IV Sedation – For Dentistry
And Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
State Board Requirements:
Most states require refresher training every two years. Each state has guidelines for both didactic and/or clinical experiences. Check with your local State Board for the specific regulations in your state and we will make every effort to help you comply with their requirements.
ASAASD is sponsoring the 2026 renewal program for sedation dentists and oral and maxillofacial surgeons renewing enteral, PCS and GA certificates. The program spans two days with participants able to choose one or both afternoon sessions for virtual participation, the full day Friday in person including hands-on or the entire package
When both days are taken together, each attendee will receive 13 hours CE credit for re-certification. The course is pending approval by the NJ State Board of Dentistry.
Click to download and print the Registration for Renewal Program.
Registration and payments are by UPS ground/FedEx ground (please, no credit cards)
Payable to: Dr. Portale, ASAASD, 555 Bergen Blvd, Ridgefield, NJ 07657
Costs
Recognizing that each doctor may have different needs, we offer each day as a separate 8-hr program at separate fees:
Day 1 – Tuesday WebEx Lecture Series $500
Day 2 – Thursday PM Virtual Lecture Series (WebEx) $300
Day 3 am – Friday AM Team Simulations $550 (in-person)
(limited staff members: first $50; additional $150, max 3)
Day 3 pm – Friday PM Virtual Lecture Series (WebEx) $300
April 21, 23, 24, 2026 Schedule
Day 1-Tuesday April 21, 2026 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (8 hours)
Day 2- Thursday April 23, 2026 12:30 pm tp 5:30 pm (5 hoirs)
Day 3 am – Friday April 24, 2026, SIM Lab 8:00 AM – 12:00 pm (4 hours) in person only, staff alowed, limited to 3 per office
Day 3 pm – Friday April 24, 2026, lectures only 12:45 pm – 5:00 pm (4 hours)
Description:
Day 1 – Tuesday April 21, 2026 8:00 – 5:00 pm WebEX attendance sedation lectures
Day 2 – Thursday April 23, 2026 12:30 – 5:30pm (on WebEx)
| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF SEDATION | Dr. Dominic Lu |
| 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm | SEDATION FOR THE SUBSTANCE USING PATIENT | Dr. Hillel Ephros |
| 3:30 pm – 3:40 pm | Break | |
| 3:40 pm – 5:40 pm | INTRO TO EKG: Dysrhythmia Recognition | Dr. Hillel Ephros |
Schedule – Friday April 24, 2026 in SIM lab
| 8:00 am – 12:00 pm | Team training in anesthesia and medical emergency management | Dr. Pam Upadya, Joe Dyl & SIM lab staff |
| 12:00 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm | Review of NJ requirements for the sedation/GA office | Dr. Ephros |
| 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Risk stratification – when to say “No!” | Dr. Ephros |
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Friday 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
SIM Lab exclusively, limited attendance available to doctors and up to three clinical staff members per practice, could include the following:
- Acute asthma
- Chest pain
- Seizure
- Severe allergic reaction
- Altered consciousness
- Dysrhythmia
- Bradycardia, hypotension
- Angioedema
- Foreign body
- Laryngospasm
Outline: This program is designed for dentists who provide advanced anesthesia services and oral and maxillofacial surgeons as well as the critical members of their teams.
The focus is on patient safety through compliance, preparedness and coordinated team effort. The Thursday afternoon session will
include a presentation on drug interactions of significance to the sedation practitioner as well as a clinically oriented review of cardiac and respiratory physiology and the monitoring of those functions during procedural sedation. The Friday morning session will take place in the SimLab where realistic scenarios will be used to enhance team competency and efficiency in the face of anesthetic adversity. The first afternoon didactic session will review the medications, equipment and protocols that must be
in place in New Jersey dental and oral & maxillofacial surgery offices where advanced anesthesia services are provided.
The program concludes with a discussion of the patient selection process emphasizing the more challenging patients seeking anesthesia services.
Objectives : At the conclusion of the program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the emergency management of a sedated patient with respiratory difficulty;
2. Discuss the roles of team members in the event of cardiac arrest;
3. Select appropriate emergency medications for five of the most common anesthesia-related
emergencies ambulatory anesthesia practice;
4. Identify patients who present for treatment under sedation who pose a significant risk and for
whom hospital-based treatment should be considered;
5. List five monitoring modalities that provide critical information about cardiac and respiratory
functions in sedated patients;
6. Discuss three potential drug-drug interactions that may be significant in the sedated dental/oral surgery patient.
Faculty
GA or PCS Registration for Renewal Program:
Specifically, the program will include 4.0 hours of SIMLab for the doctors with their team, afternoon: the assistant lectures are the assistant’s role in pre-anesthesia assessment, infection control for dental and oral surgery sedation, airway complications, team management of anesthetic emergencies, enhancing patient safety and satisfaction; the morning SIMLab : EKG review and dysrhythmia treatment, identifying the difficult airway, pharmacology of sedation agents, interactions to consider with sedation and post treatment pain management;
Hilly Ephros, DMD, MD, Chairman, Department of Dentistry and OMS, SJUMC
Richard Szumita, DDS, Program Director OMS and Associate Chairman, Department of Dentistry and OMS, SJUMC
Pam Upadya, MD, Associate Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency and Director, Center for Simulation, Institutional Patient Safety Officer
Michael Erlichman, DDS, Assistant Program Director, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Joe Dyl, MICP, CHSOS, EMT-1, Manager, Center for Simulation
SIMLab stations: airway basics, cardiac arrest, emergence delirium or seizure, over sedation/respiratory depression, MI, etc.
Fees
Day 1 – Tuesday all day Virtual Lectures (WebEx) (8:00 an – 5:00 pm) 8-hrs $500
Day 2 – Thursday PM Virtual Lecture Series (WebEx) (12:00 – 5:00) 5-hrs $300
Day 3 – Friday AM Team Simulation (in person) includes Friday PM lrctures (8:00 – 5:00) 8-hrs $850
(limited staff members: first $50; additional $150, max 3)
Day 3 pm – Friday PM Virtual Lecture Series only (WebEx) (1:00-5:00) $300
Cancelation policy
The SIM Lab is limited attendance so any cancellation prior to March 1, 2026 will result in a full refund less a $50 processing fee. Cancellation between March 1, 2026 and April 1, 2026 will result in a 50% loss. No refunds after April 1, 2026.
