Course Description

Friday, October 2, 2026, Austin, Texas | 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM CST

The roles of procedural sedation and general anesthesia have evolved over the past decade. This day long course will focus on the context of risk management throughout procedural sedation and in office general anesthesia from initial assessment to medication selection.

This course builds on the TAPD Virtual course from May 2026 which focused on medication selection and associated morbidity. This course will focus globally on pharmacologic behavior guidance (to include in-office general anesthesia) to tackle issues such as liability when working with anesthesia providers, special needs, and impact on use of sedation/GA in office, as well as the role of minimally invasive dentistry within armamentarium. Finally physiology will be framed specifically in terms of birth history and airway development.

Objectives

Attendees will be able to:

1. Understand what features of a patient will inherently increase risk for sedation-related morbidity
2. Discuss how medical issues and birth history impact use of sedation
3.  Understand evidence-based limitations of sedation literature 
4. Be able to implement process-based safety measures for both sedation and general anesthesia 

Schedule

8:00 AM-8:45 AM – What are the Legislative Issues concerning procedural sedation? What is the liability associated with In-Office General anesthesia?

8:45 AM -9:30 AM – What does the Evidence tell us about the success and risk of procedural sedation?

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM – BREAK

9:45 AM -11:00 AM – Patient selection – optimizing success and minimizing risk; procedural sedation and In-office GA

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM – Patients with Special Needs and Sedation – Drawing the Line

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM – LUNCH

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM – The Pediatric Airway – development and dysfunction

1:30 PM -2:30 PM– Birth History and Sedation of the Young Child (under 3yo)

2:30 PM -2:45 PM– BREAK

2:45 PM - 5:00 PM– Decision Making and Medications