text: 2 continuing education hours upon successful completion of this course. The registration fee is $45. This electronically mediated online lecture course was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, CA in March 15, 2013.
  Speaker: Stanley F Malamed, DDS
  Dr. Malamed is a graduate of the New York University College of Dentistry. He is a Dentist Anesthesiologist, Emeritus Professor of Dentistry, Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. He completed a dental internship and anesthesiology residency at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Malamed has authored more than 150 scientific papers and 16 chapters in various medical and dental journals and textbooks in the areas of physical evaluation, emergency medicine, local anesthesia, sedation and general anesthesia. Additionally, Dr. Malamed is the author of three widely used textbooks, published by C.V. Mosby Inc.: Handbook of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office (7th edition 2015); Handbook of Local Anesthesia 6th edition 2012); and Sedation -A Guide to Patient Management (5th edition 2010).
  Dr. Malamed is a paid consultant to Septodont, OnPharma and 3M ESPE.
  International Dental Seminars®, Inc. did not receive commercial support funding, and doesn't have a monetary relationship or special interest with a commercial company.
  Overview:
  Significant research has occurred in the realm of local anesthesia. This section reviews findings in the areas of maxillary pulpal anesthesia via a nasal mist, and the use of articaine HCl by mandibular infiltration in adult patients.