Why Choose Our 3-Day Oral Moderate Sedation Program?
At MM Dental Sedation Study Club, we believe sedation training should go beyond simply meeting the minimum regulatory requirements.
While current RCDSO standards are competency-based and some programs may choose to compress training into shorter formats, we intentionally designed our Oral Moderate Sedation program as a comprehensive 3-day experience to provide dentists with deeper understanding, greater confidence, and stronger clinical preparedness.
Comprehensive Sedation Training
Sedation dentistry involves far more than pharmacology alone. Safe and effective patient care requires competency in:
- Patient assessment and case selection
- Airway evaluation and management
- Pharmacology and drug interactions
- Physiologic monitoring
- Recognition of sedation-related complications
- Emergency preparedness and rescue
- Recovery and discharge protocols
- Medico-legal documentation and standards of care
These topics cannot be meaningfully mastered through lecture alone or rushed through in a condensed format.
What Our 3-Day Structure Provides
Our 3-day structure allows participants adequate time for:
- Detailed didactic instruction
- Hands-on exercises
- Airway and emergency simulations
- Clinical discussion and decision-making
- Interactive case-based learning
- Reinforcement of monitoring and rescue concepts
We strongly believe that repetition, discussion, and practical application are essential components of safe sedation education.
Course Details — Day by Day
Day 1
- Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice
- Introducing Sedation — including dental anxiety and phobias
- Oral Pharmacology
- Benzodiazepines
Day 2
- Anatomy and Physiology for Nitrous Oxide
- Nitrous Oxide equipment
- Nitrous Oxide delivery technique
- Monitoring equipment
- RCDSO rules and regulations for Oral Moderate Sedation
Day 3 — Hands-On Clinical Day
A practical, hands-on day held at MM Family and Sleep Dentistry. Candidates rotate through airway and nitrous oxide stations, practising delivery technique on one another and gaining exposure to a variety of nitrous mixers so they are familiar with the equipment they will use in their own practice.
Assessment
Two mandatory multiple-choice tests must be completed, each requiring a passing score of 80%:
- Medical Emergencies
- Oral and Nitrous sedation components
Our Commitment to Clinical Preparedness
The goal of MM Dental Sedation Study Club is not simply to “check a box” for authorization, but to help dentists develop the judgment, confidence, and competence required to safely provide sedation in real-world clinical practice.
