UF | College of Dentistry : Continuing Education

Certification Training

This course is also approved for certification and training for dental auxiliaries in Florida, as per Florida Board of Dentistry Rule 64B5-14.004; Dental Assistants And Dental Hygienists may monitor nitrous-oxide inhalation analgesia under the direct supervision of a permitted dentist under the following conditions: 1) Satisfactory completion of no less than a two-day course of training as described in the American Dental Associations' "Guidelines for Teaching and Comprehensive Control of Pain and Anxiety in Dentistry" or its equivalent, and 2) Maintenance of competency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (Also approved in Georgia).

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation properly administered to the conscious child or adult provides an important adjunctive aid to the management of the apprehensive patient. This course is designed to prepare the general dentist and auxiliary to use nitrous oxide psychosedation confidently in the office environment. The didactic and clinical instruction will give the participant a step-by-step procedural approach for the control of anxiety in the conscious patient. The structure of the program will follow the guidelines for an approved office inhalation analgesia course as required by both Florida and Georgia Boards of Dentistry. To meet American Dental Association guidelines, twelve hours of this course will consist of a review of the instructional material, in a home-study format, which will be mailed to each participant prior to the course; therefore, advanced registration is required. A preand post-test will be given for certification. Registration fee includes one copy of the "Handbook of Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Sedation" by Morris Clark and Ann Burnick.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the completion of this course the participant should:

Know the history and characteristics of Nitrous Oxide Sedation

Know the basic respiratory physiology, including the uptake and distribution of gases

Know the states of anesthesia and phases of State I Anesthesia

Know the pharmacology, and physiology of Nitrous Oxide

Know the indications, contraindications, and complications of inhalation analgesia

Know the characteristics of the Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen delivery system

Know a clinical protocol for the use of Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation

FACULTY:

Franci Stavropoulos, D.D.S., Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Services.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS:

20 contact hours. Participation

TIMES:

1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday;
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Saturday

COURSE LIMIT:

25 participants

COURSE MATERIALS:

REGISTRATION FEE:

(Breakfast on Sat.)

Regular Fee

Dentists

$625

Auxiliaries

$425

Early Bird Fee*
*Up to 1 month before course date

Dentists

$595

Auxiliaries

$395

Dates

Location

Course #

Nov. 7-8, 2008 (Fri-Sat)

Gainesville

090010-002

Nitrous Oxide Psychosedation