Tennessee Conscious 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

  • 4 Continuing Education Credit hours

  • Cost $159.00

  • Cancellation and/or refund upon request and individually assessed

Released 11/2023; Updated 4/1/2025

Expires 12/31/2026

  • Review updated 2016 ADA Guidelines for providing sedation in the dental office.

  • Discuss definitions and terms relating to different levels of sedation.

  • Define the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s physical status classification, fasting orders, and risk assessment for sedation.

  • Discuss pre-operative preparation, define an appropriate medical history and physical exam for dentistry, review personnel requirements, and discharge criteria.

  • Review the use of appropriate physiologic monitoring equipment.

  • Explain the pharmacologic and pharmacodynamic effects of commonly used sedative medications.

  • Understand the sedation/general anesthesia continuum and the importance of early recognition and treatment of unexpected responses to minimal sedation.

Course Syllabus

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.

  • Seven subjects relevant to minimal sedation in dentistry will be presented in 5 lectures

    • Common definitions and terms important in minimal sedation

    • ASA physical status

    • Fasting guidelines

    • Pharmacology

    • Common sedation complications and treatments

    • Current ADA guidelines for minimal sedation

Course Objectives

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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