FAQs: IV Sedation Dentistry

Yes. Phase 1 of the program includes 52 hours of self-paced online modules. Phase 3 of the program includes the completion of 20 patient cases that occur inside a general practice dental office.

Some of the required course work takes place on weekends but not all. The in-person didactic (Phase 2) starts on Thursday afternoon and runs through Sunday. The patient cases (Phase 3) takes place Monday through Friday.

The instruction and training for every cohort is the same, meaning it doesn’t really matter what cohort you choose. 

Our recommendation is to complete Phase 2 (in-person didactic) and Phase 3 (patient cases) back-to-back, all of which can be completed in a week (from Friday to Friday). 

Once you’ve determined the “best” week to be away from the office, you can work backwards to create a study schedule for Phase 1 (online modules). If you allot 6-8 hours per week of study time, the modules should take you approximately 8-10 weeks to complete.

There’s a degree of flexiblity in the training. Phase 1 of the program includes 52 hours of online modules that are self-paced. They have to be completed ahead of the in-person didactic, but you can set your own schedule. Phase 2 of the program, which is the in-person didactic, happens on set dates (Thursday afternoon through Sunday). Phase 3 of the program is the patient cases, which are scheduled separately. It takes a week to complete. After registering for the course, participants (on a first come, first serve basis) schedule the week they’ll return for their patient cases.

While we can’t guarantee doctors participating in our program will complete their required cases in any specific amount of time, we often see our students reaching the “20 patient cases” mark in approximately 5 days.

Our scheduling team works with each program participant to coordinate an “in-clinic” schedule that works best for them. (Clinical days are typically scheduled Monday through Friday.)

HELPFUL CONTEXT:
It’s important to note that most other IV sedation training programs place their student-dentists inside of a hospital for their patient cases. We don’t.

We want our students to train in an environment that is both familiar and genuinely applicable to the environment that they ACTUALLY WORK IN.

We therefore place our students in a well-oiled, high-production GP office, working 1:1 with a dedicated team of extremely experienced IV-sedation-focused general dentists.

These instructor dentists each see a large variety of cases, which provides a robust learning environment while also underscoring the power that IV sedation can bring into a dentist’s practice.

Because these cases can be large and take longer to complete, stacking up toward the “20 patient cases” goal can, therefore, be a more gradual process. (Versus stacking up a host of smaller cases.)

It is our belief, however, that this approach offers the most realistic, in-depth, “real learning” experience and best serves our student-doctors and their patients.

We recommend you allot 6-8 hours of study time per week for the online modules. This means it’ll take you approximately 8-10 weeks to complete the modules. In total, the online modules have 65 hours of recorded training and material.

It depends on how you plan to schedule Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the program. 

Phase 2: In-Person DIDACTIC Training
This portion of the program spans 3.5 days (Thursday afternoon through Sunday).

Phase 3: CLINICAL Training (Patient Cases)

While we can’t guarantee that each student will complete their required patient cases within any specific amount of time, we often see students complete 20 patient cases in approximately 5 days.

In-clinic days are generally scheduled Monday through Friday.
Patient cases are facilitated through Advance Dentistry, an IV-sedation-focused general dentistry practice.

To learn more, please view the question DIRECTLY BELOW (re: “20 patient cases”).

Yes, there is a final exam. You need to score 80% or higher.