Learn Sedation Dentistry

Our course is the only IV Sedation certification program that meets the regulatory requirements to obtain an IV permit or certificate in all 50 states plus DC. You'll begin at home and limit your travel to a 4-day clinical session in one of two locations: Lexington, KY or Salt Lake City, UT.

Learning Objectives:

• Incorporate methodologies to safely provide both enteral (oral) and parenteral (IV) minimal and moderate sedation in an outpatient setting.
• Learn prevention, recognition, and management of complications from venipuncture and other parenteral techniques.

Instructors: Tony Feck, DMD, Carol Mattox, DMD, Ray Coleman, DMD, Taylor Tate, DDS

Learn how to safely and confidently integrate Oral Sedation Dentistry into your practice. You will gain sophisticated administration methodologies and proven pharmacological techniques. Virtual programs take place in February, June, and October.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn clinically proven traditional and advanced sedation protocols that are safe and well-established.
• Discover how to enhance the use of oral sedation in combination with nitrous oxide.
• Understand how to create advanced treatment plans for neglected mouths.

Instructors: Leslie Fang, MD, Ph.D., Tony Feck, DMD, Jerome Welbrock, DMD

During this introductory course, you will gain advanced techniques of nitrous oxide administration, while expanding your knowledge of safely prescribing, dispensing, and dosing of oral sedatives. Virtual programs take place in February, June, and October. 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss how to combine nitrous oxide with one of five oral sedation protocols.
• Cover techniques of nitrous administration, both fundamental and advanced.
• Review airway management, including signs of an impending emergency.

Instructors: Tony Feck, DMD, Carol Mattox, DMD

You will earn an American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support card, good for two years after successful completion of the pre-course instruction and the one-day, in-person training.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn vital medical knowledge and applications to save a patient’s life.
• Create a crisis management plan that uses equipment commonly found in dental offices.
• Receive practical training to handle common emergency scenarios.
• Review the critical skills needed to respond to respiratory failure, airway obstruction, cardiac problems, and anaphylaxis.

Instructors: Jim Bovia, EMT-P

Update and refresh the sedation protocols in your arsenal and fulfill your state’s recertification requirements from the comfort of home. Virtual programs take place in February, June, and October. Live programs take place in March and August.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss recent developments in protocols and pharmacology.
• Update your patient assessment techniques.
• Re-examine the best sedative for each patient based on drug-drug interactions.

Instructors: Leslie Fang, MD, Ph.D., Tony Feck, DMD

Gain the knowledge and confidence to safely sedate medically complex patients. Virtual programs take place in February, June, and October. Live programs take place in August.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn critical facts on next-generation medications and how dental patients may react.
• Where surprise emergencies may arise and how to manage them.
• New guidelines on diabetes, antibiotics, and opioid prescriptions.

Instructors: Leslie Fang, MD, Ph.D., Tony Feck, DMD

Expand the number of IV sedation protocols in your arsenal and fulfill your state's recertification requirements. Virtual programs take place in February, June, and October. Live programs take place in March and August.

Learning Objectives:

• Review pharmacology, physiology, and IV sedation techniques.
• Identify new drugs on the market and their drug-drug interactions.
• Review proven and safe protocols combining oral and IV sedatives.

Instructors: Jerome Wellbrock, DMD, Tony Feck, DMD

Maintain your Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification and be prepared to handle a medical emergency in your dental practice. Live programs happen in March and August.

Learning Objectives:

• Receive practical training to handle common emergency scenarios.
• Review the critical skills needed to respond to respiratory failure, airway obstruction, cardiac problems, and anaphylaxis.
• Create a crisis management plan that uses equipment commonly found in dental offices. 

Instructors: Jim Bovia, EMT-P