Sedation Dentistry & Why You Should Provide It To Your Patients

With the right training from The Pathway, you can set yourself up for success, bring more patients into your practice, and provide the care they need in a comfortable, relaxing, and safe environment. Read on to learn more about sedation dentistry, and see how you can benefit by offering it at your practice.
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Getting Certified For Oral Conscious And IV Sedation – Why It Matters To Patients

Dental anxiety is one of the biggest roadblocks that prevents patients from getting the dental care they need for a healthy smile, and it’s more common than you may think. According to one study, up to 50-80% of dental patients experience some level of dental anxiety. Nitrous oxide sedation is a great starting point, and can help many patients deal with their dental anxiety and get the dental care they need without fear or discomfort.

Still, some patients with severe dental anxiety may be very nervous about getting the dental care they need due to past dental trauma, bad experiences with other dentists, or fear of potential pain and discomfort during their treatment. This is especially true if a patient needs a more complex dental procedure, like a dental implant or an extraction. Nitrous sedation alone may not be enough to make your patients feel safe and comfortable while they get the care they need at your office.

Getting certified to provide oral conscious sedation or IV sedation can help you break down this barrier, and ensure your patients get the care they need. By offering deeper levels of sedation at your office, you can manage dental anxiety in your patients more effectively, provide them with pain-free treatment, and ensure that they have a positive experience at your practice.
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Get The Training You Need To Succeed With The Pathway

Where do you start when it comes to sedation dentistry training? At The Pathway, we offer two Sedation Pathway courses for dentists from all across the United States. Both of these courses are offered twice each year, and fill up fast! 

• Oral Conscious Sedation – The Pathway’s Oral Conscious Sedation Course offers 20 CE credits, and covers the requirements for administering minimal oral sedation in all 50 states. With a combination of classroom instruction and self-guided learning, you’ll learn everything you need to know to administer oral sedation safely.
  
  
• IV Sedation – The Pathway’s IV Sedation Course offers 92 hours of CE credits, and is based on the 2016 ADA Guidelines for moderate IV sedation. This includes 62 hours of didactic training, as well as 30 hours of hands-on clinical training, involving 20+ live patient sedations. By the conclusion of your Pathway course, you’ll be fully certified to provide IV sedation in every U.S. state except for New York.
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Don’t Wait – Sign Up Today, And Get Ready To Transform Your Practice

If you’re interested in offering either oral sedation or IV sedation at your office, The Pathway is here to help. Every year, our industry-leading faculty help hundreds of dentists from throughout the United States build their skills with continuing education, and our sedation dentistry courses are one of our most popular offerings. So don’t wait. Check out our course catalog to sign up now, or give us a call or contact The Pathway online if you’d like more information.