anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology.
• Protective positioning and equipment for sedation.
• Pediatric dental pharmacology.
• Pediatric obesity and sedation.
• Pediatric drug-drug interaction.
• Airway rescue and management of emergencies.

Bring Your Team:

DOCS Education considers the dental team a vital part of good patient care and urges every dentist to bring at least one staff member to courses. Whether assisting the doctor during the actual appointment or tending to the practical concerns of appointment scheduling and recordkeeping, a doctor cannot perform pediatric sedation without the help of his or her team. Thus, it's imperative your team members be knowledgeable about the pediatric sedation process to better serve the patient and the dentist.

Each states differ in its pediatric sedation regulations. Visit SedationRegulations.com to learn more, or all one of our course advisors to find out what your state requires.

Faculty:

Roger Sanger, DDS, MS: Dr. Sanger brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to DOCS Education as lead instructor for the pediatric sedation dentistry curriculum. In addition to his education, residency, and tenure at several top institutions around the country, Dr. Sanger is a successful dentist and businessman who has elevated pediatric dentistry through oral sedation. Having personally performed over 13,000 pediatric sedation cases, he understands the challenges, advantages, and value of sedation for all involved. 

Leslie Fang, MD, Ph.D.: As DOCS Education’s Medical Director, Dr. Fang plays an integral part in the development of the curriculum, providing the medical backbone in sedation. He is involved in the teaching of Oral Sedation Dentistry, Master Series in Sedation, Pediatric Sedation Dentistry, IV Sedation, and more.

Steve Yun, MD: Dr. Yun is a board-certified M.D. anesthesiologist whose mission is to bring the safety of hospital-grade anesthesia to the dental office. He performs complex anesthesia cases at Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego and the majority of his patients in dental offices are children. Dr. Yun is a member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and is the medical consultant for DOCS Education.