Dental Anesthesiology?

[kent100s78]

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ubtom on this forum was telling me all about the specilaties of dentistry one of them he mentioned was possibly Dental Anesthesiology but was yet approved. bit i see that university of pittsburg is offer ing a Dental Anesthesiology program at the moment, so im confused is there a Anesthesiology program for dentist or not and if so what do they do. are they limited to private practice and oral Anesthesiology or they work in hospitals and do Anesthesiology in other types of surgury.

 

[DrJeff]

A dental anesthetist is typically a dentist who will travel from office to office and administer IV conscious sedation and provide vital sign monitoring while another dentist does the treatment. Dental anesthesiologists have gone through an extensive anesthesia residency(including general anesthesia).

When I utilize the dental anesthesiologist in my area, he comes to my office after contacting and reviewing the medical history of my patient. He hooks the patient upto monitors(blood pressure and pulse oximitry), starts the IV and administers the sedation, and then will administer the intra oral local anesthesia for the proceedure that I will be doing. After I'm done, he'll monitor the patient until appropriate discharge criteria are met.

This is a wonderfull service for those truelly phobic patients who need this!

 

[kent100s78]

drjeff does'nt the nurse anesthetist usually do this in the dental office, thats what i heard. also is there a job market for dentist who specialize in anesthesiology are there salary competitive do they also have a private practice or they just go from practice to practice.

 

[ItsGavinC]

The program you are referring to at Pitt is merely a type of post grad training. You can find many post grad training programs all over the country, and often there is a buzz about getting these areas of interest to become recognized ADA specialties.

Anesth. is not a recognized dental specialty, but that doesn't mean you can't make it your area of expertise via one of those PG programs.

 

[ItsGavinC]

To answer your question in a general matter: No, there isn't much of a market (if any) for a dental anesth.

 

[kent100s78]

gavin how is az now, my uncle keeps calling me telling me its not that hot anymore lol hes tring to convince me to move back there. he sas az. has changed in the last 5 years from when i was there.and real estate is still real cheap

 

[USC2003]

There are a handfull of Post Grad programs that offer training in Dental Anesth. The programs that I am aware of are 2 years in length. Dental Anesth is not a recognized speciality, but that doesn't mean you can't be successful doing this. I know of a practice that is out in California that functions as an outpatient OR center. There are 2 dental anesth. that work there with a couple of nurses and dental assistants. They are fairly successful with their practice. Not only do they see fearful patients but they handle referrals for a lot of MR patients. Were not talking about Concious Sedation here, but GA. While one functions as the Anesth. the other does the dental work. They also have Pediatric dentists who come to their office so that they can have their patient sedated while they do restorative work. I have been to their office and it is pretty impressive. It is true that in a lot of communities dental anesth. may not be very well known, but if you truely are interested in doing this for a profession you can find your own place with a little work educating others what you can offer and slowly building your practice.