Dental Sedation Peer Review (DWD13JUN22b)

Please note: This course is for dentists who are currently providing sedation only and is particularly suited to intravenous practitioners.

Please bring 2 cases that will stimulate discussion e.g. a case where you need advice from colleagues, a case which you have learnt from or a case you feel would be interesting to others/ others would learn from. In addition please feel free to raise any discussion topics you feel may be relevant via email to the organiser.

Mandatory: Dentist

To increase practitioners knowledge and confidence in the treatment of patients under sedation by bringing dental sedationists together to promote discussion and learning.

• To provide an environment to promote open discussion among sedationists about sedation cases, complications, adverse incidents and their management leading to increased awareness and confidence when treating patient’s under sedation
• To encourage practitioners to update and learn from others experiences
• To identify and review current relevant guidelines to ensure practitioners are up to date
• To share local and regional audit and promote best practice
• To highlight dental sedationist and DCP educational needs and plan accordingly

• Have increased confidence in case selection for sedation, and the management of adverse incidents and complications under sedation
• Take the knowledge gained from the meeting back to their practice teams to promote best practice within their team
• Use the knowledge gained to adhere to best practice with a view to increasing standards of care and patient safety