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| Effective July 1, 2010:
Oregon Board of Dentistry
Rule §818-026-0050
requires dentists to complete
at least 16 hours of instructive classroom
training and obtain a permit before
providing their patients with minimal
sedation using oral sedatives (e.g.
Valium® with nitrous).* This training is available
in San Francisco. |
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| *Single-dose anxiolysis
without nitrous does not require a
permit. |
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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 San Francisco. |
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| IV
Sedation |
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| For moderate sedation, 'IV Sedation for
Dentistry' at Pittsburgh's
Duquesne University 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 Oral Sedation? |
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An estimated 2 Million people in Oregon 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. There are no special sponsorship requirements in Oregon.
Come to San Francisco! |
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