http://www.thewealthydentist.com/blog/171/dentists-love-oral-conscious-sedation-dentistry/ Jim Du Molin offers dental marketing news and dental practice management advice for dentists. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 05:08:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.thewealthydentist.com/blog/171/dentists-love-oral-conscious-sedation-dentistry/#comment-322 Patrick McCarty Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:13:19 +0000 http://www.thewealthydentist.com/blog/?p=171#comment-322 I think that OCS should be utilized for the percentage of the population that can benefit from such treatment. However, I would strongly advise any practitioner to expand their knowledge far beyond what a single course can offer regarding anesthesia, emergency medicine and pharmacology. You must remember when practicing any form of anesthesia you are held to the same standards of the profession itself. There is no “magic pill” available, if you have not witnessed complications then you are not experienced. While I think OCS, IV or any means that offers access to patient care is a tremendous service, one must truly prepare themselves for the responsibility that goes along with it. If you can not honestly say you have done that … well … then you may wish to seek other means of accommodating patients who are candidates for sedation. Thank you I think that OCS should be utilized for the percentage of the population that can benefit from such treatment. However, I would strongly advise any practitioner to expand their knowledge far beyond what a single course can offer regarding anesthesia, emergency medicine and pharmacology. You must remember when practicing any form of anesthesia you are held to the same standards of the profession itself. There is no “magic pill” available, if you have not witnessed complications then you are not experienced. While I think OCS, IV or any means that offers access to patient care is a tremendous service, one must truly prepare themselves for the responsibility that goes along with it. If you can not honestly say you have done that … well … then you may wish to seek other means of accommodating patients who are candidates for sedation. Thank you

]]> http://www.thewealthydentist.com/blog/171/dentists-love-oral-conscious-sedation-dentistry/#comment-317 A. Friend Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:48:40 +0000 http://www.thewealthydentist.com/blog/?p=171#comment-317 Well, i completly agree with most of this post. How ever i caution not to link the goals of DOCS with the best interest of the general dentist or as some counter to the proposals of the ADA. DOCS has its own agenda and it is not always as it apears. I look forward to hearing more on this subject. Well, i completly agree with most of this post. How ever i caution not to link the goals of DOCS with the best interest of the general dentist or as some counter to the proposals of the ADA. DOCS has its own agenda and it is not always as it apears. I look forward to hearing more on this subject.

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