Effective April 17, 2016, the Board of Dentistry’s revised Rules 64B5-14.009, Conscious Sedation Requirements: Operatory, Recovery Room, Equipment, Medicinal Drugs, Emergency Protocols, Records, and Continuous Monitoring and 64B5-14.010, Pediatric Conscious Sedation Requirements: Operatory, Recovery Room, Equipment, Medicinal Drugs, Emergency Protocols, Records, and Continuous Monitoring goes into effect.

These rules were amended to clarify language concerning standard equipment for the operating and recovery room and to add mandatory equipment.  A capnograph was added to the list of standard equipment that must be readily available to the operatory and recovery room and maintained in good working order. Additional clarification was made for continuous monitoring which requires a patient who is administered a drug(s) for conscious sedation must be continuously monitored intra-operatively by pulse oximetry and capnograph to provide pulse rate, oxygen saturation of the blood, and ventilations (end-tidal carbon dioxide).

Please click here for the full rule text of 64B5-14.009. Click here for the full rule text of 64B5-14.010.

For more the complete laws and rules booklet, please visit the Board’s website.

Dear Members of the Florida Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons,

Please see the attached information regarding a Master Course in GBR and Sinus Floor Elevation Procedures, An Interactive 3-day course with Live Surgeries and Hands-On Workshops. This course will be led by Professor Daniel Buser June 22- 24, 2016 at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland.

This interactive 3 day course has been established for experienced implant surgeons and will involve two main surgical techniques for bone augmentation including the GBR technique using bone fillers and barrier membranes, and the sinus floor elevation procedure using the lateral window or the transalveolar Osteotome technique. The different surgical techniques will not only be presented and discussed but also demonstrated will lives surgeries and hands-on workshop.

This course provides an opportunity to work with one of the world’s leading oral surgeons in a university setting with a limited number of participants. If you have interest in more details about the course or in attending this course after reviewing the course description please phone Julie Gonzalez- 407-921-6350 or Carlos Martinez 305-484-1861 from Geistlich Biomaterials for additional information.

Thank you!

Download Buser Course Information

 

 

 

Thanks again to our outstanding lobbying team from Gray-Robinson, Mike Huey, Todd Steibly and Jessica Love, for another stellar job serving oral and maxillofacial surgery in Florida. It was an incredibly busy session with numerous issues impacting our specialty and we emerged unscathed.

Download a comprehensive review of the 2016 session.

Dear FSOMS Member:

On Friday April 22 and Saturday April 23, the Florida Dental Association will be holding its 2nd Mission of Mercy (M.O.M. or FLAMOM for short) event in Jacksonville. [Read more…] about Volunteers Needed for FDA’s Mission of Mercy

State-of-the-Art Oral Surgery practice in one of the fastest growing upper middle class cities of Central Florida is for sale. The 2000 sqf. Office is located in a professional building easily accessible from a busy mainstreet and within 2 miles of a top rated Hospital in need for Oral Surgeons.

Great opportunity for an Oral Surgeon seeking a running, fully operational, low overhead, high revenue practice. Tow surgery rooms, 3D Kodak panoramic Xr, wireless intramural camera, EHR/WinOMS supported by Carestream Dental allows for electronic billing, faster collection and more. Conference room with a private office is ideal for study clubs, case presentations and meetings.

For more information call Mrs. Arroyo 407-716-9224.

 

Post date November 25, 2015

The 2015 Legislative Session has been regarded as one of the least productive regular sessions in recent memory. Three and a half days ahead of the scheduled Friday, May 1 conclusion of the Session, the House abruptly ended its Session and went home, which is the first time that the House and Senate have adjourned on separate days since at least 1971, when state records on adjournment times began. [Read more…] about 2015 Legislative Review