Kentucky Board of Dentistry Rule
§201 KAR 8:390(4)(1)
requires
dentists to have the following
equipment when providing oral
sedation to adult patients:
Positive-pressure oxygen
delivery system with adequate full-
face masks and appropriate connectors,
and adequate back up;
Pulse oximeter;
Blood pressure cuff and
stethoscope;
Oral airways; and
Appropriate emergency drugs
(unspecified. recommend: flumazenil,
ephinephrine, glucose, nitroglycerin,
antihistamine, albuterol). |
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| Pediatric Sedation |
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Pediatric Sedation Dentistry:
Sedation dentistry for children is a unique science and requires 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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| IV
Sedation |
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| Duquesne University’s 'I.V. Sedation for
Dentistry' course in
Pittsburgh provides
over 60 hours of didactic instruction
plus
management of as many as 30 patients by
the intravenous route per participant in
order to qualify for an IV permit. |
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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 Sedation Dentistry? |
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An estimated 2 Million people in Kentucky 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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