Dental CE Course: Sedation & Pharmacology: What Every Dentist Needs to Know for 2008

This course is proudly co-sponsored by Med WoRx and the South Beach Denal Institute. During two full days of instruction, all aspects of inhalation analgesia, including effective methods in dealing with anxiety control in general practice will be covered. 1st Day: A review of all sedation techniques;Pain mechanisms and the best approaches to effective analgesia; Applied physiology of the respiratory/cardiovascular systems;Pharmacology of oral sedatives and nitrous oxide;Indications and contraindications for the use of nitrous oxide; Complications with nitrous oxide sedation; mechanics and maintenance of machines and scavenging systems;Regulations/cost effectiveness of installing a nitrous system;The side effects of nitrous oxide including contamination;Meth mouth and the illicit drug user;Osteonecrosis of the jaw and the bisphosphonates;Treating a patient with a bleeding disorder, diabetes, or sleep apnea; The hottest 5 topics in local anesthesia;Patient assessment, monitoring and the latest tools to manage complex medical patients;Polypharmacology and dentistry - "help me avoid drug interactions!"2nd Day: Meth mouth and ilicit drug userOsteonecrosis of the jaw and the bisphosphonatesEver treated a patient with a bleeding disorder, diabetes, or sleep apnea? The worst 20 sedation cases you have ever seen, and how to handle such emergenciesThe hottest 5 topics in local anesthesiaPatient assessment, monitoring, and the latest tools to manage complex medical patientsPolypharmacology and dentistry - "help me avoid drug interactions!"