Dental CE Course: Local Anesthesia: A Hands-on Training Program

Administering local anesthesia allows dental hygienists to offer more comfortable care during periodontal debridement, root planing and other clinical services where root and gingival sensitivity are present. Dentists may also delegate to dental hygienists the responsibility of anesthetizing some of their restorative patients. This continuing dental education program will review basic knowledge of head and neck anatomy, pharmacology, and medical history evaluation relevant to local anesthesia. In addition, you will gain information and skill with the anesthetic agents and techniques as you practice injection techniques on each other.
Registration for Wednesday only is possible for dentists or dental hygienists who want to focus on any the following injections: 1) inferior alveolar block, 2) Gow-Gates block, 3) mental/incisive, 4) PDL, and 5) intraseptal techniques. This three-day program meets Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa requirements for training of dental hygienists in local anesthesia.