Dental Hygiene Anesthesia Course

Thursday, July 7 - Saturday, July 9, 2022

This course is designed to prepare the dental hygienist in the State of Connecticut to administer local anesthesia. The participant will be introduced to safe and effective administration of local anesthesia through lecture, laboratory, and clinical settings.

Registration is Closed

Schedule: Days One, Two and Three, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Fee: $1,100

Registration Deadline: June 3

Location: Fones School of Dental Hygiene

Required Resources:

• Handbook of Local Anesthesia, 7th Edition by Stanley Malamed, Elsevier Mosby, 2019. ISBN: 9780323074131
• Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck, 5th edition by Margaret J. Fehrenbach and Susan W. Herring Elsevier 2017. ISBN 978-0323-39634-9

Credit Hours: 32 Hours Total

• 24 Hours Didactic (8 hours of study prior to course, 16 hours onsite)
• 8 Hours Clinical

Participants will receive 32 hours of CE credit acceptable in the State of Connecticut.

Course content includes:

• Rationale for pain management
• Client management
• Medical emergencies and review of essential anatomy
• Physiology
• Pharmacology of pain control agents

In addition, the participant will perform efficient techniques of pain management through local anesthesia on clinical partners under the supervision of qualified faculty. This course is designed to prepare the dental hygienist in the State of Connecticut to administer local anesthesia.

Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will receive a Certificate of Local Anesthesia acceptable in the State of Connecticut. It is the participant’s responsibility to investigate the portability of this course to another state’s licensing board as individual state rules and regulations change periodically.

Upon registration, students will be sent homework assignments and further details regarding the course.