Dental Accreditation News and Media
Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
October 12, 2017
You’ve been served -What do you do now?
Here is the all-too-familiar scenario:
It’s just another ordinary Thursday at the dental office, and Dr. John Doe is seeing patients just as he would on any other day at the Doe Dental Clinic. While he is attending a patient, his office assistant suddenly appears and hands him a message that someone in the lobby needs to deliver papers directly to him.
“SAMERI Ensures Patient Safety in Sedation Dentistry”
Deaths due to inappropriately used sedation and anesthesia have become a critical patient safety issue in dentistry. In this article, discover how Sedation Anesthesia Medical Emergency Readiness Inspections will stop the growing number of patient deaths.
“What Happens When a Patient Dies in Your Office”
When an emergency occurs in your office—and it will—you will sink to the level of your training. If you don’t have the knowledge to respond to the emergency properly, and you haven’t drilled for such situations to perfection, your patient’s life may be at risk. Learn the must-do steps to prevent a patient death in your office.
“Sedation Regulation Changes and Their Impact on Dental Practice”
An examination of how regulatory trends in dental anesthesia align with professional guidelines and evidence-based care. Ever since early American dentist Horace Wells demonstrated effective use of nitrous oxide in the 1840s, anesthesiology and procedural sedation have been ingrained within dentistry. Without these modalities, many patients would not be able to receive professional dental care.