Cleaning and Prevention: Digital X-rays, Dental Examination, Diagnosis, Teeth cleaning/prophylaxis, Fluoride treatment, Sealants, Maintenance, Home care, Oral Cancer Screening, etc.

Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry: Teeth whitening/Bleaching, composite filling, bonding, tooth-colored fillings,  silver fillings/amalgam fillings upgrade to white composite fillings, Porcelain Inlays, Porcelain Onlays, Porcelain Partial Crowns, Porcelain Full Crowns, porcelain veneers, porcelain crowns and bridges, Maryland bridges, Full Mouth Reconstruction, Extreme  Make over, etc.

Periodontal diseases/gum diseases prevention and treatment: Scaling and Root Planning/Deep cleaning, Osseous/gum surgery, Bone grafting, Night Guard, Pocket Irrigation, Gum Recession, Root Sensitivity, Soft Tissue Grafting, Ridge Augmentation, Crown Lengthening Surgery, Malocclusion, etc.

Prosthodontics: Full dentures, Partial dentures, Attachments, etc.

Endodontics: root canal treatments, apicoectomy, retrograde fillings, etc.

Oral Surgery: Regular teeth extraction, Wisdom teeth extraction, Sinus Surgery, Dry socket prevention, Sinus Augamentation, Ridge Augamentation, TMD, etc.

Dental implants: Bone grafting, Implant bridges, Attachments, Mini-implannts, etc.

Sedation: Oral sedation, Nitrous Oxide sedation/Twilight sedation/Laughing gas sedation, etc.

Orthodontics: Mental Braces, Invisalign Braces, Braces for Children, Braces for Adults, Retainers, Impacted Canines, TMJ, Platelet Rich Plasma ( PRP), Malocclusion, etc.

Miscellaneous: Bruxism, Night Guard, Anti-Snoring devise, Anti-Sleep Apnea devise, etc.

Oral Sedation Dentistry Regulations

Dental Board of California
CCR §§1043-1044

• Anxiolysis (adult and pediatric):
  • CA dental license
• Oral conscious sedation (adult only)*:
  • GPR, pediatric, or perio residency; or
  • 25-hour board-approved course with 1 live adult patient experience.
    *NOTE: If you already have a pediatric sedation permit or an I.V. sedation permit, you are already covered for adult oral conscious sedation and do not need to obtain a separate Adult OCS permit.
• Oral conscious sedation (adult and pediatric):
  • GPR, pediatric, or perio residency; or
  • 25-hour board-approved course with 1 live pediatric patient experience
• I.V. conscious sedation (adult and pediatric):
  • 60-hour course with 20 patient cases consistent with ADA guidelines.

DOCS Education’s Oral Sedation Dentistry and Pediatric Sedation Dentistry courses are the only AGD/PACE-approved, permit-qualifying CE programs for adult and pediatric oral conscious sedation in California providing 26 hours of CE that may also be used for license renewal.