Welcome
These courses are administered and sponsored by the Oregon Academy of General Dentistry
(OAGD).
This course meets or exceeds the American Dental Association’s Guidelines for the Use of Sedation and General Anesthesia by Dentists. It is a 115-hour course and includes a total of 69 hours of didactic education and 46 hours of clinical education.
Why should I attend this course?
All didactics are in-person. While watching videos may be convenient to get through the didactics as many programs do, it pales in comparison to being live in a room and able to ask questions of world-class experts as you think of them in real-time. In the clinic, you will review patients’ medical histories, start the IV, administer sedative agents and do dentistry. Just like you’ll do in private practice. I don’t believe there are any other courses that can say that. We start at 8:30 AM sharp each day for the didactic sessions. We finish at 5 PM on Thursday-Saturday and we finish at 1 PM each Sunday. The clinic has long days, generally 6:30 AM until 7:30 PM. We provide breakfast and lunch for you and your assistants each day of the course.
This is the only IV sedation course where all faculty are board-certified dentist anesthesiologists. That’s huge as dentist anesthesiologists are the recognized experts in anesthesia and sedation for dental patients, more so than any other individual that provides anesthesia or sedation for dental patients. Most IV sedation courses do not have a single dentist anesthesiologist on their faculty, or they usually have a minor role if they do.
All except Dr. Malamed, who retired from USC a decade ago now, are in private practice performing the full spectrum of anesthesia for dentistry every day. Drs. Brady and Fonner are on the board of directors of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA) and Dr. Reed is a past president of that organization. Drs. Fonner and Reed are on the board of directors of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology (ADBA), Dr. Fonner is currently the immediate past president and Dr. Reed is the secretary. Dr. Brady is a past president of the ADBA. Drs. Brady and Fonner are the co-authors, and Dr. Reed is a contributor to the ADSA’s Ten Minutes Saves a Life® app. Dr. Reed has published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks with Drs. Malamed, Okundaye and Fonner. This faculty has published more than the faculty from all other IV sedation courses put together.
Drs. Malamed and Reed have taught IV sedation together for 30 years. We have been providing this course sponsored by the Oregon Academy of General Dentistry for 24 years. Dr. Okundaye has taught in this course for 19 years, Dr. Fonner for 13 years and Dr. Brady has been with us the least amount of time at 12 years. The faculty is outstanding. The facility is amazing. The Oregon AGD just built this facility a handful of years ago and it has a state-of-the-art lecture room and a completely up-to-date clinic. There truly is no other course that comes close to what we provide.
The Oregon AGD works with the Oregon Board of Dentistry to get all course participants a temporary license to practice dentistry and perform parenteral moderate sedation that is good for the clinical course dates. This is based on your dental license being in good standing in your state and with no restrictions or other limitations. It is very important that you be properly licensed when participating in the clinical portion of an IV sedation course. All of our faculty have either a permanent or temporary license in Oregon as well. We feel this is a very important consideration when considering an IV sedation course.
Pediatric patients will not be treated in this course nor do we advocate parenteral moderate sedation for patients under the age of 16.
Critical Information for All Courses:
Doctor requirements prior to enrolling:
- A valid license to practice dentistry in at least one US state or Canadian province
- Current Healthcare Provider BLS (CPR)
- Current ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
- Current DEA permit allowing the subscription of Schedules II/IIN through V
- Appropriate malpractice insurance
You must bring at least two dental assistants
for the entirety of the clinic sessions. Also, you are strongly encouraged to bring your assistants for all of the didactic sessions. They will benefit from this information and there is no additional tuition charged for your first two assistants. If you wish to bring additional assistants, a small fee will be assessed that only covers our expenses.
You will be completely comfortable with and prepared to go back to your office and sedate and treat patients. This course is very well organized due primarily to the excellent quality of faculty and staff we have been able to secure.
Note: During the clinical portion of the course each participant is required to to bring all armamentarium/supplies required to treat patients.
These are long days! The didactic days are eight hours each and the clinic days are between ten and fourteen hours each. For as long and difficult as this course is, it is also a lot of fun and it is a “good tired” that you'll feel each day.
NOTE:
The Guidelines for Teaching Pain Control and Sedation to Dentists and Dental Students, 2016
states: "The course director must certify the competency of participants upon satisfactory completion of training in each moderate sedation technique, including instruction, clinical experience, managing the airway, intravascular/intraosseous access, and reversal medications."
Each participant must be 100% clear that there is a possibility that if they do not perform satisfactorily during the course that the course director may not be able to write a letter to their state board stating that they are competent in parenteral moderate sedation and airway management. All participants will get the CE hours, but participants may not get a statement of competency from the course director.
Tuition: $18,950