Office-Based Sedation Scorecard

When a sedation case stops being routine, how well does your office respond?

Take this five-minute scorecard to see how consistently your office prepares for and supports each sedation case.

Then identify where too much may still depend on you noticing, checking, or directing everything yourself.

20 questions · 5 minutes · Immediate personalized results

What you'll see

Your score across five critical areas

  • Case Selection

    Whether concerns and borderline cases are identified early, with clear and consistent decisions about the right plan and setting.

  • Preparation

    Whether the setup, monitoring, and necessary support are consistently ready without you having to check everything yourself.

  • Team Roles

    Whether responsibilities are clear, and whether the team knows what to watch, communicate, and do during each case.

  • Early Recognition

    Whether someone besides you notices and calls out early changes before the case becomes more difficult.

  • Follow-Through

    Whether strong habits continue when staffing changes, the schedule gets busy, or a difficult case reveals something that should improve.

Why this matters

Good people and required training do not guarantee consistent support

Most offices already have capable staff, appropriate equipment, written protocols, and required training.

But what happens during a sedation case can still change with the patient, the pace, and who is working that day.

This scorecard shows where your office is dependable and where more consistent preparation and team support could make sedation cases easier to manage.

This is not a test of your clinical ability. You remain responsible for the case. The scorecard looks at how consistently your office supports that responsibility.

Who this is for

Built for clinicians who personally provide office-based sedation

  • Oral surgeons

    You personally provide office-based IV sedation and want to know how consistently your office supports each case.

  • Dentists providing sedation

    You provide your own oral or IV sedation and want a clearer view of how consistently your office supports each case.

  • Practice owners and clinical leaders

    You want greater consistency across staff, providers, or locations without adding unnecessary complexity.

  • Clinicians whose support varies by who is working

    Some sedation cases feel noticeably different depending on the assistant, team, or staffing that day.

Dr. Richard Marn
Why I created this

Why I created this scorecard

I'm Dr. Richard Marn, a physician dual board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology.

Since 2005, I have personally delivered more than 18,000 anesthetics and sedations. Since 2016, I have worked inside oral surgery and pediatric dental offices alongside more than 30 oral surgeons and 55 pediatric dentists.

I have also trained more than 70 dental and oral surgery team members in office-based emergency readiness.

My wife is a pediatric dentist and practice owner, so this is not an environment I study only from the outside. It is the world I work in and live with every week.

I created this scorecard because even highly capable offices can experience variation in preparation, communication, early recognition, and team response.

18,000+Anesthetics and sedations
30+Oral surgeons worked alongside
55+Pediatric dentists worked alongside
70+Dental and oral surgery team members trained
Frequently asked questions

A few common questions

See where your office is dependable, and what may be worth strengthening first

Five minutes for a clearer view of the preparation and team support surrounding your sedation cases.

20 questions · 5 minutes · Immediate personalized results