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Effective March 10, 2010:
Georgia Board of Dentistry
Rule §150-
13-.01 requires dentists to
complete at least 24 hours of instructive classroom
training with 10 clinical patient
experiences, and obtain a permit before
providing their adult patients with
moderate sedation using oral sedatives
incl. Valium).*
This training is available
in DC & Atlanta. |
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| Advanced Cardiac Life Support
(ACLS) certification is
also required.
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| *When the intent is minimal
sedation on a patient of any age, formal
training is not required, but the ADA
guidelines recommend at least
16 hours of
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| Pediatric Sedation |
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| Sedation dentistry for children is a
unique science and dentists should have
pediatric-specific training. The
standard of care for providing pediatric
sedation requires several hours of
instructive classroom training with
clinically-oriented experiences. This
training is available in Memphis.
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Regulatory assistance: DOCS membership provides direct access to our full-time Regulatory Counsel for assistance in complying with the training and equipment requirements, obtaining your permit, and addressing advertising issues.
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| Why Do Oral Sedation? |
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An estimated 4.75 Million people in Georgia are currently in need of dental care but are too fearful to seek you out. To date, access to care for these patients has been limited. Now you can help.
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Practicing oral sedation has many advantages for you, not the least of which is treating a more comfortable patient. Other advantages are: performing more dentistry in a single visit instead of having the patient come back again and again; bigger restorative cases from patients who were previously reluctant due to anxiety; and patients feeling little to no post-operative discomfort regardless of the procedure - resulting in more referrals.
And for your patients it means something else. A comfortable experience - often with no recollection of the visit or the time passed. I often hear of patients who call their dentist the next day not to complain, but to express their gratitude and delight in their first ever visit to the dentist without fear.
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Get the education you need to fulfill your requirements and provide safe and effective oral conscious sedation to those in need. Get started today!
DOCS Courses are AGD/PACE approved. Courses approved by the AGD are accepted for continuing education in Georgia.
Come to DC or Atlanta! |
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