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Michigan Dental Sedation Regulations |
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| Oral, Pediatric & IV Sedation |
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| The Michigan Board of Dentistry
requires a dentist to complete a 60-hour I.V. sedation course,
and administer 20 clinical patient cases
before providing oral or IV conscious
sedation to dental patients.* This training is now
available in Pittsburgh |
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| *When the intent is Anxiolysis only, formal training is not required. |
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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 5 Million people in Michigan 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 sedation dentistry 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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DOCS Courses are AGD/PACE approved. Courses approved by the AGD are accepted for continuing education in Michigan.
Join Us in DC & fulfill your CE or get your permit in Pittsburgh!
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