BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed.Please call the office with any question s: 213-380-7669​Location: IMAN Cultural Center 3376 Motor Ave Los Angeles\ , CA 90034\nOctober 7\, 2026 Time: 6 PM to 9 PM CEUs: 2 CE Meal: Food will be provided Cost: FREE for Members $95 for Non-members REGISTER HERE ​Des criptionNot every patient who struggles in the dental chair needs sedation \, but recognizing the patients who may benefit from it\, and determining whether they are appropriate candidates\, is an important part of safe and effective dental care.This course will provide dental professionals with a practical framework for identifying and pre-screening patients who may r equire sedation or anesthesia to successfully complete dental treatment. W e will discuss the medical\, behavioral\, developmental\, and procedural f actors that should prompt a provider to consider sedation\, as well as the red flags that may indicate a patient requires additional medical evaluat ion\, a different anesthetic approach\, or treatment in a more appropriate setting.Attendees will learn what to look for during the initial consulta tion\, which questions to ask before referring or scheduling a sedation ca se\, and how factors such as medical history\, airway considerations\, obs tructive sleep apnea\, BMI\, medications\, previous anesthesia experiences \, dental anxiety\, cooperation level\, and anticipated treatment complexi ty can influence patient selection.The goal is to give providers a simple\ , clinically useful approach to answering three questions:Does this patien t need sedation or anesthesia to successfully complete treatment?Is this p atient an appropriate candidate for office-based sedation or anesthesia?Ar e there any red flags that should be addressed before proceeding?By improv ing the pre-screening process\, dental teams can make better referrals\, r educe day-of-treatment cancellations\, anticipate potential complications\ , and most importantly\, provide safer care for their patients. BioDr. Rachelle Kim is a board-certified dentist anesthesiologist providing mobil e and office-based anesthesia services throughout Southern California. She specializes in the perioperative management of pediatric\, adult\, specia l-needs\, and medically complex patients who require sedation or general a nesthesia to safely and comfortably complete dental treatment.Her clinical experience includes caring for patients with significant dental anxiety\, behavioral or developmental challenges\, severe gag reflexes\, extensive treatment needs\, and medical considerations that may complicate routine d ental care. Working alongside general dentists and dental specialists\, Dr . Kim has developed a practical approach to identifying appropriate candid ates for sedation and recognizing when a patient may require a higher leve l of anesthetic care.Dr. Kim is passionate about helping dental providers improve patient safety through thoughtful preoperative screening\, appropr iate case selection\, and early recognition of medical and behavioral risk factors. REGISTER HERE DTEND:20261008T040000Z DTSTAMP:20261007T032849Z DTSTART:20261008T010000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Sedate or Not? A Practical Guide to Patient Selection and Pre-Scree ning for Dental Sedation UID:RFCALITEM639269405298115918 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Registration is closed.

Please call the office with any questions: \;213-380-7669​



Location: IMAN Cultural Center
3376 Motor Ave
Los Angeles\, CA 90034

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October 7\, 2026
Time: 6 PM to 9 PM
CEUs : 2 CE
Meal: Food will be provided

Cost:
FREE for Members
$95 for Non-members

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REGISTER HERE

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Description

Not every patient who st ruggles in the dental chair needs sedation\, but recognizing the patients who may benefit from it\, and determining whether they are appropriate can didates\, is an important part of safe and effective dental care.

Th is course will provide dental professionals with a practical framework for identifying and pre-screening patients who may require sedation or anesth esia to successfully complete dental treatment. We will discuss the medica l\, behavioral\, developmental\, and procedural factors that should prompt a provider to consider sedation\, as well as the red flags that may indic ate a patient requires additional medical evaluation\, a different anesthe tic approach\, or treatment in a more appropriate setting.

Attendees will learn what to look for during the initial consultation\, which quest ions to ask before referring or scheduling a sedation case\, and how facto rs such as medical history\, airway considerations\, obstructive sleep apn ea\, BMI\, medications\, previous anesthesia experiences\, dental anxiety\ , cooperation level\, and anticipated treatment complexity can influence p atient selection.

The goal is to give providers a simple\, clinicall y useful approach to answering three questions:

  1. Does this patie nt need sedation or anesthesia to successfully complete treatment?
  2. Is this patient an appropriate candidate for office-based sedation or ane sthesia?
  3. Are there any red flags that should be addressed before p roceeding?

By improving the pre-screening process\, dental tea ms can make better referrals\, reduce day-of-treatment cancellations\, ant icipate potential complications\, and most importantly\, provide safer car e for their patients.

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Bio

Dr. Rachelle Kim is a board-certified dentis t anesthesiologist providing mobile and office-based anesthesia services t hroughout Southern California. She specializes in the perioperative manage ment of pediatric\, adult\, special-needs\, and medically complex patients who require sedation or general anesthesia to safely and comfortably comp lete dental treatment.

Her clinical experience includes caring for p atients with significant dental anxiety\, behavioral or developmental chal lenges\, severe gag reflexes\, extensive treatment needs\, and medical con siderations that may complicate routine dental care. Working alongside gen eral dentists and dental specialists\, Dr. Kim has developed a practical a pproach to identifying appropriate candidates for sedation and recognizing when a patient may require a higher level of anesthetic care.

Dr. K im is passionate about helping dental providers improve patient safety thr ough thoughtful preoperative screening\, appropriate case selection\, and early recognition of medical and behavioral risk factors.

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REGISTER HERE

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