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 around the newly approved ADA guidelines for minimal and moderate sedation, and will review the recent state-wide adaptations based on these recommendations. They have taught well over 20,000 dentists how to safely sedate dental patients 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 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
    - 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.
Oral Sedation Techniques Including “Politics” and Monitoring, Rules and Regulations
    - Importance of maintaining proper records with accurate chart entries recording medical history, physical examination,
  vital signs, drugs administered and patient response.
Case Studies and Review 
    - Reversal Agents and Flumazenil 
    - Venous Drainage of the Upper Limb 
Update on local anesthetic controversies
    - equipment and techniques useful for the overall treatment of the anxious patient

Saturday:
Intravenous and Inhalational 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.
Pain Theory 
    - Definitions and descriptions of physiological and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain.
Nitrous Oxide Equipment 
    - Description and use of inhalation sedation equipment.
    - Incremental and Rapid Induction techniques 
Drug Interactions and Databases 

Sunday:
Medical Emergencies and Patient Assessment 
    - Patient monitoring using observation and monitoring equipment
    - Prevention, recognition and management of complications and life-threatening situations.
Contamination and Scavenging 
    - Introduction to potential health hazards of trace anesthetics and proposed techniques for limiting occupational
      exposure and potential abuse problems
Nitrous Oxide Installation
Medical Emergencies and Patient Assessment (continued)
    - Patient evaluation and selection through review of medical history taking, physical diagnosis and psychological
      profiling
Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Pharmacology 
    - Indications and contraindications for use of enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral conscious sedation
      (combined conscious sedation).
Local Anesthesia Update 
    - Administration of local anesthesia in conjunction with enteral and/or combination inhalation-enteral conscious
      sedation (combined conscious sedation).
Nitrous Oxide Complications / Contraindications 
    - Discussion of hallucinatory effects and discussion of abuse potential.

Tuition and Registration:
Registration for this course will be managed directly by The University of Washington. Please click on "Register for this course" at the above right for complete registration and tuition information.

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.

The location of this course will be determined by the University of Washington in Spring/Summer of 2010