2010-03-12T14:24:40Z http://team1500.org/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:team1500.org,2007-11-14:659572 Bonny 2007-11-15T06:34:59Z 2007-11-15T06:34:59Z This is a great service to dental phobics. However, women must make sure there is a female attendant with them at all times and I do mean at all times so no sexual abuse can ever happen. Generally speaking, women are too trusting and must be protected. tag:team1500.org,2007-11-11:652633 bonny 2007-11-12T05:58:12Z 2007-11-12T05:58:12Z I'm a female and Ken is right. There must be a female in my presence at all times if I'm sedated and not fully aware what is happening to my body. There are thousands of cases of medical sexual abuse being litigated while women are awake so what women unless she's naive, would allow herself to be near unconscious and alone with a male dentist. Of course most dentists are moral but the laws must protect our privacy and at the same time not compromise safety. tag:team1500.org,2007-11-09:648818 ken 2007-11-10T05:35:31Z 2007-11-10T05:35:31Z Did it ever occur to these arrogant pin head dentists that while groggy and sedated, it will be my wife's decision to let the good male dentist watch her urinate not his. Hello.....many men and the last I looked dentists are men, would find this rather sexual not medical. This regulation can't possibly be taken seriously. tag:team1500.org,2007-11-09:648776 ken 2007-11-10T05:15:27Z 2007-11-10T05:15:27Z If I ever found out my wife or daughter was subjected to this bathroom break sexual abuse by a male dentist, I might go to jail but that dentist better find a way of growing new hands to work in his profession because I'm breaking them. Besides, what female will allow this invasion of privacy. The arrogance of these medical people. tag:team1500.org,2007-07-17:439639 Patricia-Missouri http://team1500.org 2007-07-18T03:30:05Z 2007-07-18T03:30:05Z Conscious sedation has been and should continue to be the choice made by a patient and his/her dentist. As long as a dentist is legally trained and up to date, patients have been up front with their medical history then it isn't up to any board, state or entity to make such a determination as whether to sedate or not to sedate. This issue is a public affront to the intelligence, feelings and fears of dental patients and the dentists treating them. tag:team1500.org,2007-05-08:349612 James E Sparaga DMD http://www.machiasdental.com 2007-05-08T20:49:04Z 2007-05-08T20:49:04Z Unfortunatelyk your'e right. There is no time nor need to be gentlemanly about this political fight. The ADA woulld do the seme, if tey did not enjoy their safety ofnumbers. As an 800 lb. gorilla, they can afford to be polite while they eviscerate general dentistry and deprive the population of this specific type of care. I submit that on the floors of state legislatures, the gorilla will fall. There, and only there, will we have the numbers to dwarf the gorilla. The people will RULE! tag:team1500.org,2007-03-25:299486 Richard Masterson http://masterson.mystarband.net 2007-03-25T18:35:46Z 2007-03-25T18:35:46Z Yes! It is the lack of access to OCS that puts patients at risk. Thanks. tag:team1500.org,2007-03-23:298278 brad houston, dds 2007-03-24T02:17:17Z 2007-03-24T02:17:17Z Great letter, Dean! Very incisive; has a lot of bite. tag:team1500.org,2007-03-14:286929 mark dibona http://drmarkdibona.com 2007-03-14T10:17:27Z 2007-03-14T10:17:27Z 35 years of general practice after a 3 year GPR. 25 years of IV sedation and now almost exclusively PO sedation. 100% safety record, and now I'm being told I'm not qualified. Bull! This is just another turf battle! Implants, perio, and now sedation. I'm ashamed of what our colleagues are doing, and I'm ashamed that the ADA is ignoring the majority of its constituents and allowing itself to be bullied by special interest groups. tag:team1500.org,2007-03-07:279674 Dr John D Tabak 2007-03-08T01:10:53Z 2007-03-08T01:10:53Z When Sargenti advocated rotary instrumentation the endodontists howled, but now the dental schools are teaching it to the predoc's. When Paul Keyes advocated soft tissue management the periodontists screamed. Is there a periodontist anywhere now who does not have a soft tissue management revenue stream? Oral surgeons and and fellows of the unrecognized Board of Dental Anesthesiology cannot be allowed to hi-jack oral sedation. The difference between professionals and tradesmen is that we do not have professional secrets and all are allowed to practice to the limits of their current capability.