Courses

With an estimated 25% of all ages suffering from Sleep Apnea, a condition that can affect every part of the body and the growth of children, why aren’t more dentists treating their patients for this disease? After all, we are the physicians of the masticatory system and have advanced knowledge of the airway.

Dr. John H. Tucker will debunk the 3 biggest myths that prevent dentists from introducing treatment to their patients for this important condition.

This online course is worth 1 CE.

If you’re considering introducing sedation dentistry into your practice and patients, the FREE teaser course will allow you to give DOCS Education’s Sedation Education a try!

Dr. Anthony Feck leads a discussion revealing the incredible scope of need for sedation dentistry that can open new doors for your practice.

In the course, Dr. Feck discusses the benefits of sedation for any dental practice. You’ll learn which patients make the best sedation dentistry candidates, which concerns make people resistant to dental visits, and understand how incorporating sedation dentistry can improve schedule integrity and job satisfaction in your practice. Defining key terms will help you see how sedation can fit into your existing systems.

1 CE hour

In order to practice safe dental sedation, it is important to understand how to identify and prevent hazards that can impede patient safety. Presented by Dr. Steve Yun, a board-certified M.D. and Dental Anesthesiologist, he will discuss the latest strategies and tips on how to reduce the impact of cognitive errors during dental sedation.

1 CE hour

Sedation patients often have extensive dental needs, and so our goal is to treat them with safety and efficacy. Because their care can be complex, it’s important to have a sequence of treatment as well as a thorough sedation workup and pre-sedation appointment.

In this presentation by Dr. Anthony Feck, you’ll learn the nine essential points to cover with your patient, from baseline vitals to medications and responsible companions to financial arrangements.

.5 CE hours

When it comes to the safety and efficacy of sedation, three of the most important subjects arguably include pharmacology, patient selection, and airway management. All three are tied intimately to patient safety, and pharmacology also has a great deal to do with sedation effectiveness.

Understanding the mechanisms of how drugs act, and how the body responds to their action are key to their safe and effective use.

Dr. Anthony Feck plunges into his favorite topic to share with you pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a wide range of sedative agents. You learn why and how they work; why some are better than others; and the methods used to reverse the effects of each.

2 CE hours

Physicians often question why pediatric dentistry does not follow a medical model.  Instead of using nitrous only with multiple visits, why not provide a single visit with nitrous PLUS a safe, no memory, non-opioid drug protocol on manageable children?  As Dr. Roger Sanger explains in this online course, this protocol not only eliminates fear in children, it also reduces parental health care concerns of multiple office visits with the threat of infectious disease transmission. 

1.5 CE hours

Sedation Dentistry is often a key element for the top-producers in our profession. Dr. Anthony Feck discusses why you should add or accelerate the Sedation portion of your practice (especially during these COVID times).

Yet, for many dentists who learn Sedation, they have not yet taken full advantage of its financial, emotional, and psychological benefits.

1.5 CE hours