Nebraska Minimal Sedation REcertification

  • Providers/Instructors: John Peterson, MD and Travis Teetor, MD

  • Online lecture format with pre and post test quizzes.

  • No relevant financial relationships to materials, equipment, products, or treatments discussed in lectures

  • 6 Continuing Education Credit hours

  • Cost $229.00

  • Cancellation and/or refund upon request and individually assessed

Released 11/2023; Updated 4/1/2025

Exp 12/31/2026

  • Each topic is accompanied by a lecture with a pre and post test to assess your knowledge base before and after the material is presented.

    • Ten subjects relevant to minimal sedation in dentistry will be presented in 8 lectures

      • Anatomy and Physiology

      • Common definitions and terms important in minimal sedation

      • ASA physical status

      • Fasting guidelines

      • Pertinent history and physical exam

      • Depth of sedation continuum

      • Pharmacology

      • Common sedation complications and treatments

      • Current ADA guidelines for minimal sedation

Course Syllabus

Course Objectives

  • REVIEW UPDATED ADA GUIDELINES FOR PROVIDING SEDATION IN THE DENTAL OFFICE

  • DISCUSS DEFINITIONS AND TERMS RELATING TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SEDATION

  • DESCRIPTION OF ASA PHYSICAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION, FASTING ORDERS, AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR SEDATING PATIENTS

  • DISCUSS COMMON MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL COMORBIDITIES IN PATIENTS AND HOW THEY MAY EFFECT SEDATION

  • DESCRIBE THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE AIRWAY, RESPIRATORY, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND HOW THEY RELATE TO MINIMAL SEDATION

  • DISCUSS PRE-OPERATIVE PREPARATION, APPROPRIATE MEDICAL HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAM, PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS, AND DISCHARGE CRITERIA

  • REVIEW USE OF APPROPRIATE PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT

  • DESCRIBE PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACODYNAMIC EFFECTS AND DOSAGES OF COMMONLY USED ORAL SEDATIVES

  • DESCRIBE THE PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES CONSISTENT WITH MINIMAL SEDATION

  • UNDERSTAND THE SEDATION/GENERAL ANESTHESIA CONTINUUM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF UNEXPECTED RESPONSES TO MINIMAL SEDATION.

For children 12 years of age and younger, the American Dental Association supports the use of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Guidelines for monitoring and managing pediatric patients during and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

This course content is intended for minimal sedation techniques in patients 13 years of age and older.

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Benjamin Franklin