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Easing patient anxiety , with nitrous oxide sedation

T he team from Ritter Dental, a part of Mediquip, is supporting many Nitrous Oxide Relative Analgesia courses across Australia in 2023, using the popular Accutron systems. Nitrous Oxide Relative Analgesia is widely used in Australian dentistry to safely reduce patient anxiety and pain. e courses are for dental practitioners who have little or no experience in administering RA, and are also excellent refreshers for those wishing to update their theory and practical skills in the delivery of dental RA. Nitrous oxide sedation technology is a core part of Mediquip’s portfolio, with the AccutronDigital Ultra systembeing popular

Series Hotel e Larwill, located in the Royal Children’s Hospital precinct. With over 35 years’ dental experience, Dr Parker has practiced oral surgery and conscious sedation during his career starting in the Australian Army Dental Corps, and moving onto private practice in both dental surgery and hospital settings. A practical session provides dentists with opportunity to administer and experience e ects of nitrous oxide relative analgesia and grow con dence in the use and administration to patients – utilising equipment from the market-leader Accutron. Mediquip’s eld service engineers around Australia o er dental practices regular servicing and validation for all brands of RA systems, supporting the requirement under ADA Policy 6.17 that servicing of equipment and piped gases must occur on a regular basis and at least annually. u See more about the Melbourne training course at Ritter’s website: bit.ly/3NVnnZy

with clinicians for simpli ed patient administration, with its e cient system displaying all critical parameters both numerically and as electronic ow tubes. is technology complies with Australian Standards, policies and guidelines relevant to nitrous oxide equipment for dentistry. Ritter / Mediquip is running an ‘Easing Patient Anxiety’ course in Melbourne with a choice from two dates: Friday 16 or Saturday 17 February 2024. Presented by Dr Steven Parker, the one-day course for dentists explores relative analgesia, psycho-sedation and oral sedation − taking place at the Art

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