Michael Riggs, DDS

Education:

Residency, Dental Anesthesiology, Lutheran Medical Center, New York, 2011-2013
Fellowship, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Kings County Hospital Center, New York, 2004-2005
DDS, University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry, 2000-2004
BA, University of Colorado, 1997-2000

Anesthesiology:

Completed a two-year CODA accredited dental anesthesia residency.
Trained in all modalities of both hospital and mobile Office Based Anesthesia and IV sedation.
General anesthesia (Inhalational /TIVA) in hospital ORs for general and dental surgery for ASA I-VI adults, children, and infants including management of anesthesia for acute trauma.
Airway management to include awake/ asleep fiberoptic intubation; nasal intubation, video laryngoscopy, and intubation and airway management.
Passed American Dental Board of Anesthesiology written examination. Applied for oral examination.

Clinical Anesthesia Rotations:

Oral Surgery and Dentistry:

Nine years of experience extracting full bony impacted wisdom teeth.
Advanced surgical experience: pre-prosthetic surgery, biopsies, bone augmentation and guided tissue regeneration, tori excision, gingivoplasty, implants.
Endodontics: molars, obturation, Thermofill, post and core.
Management and treatment of patients with special needs and patients under sedation.

Presentations and Awards:

2013 Research Awards Competition for Lutheran Medical Center- 1st place
Memory of Pain During Extraction of Wisdom Teeth Using Single and Multiple Sublingual Doses of 0.5mg Triazolam and Nitrous Oxide in Healthy Patients

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