Courses

You want to provide your patients with the safest, most-advanced, comprehensive care available. If your state requires you to obtain a permit to offer minimal sedation or moderate enteral sedation, you must meet your state’s oral sedation recertification qualifications. This class fulfills 8 CE credit hours and completely updates and refreshes attendees on the pharmacology and proven DOCS Education oral sedation protocols that you must have to keep your patients safe. You'll have 4 hours of online pre-course study followed by 4 hours live training, either by our Interactive (((Live))) Streaming platform on Saturday afternoon or in-person at one of our live events on Saturday morning. 8 CE hours.

Are you and your team ready for a medical emergency in the dental office? New advances in emergency care are happening every day and this dynamic, one-day ACLS recertification program will keep your response skills on the cutting edge. Designed especially for dental offices and those seeking to renew their ACLS card. Top industry professionals share important new research and clinical practices to help you maintain the skills and protocols taught in ACLS.

Earn 6.5 hours CE and renew your AHA ACLS card with a passing grade.

This course consists of 7 modules. You’ll earn 9 CE credits upon completion.

Local anesthetics are the most used drugs in dentistry and are considered the most effective for pain management and prevention. However, the “shot” is the most fear-inducing facet of the dental experience for most patients. An estimated 75% of all dental office medical emergencies are stress-related and therefore preventable.
In this course, Dr. Stanley Malamed shares beneficial information on the injection armamentarium and comprehensive patient evaluation, as well as relevant anatomy and all injection techniques. You will learn about the localized and systemic complications that can arise with local anesthesia, and how to prevent and manage them. The course will cover the facts and fiction of local anesthesia and take an in-depth look at the future of pain control in dentistry.

Even the best seminar presentation can't replicate the value of training in an actual clinical setting. That's why we offer a premium experience for dentists wishing to put their knowledge into practice. The Personal Learning Experience (PLE) places dentists and staff members within a pediatric dental clinic. This real-world setting provides the best possible look at how sedation can be provided safely and efficiently to a wide number of patients every single day. Participants gain vital access to successful clinical techniques and established practice management approaches.

Meharry Medical College in joint providership with the Washington AGD through its affiliation with DOCS Education has created a new 8-hour course* that fulfills the new one-time opioid course requirement for DEA registration. The course will cover a range of topics related to opioid prescribing and pain management required by the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, including the risks and benefits of opioids, safe pharmacological management of dental pain and screening, treating and management of patients with substance abuse disorders, patient counseling and education, and more. It is worth 8 CE.

Sedation dentists treat patients with a variety of diseases. Some of those medical issues, like asthma and diabetes, are commonplace and well-diagnosed. Others, like sleep apnea, are common but go largely undiagnosed. Special dental management is also required for cardiac patients on antiplatelet drug therapy. You’ll earn 4 CE credit in this 3-module course that addresses the treatment of those with compromised health.

4 CE hours

Do you understand what’s happening internally to your patients when you administer sedation drugs? By knowing how popular drugs are absorbed, metabolized, and excreted you can better serve patients, particularly those prone to anxiety. In this course, Dr. Anthony Feck reveals the chemical processes at work during sedation treatment and how to manage them for maximum patient safety in this 4 module, 4 CE credit hour course.

4 CE hours