Sedation Dentistry New York

Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation ( DOCS ) provides education to dental professionals on the subjects of dental conscious sedation and emergency medicine. The group also consists of a membership of 3400 dentists who provide these services to patients. Products including emergency medical supplies, monitoring equipment and others are also sold.

The organization has been quoted in the New York Times as well as the Wall Street Journal with regards to sedation dentistry and its use by general dentists.

The organization was founded in 2000 by a group of dentists and dental hygienists including President Michael Silverman, DMD. Originally located in Pennsylvania, the company moved to Seattle in 2006. Seminars are held throughout the US and Canada.

The DOCS faculty consists of well known educators such as Anthony Feck, DMD and Les Fang, MD. They speak frequently at large dental meetings both nationally and internationally as well as to dental boards who are in the regulations development process.

DOCS also has a research arm called the Oral Sedation Research Fund that provides grants to those wishing to study the safety and efficacy of oral sedation and its components. The Fund is completely supported by donations.

DOCS Education also supports a website, SedationCare.com. It is an educational website intended to inform the public on the availability and safety of sedation dentistry.

The site provides information on the sedation dentistry including statistical data, patient selection, published articles (Wall Street Journal and New York Times), media reports (Good Morning America), the procedure, recovery, medications used, levels of sedation, as well as a locator to find qualified sedation dentists.

There has been much discussion & controversy as to whether the DOCS courses are adequately preparing dentists to provide sedation. Qualification courses consist of 24 to 68 hours of instruction which meets or exceeds the guidelines established by the American Dental Association for the study of sedation dentistry and carry the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) PACE approval. PACE approval is accepted in most states for CE requirements. You can read about the ADA guidelines at the ADA's website

References

• Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2007. "Did I Really Have a Root Canal?"
• Kershaw, Sarah. The New York Times, March 6, 2008. My Root Canal? It’s a Blur
• Reuters, Feb. 25, 2009. Switch to Daylight Savings Time Will Launch First Annual Sedation Dentistry Safety Week Hosted by DOCS Education
• PRWebPhotowire, March 13, 2009. 23.5 Million Answers Cap First Annual Sedation Dentistry Safety Week
• BusinessMusings, March 13, 2009. SEDATION DENTISTRY SAFETY WEEK
• Pub Med, Sept, 2007. Evidence of safety for individualized dosing of enteral sedation

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