This article was written by Tamara Wagner, BS, CPC, Vice President of Coding and Diana Hilliard, JD, Manager Managed Care Contracts for National Medical Billing Services. The AMA recently issued an ...

This guidance is intended to promote good clinical practice for the provision in dentistry of conscious sedation that is both safe and effective. It is not a recipe book for sedation and therefore ...

Katherine Wilson explains that it is the professional responsibility of all members of the dental team to adhere fully to recommended guidelines on providing conscious sedation to patients. You have ...

Practice guidelines for sedation and analgesia may vary in different regions of the world. The American Society of Anesthesiologists has developed such guidelines for use by physicians who are not ...

Healthcare providers use conscious sedation (also called procedural or moderate sedation) to effectively manage medication dosing and allow the patient to maintain independent breathing and ...