Lecturer Details: Sedation, venipuncture and cannulation update

Lecturer nameMr Chris Bell BDS MSc FDS RCS(Eng)
Lecturer profileOral & Maxillofacial training 1981 – 87
Founding Member of Dental Sedation Teachers Group
Clinical Lead for Oral Surgery Bristol Dental Hospital 1993-2002
Chair NHS Southwest Oral Surgery Managed Clinical Network 2017 – present.
Co Clinical Director Bristol Dental School 2022 to present


Short resume of career to date:
Qualified Dec 1980
Career in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from 1980 to present
Chair Southwest Oral Surgery MCN since 2017
6 years as Principle of an NHS Dental Practice 1987 to 1993

Experience relevant to the topic:
Founding member of the Dental Sedation Teachers Group.
Course Tutor for the BUOLD Anxiety and Control & Sedation Element from 1994 to 2016




Lecturer nameTimothy Harris BDS MFDS (RCS) MSc FHEA
Lecturer profileCurrent Post:
Dentist and Director – Circus Dental, Bath
Clinical Teacher in Dental Implantology, Bristol Dental School –postgraduate -previous Clinical Teacher in Oral Surgery 2008-2023

Experience relevant to the topic:
DWSi in oral Surgery 2008-2018 – Somerset PCT
Sedation Practitioner in IV sedation for 15 years. Mentors’ sedation and delivers annual sedation updates.