Lecturer Details: Inhalation Sedation Starter Course

Lecturer nameKatie Alderson-Furness
Lecturer profileSenior Dental Nurse
Katie qualified as a Dental Nurse in 2004. She has worked for Mid Yorkshire Hospitals, Community Dental Service for the past 14 years where she is now the Senior Dental Nurse. She has qualifications in management and has recently gained a qualification in Paediatric Dental Nursing. She has over 10 years’ experience using inhalation sedation for paediatric and adult special care patients within the Community Dental Service.
Lecturer nameMiss Lucy Ridsdale BChD (Hons), MFDS RCS (Glas), M Paed Dent (Glas)
Lecturer profileLucy is a Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry and is currently undertaking her post-CCST training at Leeds Dental Institute and Mid Yorkshire Community Dental Service. She has previously undertaken training in Restorative Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Special Care Dentistry in Yorkshire and the West Midlands. Special interests include dental trauma and safeguarding.
Lecturer nameMrs Nadiya Suida BDS MFDS (RCS Glas) Dip Con Sed (Ncl)
Lecturer profileNadiya qualified in 2008 from Newcastle University and completed Dental Foundation Training in general practice, community dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery in the North East. She then moved to Yorkshire to join Bradford Community Dental Service (CDS) where she is currently a Senior Dental Officer. Here she has been providing inhalation, intravenous and intra nasal sedation for over eight years. As her passion is the management and treatment of dentally anxious and phobic patients, she completed a Diploma in Conscious Sedation for Dentistry at Newcastle University in 2013 and went on to become Clinical Lead in Conscious Sedation at Bradford CDS. She has worked alongside paediatric consultant, Frankie Soldani, to set up and run an STAC-accredited inhalation sedation training course within Bradford CDS and continues to take a lead role in providing theoretical and practical training on the course itself. Furthermore, she became a STAC-accredited mentor for both inhalation and intravenous sedation in July 2019 and regularly provides training for both clinicians and dental nurses in conscious sedation for dentistry. Nadiya is also trained in dental acupuncture and has attended a foundation course in dental hypnosis. Moreover, Nadiya has a keen interest in the management of medical emergencies and has been a faculty member on the "Acute Paediatric Emergency Scenarios" course delivered at Airedale General Hospital for over six years.