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Maine Dental Sedation Regulations |
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| Oral Sedation |
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| Effective February 11,
2009: Maine Board of Dental
Examiners Rule §02-313 Chapter
14(III)(C)(5)(a)(i) requires a
dentist to complete at least 24 hours of instructive classroom
training, document 3 live patient
experiences, and obtain a Level I permit
before providing their adult patients
with moderate sedation using oral
sedatives (incl. Valium®)* This training is available
in DC.
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification is also required.
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| *When the intent is minimal
sedation only, a permit is not required. |
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| Pediatric Sedation |
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| 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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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 650,000 people in Maine 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 Maine.
Come to DC! |
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