Conscious Sedation & Emergencies Management in Dentistry: Protocols for Safe Practice

– Defining anxiety and dental anxiety
– Stress-related physical changes
– Intra-operative dental anxiety
– Stress related to emergencies in the dental chair
– Tips to improve the dentist-patient relationship
– Pharmacological and non-pharmacological products that can be used to reduce stress during dental appointments.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Endodontists, Restorative dentist, Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Tips for determining the need for conscious sedation
– Indications of sedation needs (IOSN) by Prof. P Clouthard
– The three domains of IOSN
– Assessing medical history for sedation suitability
– Analyzing anxiety levels prior to sedation
– Modified dental anxiety scale
– Evaluating treatment complexity and sedation requirements.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Endodontists, Restorative dentist, Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Non-pharmacological interventions
– The concept of iatrosedation
– The therapeutic potential of hypnosis
– Utilizing music therapy for therapeutic benefit during dental appointments
– Exploring aromatherapy and biofeedback for conscious sedation. 

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Endodontists, Restorative dentist, Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Historical perspectives on the clinical application of inhaled sedation
– Indications and contraindications for the clinical use of inhaled sedation
– Nitrous oxide and oxygen sedation: key features and properties
– The clinical indications for nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation
– Set-up of sedation machine
– Sedation signs and symptoms
– Integrated inhaled conscious sedation approach.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Endodontists, Restorative dentist, Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Advantages and disadvantages of intravenous conscious sedation in clinical dental practice
– Indications and contraindications of intravenous conscious sedation in clinical dental practice
– Clinical and instrumental monitoring during intravenous conscious sedation
– Drugs for safe intravenous conscious sedation: Benzodiazepines, Midazolam, Diazepam
– Physical and physiological evaluation of the patient before, during, and after intravenous conscious sedation
– Complications and protocols for their management.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Endodontists, Restorative dentist, Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Protocols for the management of loss of consciousness during operations
– Protocols for working with diabetic patients
– Protocols for the management of hypersensitivity emergencies
– Protocols for management of epileptic seizure
– Protocols for management of cardiac arrest, asthma, and hyperventilation
– Protocols for management of suffocation, acute adrenal crisis, and stroke
– Protocols for management of emergencies from local anesthesia
– Emergencies due to the lack of hemostasis.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, Endodontists, Restorative dentist, Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.