This 7, 14 or 21 hour course is applicable to all dental professionals interested in providing minimal and moderate sedation in their office, and is an excellent refresher for those practitioners already experienced with these modalities.

Course Description:
Our internationally-renowned Faculty has designed this curriculum to meet current ADA guidelines for minimal and moderate sedation, and will review the recent Washington state-wide adaptations based on these recommendations. They have taught well over 20,000 dentists how to safely use anxiolytics and sedative agents in over 1,000 courses. Whether you are interested in getting started, or have been practicing with these tools for years, this is the only University-sponsored continuing dental education program in the Northwest taught by top professionals practicing in this field.

Course Objectives - Upon course completion, attendees will be able to:

• Describe the most recent ADA guidelines and State Regulations for anxiolysis and sedation.
• Provide safe and effective anxiolysis and sedation using oral and inhalational techniques.
• Identify and describe areas of controversy regarding traditional dental relaxation methods and approaches to analgesia.
• Discuss new pharmacologic agents and their optimal use in dentistry.
• Describe the mechanism of action of popular pain medications and understand why some drugs work and some don’t for postoperative dental pain.
• Avoid the pitfalls of potential drug interactions.
• Understand the principles of drug metabolism including liver enzyme induction and inhibition.
• Modify dental treatment in relation to overall therapeutic regimen and recognize and manage potential emergencies.
• Update on local anesthetic controversies, equipment and techniques useful for the overall treatment of the anxious patient.

Friday:
Etiology of Dental Anxiety & Comparison of Techniques - Why Oral Sedation? 
    - Historical, philosophical and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain control.
Pharmacology of Oral Sedatives 
    - Description of the stages of drug-induced central nervous system depression through all levels of consciousness and
      unconsciousness
    - Pharmacology of agents used in enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral conscious sedation (combined
      conscious sedation), including drug interactions and incompatibilities.
Reversal Agents and Flumazenil
Oral Sedation Techniques, Protocols and Case Studies 
    - Importance of maintaining proper records with accurate chart entries recording medical history, physical examination,
  vital signs, drugs administered and patient response.
What's in Your Emergency Kit and Practical Sessions on Airway
Update on Local AnestheticControversies
    - equipment and techniques useful for the overall treatment of the anxious patient
Oral Sedation "Politics", Rules and Regulations

Saturday:
From Inhalational to Intravenous Sedation 
    - Review of dental procedures possible under enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral conscious sedation
      (combined conscious sedation).
Pharmacology 101 
Applied Physiology & Anatomy of Respiration 
    - Review of pediatric and adult respiratory and circulatory physiology and related anatomy.
Nitrous Oxide Equipment

Pain Theory 
    - Definitions and descriptions of physiological and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain.
Incremental Induction Techniques
First Clinic
Drug Interactions and Databases 

Sunday:
Medical Emergencies and Patient Assessment   - Part I
    - Patient monitoring using observation and monitoring equipment
    - Prevention, recognition and management of complications and life-threatening situations.
Second Demonstration - Rapid Induction Technique
Second Clinic
Nitrous Oxide Installation
Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Pharmacology 
    - Indications and contraindications for use of enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral conscious sedation
      (combined conscious sedation).
Medical Emergencies and Patient Assessment - Part II
    - Patient evaluation and selection through review of medical history taking, physical diagnosis and psychological
      profiling
Contamination and Scavenging 
    - Introduction to potential health hazards of trace anesthetics and proposed techniques for limiting occupational
      exposure and potential abuse problems
Nitrous Oxide Complications / Contraindications 
    - Discussion of hallucinatory effects and discussion of abuse potential.


Registration and Tuition:
Registration will be managed by the University of Washington. 
Call (206) 543-5448, toll free: (866) 543-6465, or email cde@dental.washington.edu for more information. 

Please click "Register for this course" at the top of the page to be directed to the University of Washington Continuing Dental Education website. 

Tuition will be determined in Spring/Summer 2012.

The University of Washington is an ADA CERP recognized provider of Continuing Dental Education.

This course satisfies the requirements in Washington State (WAC 246-817-750), Oregon State (§818-026-0050), Idaho State (§19.01.01.060.01) and the American Dental Association. Actual number of hours required by each state can vary.

Course venue will be determined in Spring/Summer 2012.