Courses

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 addition to providing superior care and running a successful dental practice, it’s also crucial to protect your business from the possibility of embezzlement and litigation. Paul Edwards, CEO, and co-founder of CEDR HR Solutions, shares constructive systems and controls to put into place that will discourage and detect potential embezzling within your staff, as well as multiple steps to avoid employee litigation.

In this course, Paul will discuss the best policies to put into writing that will safeguard your practice from theft and litigation, including email and password security, the importance of documentation, and creating an effective employee handbook.

1 CE hour

Now that you’ve taken the courses to receive your sedation dentistry permits and scheduled your site visit, it’s time to turn your attention to the larger goal: making the dental experience worry-free for anxious dental patients. Dr. Carol Wilson will unpack the steps to successful record-keeping in a sedation office for you and your team.

1.5 CE hours

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

While tobacco use has decreased over the years, nicotine remains an addictive drug with a greater effect on the central nervous system (CNS) than caffeine, cocaine, or amphetamines. As a dental professional providing oral sedation to nicotine users – whether smoking, vaping, or dipping – it’s important to evaluate the usage and frequency to ensure a safe and comfortable experience for the patient.

Dr. Anthony Feck will share the assessment tools, risk, and treatment, based on the individual patient’s nicotine use. You’ll learn that the intensity of nicotine cravings can be more powerful than the sedation medications being administered, and how to instruct the patient accordingly on their use prior to treatment.   

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