Office Based Anesthesia and Dental Anesthesia

ASA has witnessed a growing awareness of adverse events in office-based settings associated with sedation and/or anesthesia care, especially in dental offices. Patient care for a procedure or surgery requiring sedation and/or anesthesia should be based on nationally accepted standards, guidelines and other statements as well as levels of care established by states that are consistent in a dental office, hospital, ASC or clinic. To promote the optimal sedation and/or anesthesia care in an office setting, ASA offers the guidelines below.

Additional Resources

• Guidelines for Office-Based Anesthesia
• Statement on Qualifications of Anesthesia Providers in the Office-Based Setting
• Statement on Sedation & Anesthesia Administration in Dental Office-Based Settings
• Practice Guidelines for Moderate Procedural Sedation and Analgesia 2018: A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Moderate Procedural Sedation and Analgesia, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American College of Radiology, American Dental Association, American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, and Society of Interventional Radiology
• Continuum of Depth of Sedation: Definition of General Anesthesia and Levels of Sedation/Analgesia

For questions related to office-based anesthesia or dental anesthesia, please email [email protected].