Nitrous Oxide Minimal Sedation Review
Time:
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Course Description:
This course will review some selected aspects of minimal sedation along with updates in local anesthetic pharmacology that can impact successful appointments. The course is not intended to be a replacement for required nitrous oxide curriculum.
Credits for this course satisfy a portion of the seven hours of continuing dental education dentists must participate in every five years when administering N2O-O2 minimal sedation.
Participants can expect:
To refresh their knowledge of some of the important aspects of respiratory physiology
To enhance their approaches to safe delivery of N2O-O2 minimal sedation
To answer questions, such as when is it most effective to administer N2O-O2 minimal sedation?
CE:
1.5
Speaker Information
Dr. Art Dimarco DMD
Dr. Art DiMarco is the Course Director of Local Anesthesia for the RIDE Spokane program and an affiliate faculty at UWSOD. In addition, he is professor of dental hygiene at Eastern Washington University and a long-term clinician, author, and educator. During his more than thirty-five years of clinical practice, he has taught in a number of dental, dental hygiene, and dental assisting programs. His research and publications have focused primarily on the efficacy and administration of local anesthesia in both educational and non-educational settings. Paralleling these activities, he continues to teach many didactic and hands-on university and continuing education courses in local anesthesia for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental and dental hygiene students. In addition to the Curriculum Committee on which he serves, he is a member of the UWSOD Student Progress Committee as Spokane RIDE representative.
