Lecturer Details: Inhalation Sedation for Children – An Update

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.