SAAD Online Sedation CPD
The SAAD online CPD is sedation CPD based on questions about the refereed papers in the current issue of the SAAD Digest.
- Access to the online CPD is complimentary for SAAD members
- Purchasing access to the online CPD is a 12 month subscription
- Access to the relevant issue of the SAAD Digest is provided
- The questions are updated each March and September
- A sedation CPD certificate can be downloaded for each of the successfully completed sections
- It is possible to set up a direct debit to ensure that your subscription will automatically renew. Please contact us for details
- If you are interested in purchasing access for a group, please contact us so that we can raise a single invoice and provide access codes
Please be aware that NHS browsers/filters may block the download of certificates.
Please consider using an alternative browser/device to complete your online sedation CPD.
SAAD members / CPD subscribers
Non-members
Click here to subscribe for access to the online CPD now
Once you have paid for your CPD subscription, if you cannot access the questions please email contact@saad.org.uk
There are currently eleven sections of questions, if correctly answered each section of questions provides an hour of sedation based CPD.
SAAD Digest 2026 (I)
Section 1:
The combined use of oral/transmucosal midazolam sedation with IV remimazolam for special care patients – a case series
Section 2:
IV sedation in an adult dental health department: a single-centre two cycle audit
Section 3:
A retrospective analysis of the waiting times for a general anaesthetic for paediatric patients at Croydon University Hospital, a service provided by the special care community dental services - King's College Hospital
Section 4:
‘Clearing the air’: a quality improvement project introducing a digital leaflet to enhance parental understanding of inhalation sedation
SAAD Digest 2026 (II)
Section 1:
Service evaluation of the use of remimazolam for intravenous sedation in a community special care dentistry clinic
Section 2:
Safety and patient experience of multi-drug intravenous conscious sedation in primary care dentistry: a multicentre service evaluation
Section 3:
The use of combined oral midazolam-ketamine as a pre-anaesthetic agent for special care adults requiring dental treatment under general anaesthesia: a service evaluation
Section 4:
Conscious sedation training experience of UK based speciality trainees in special care dentistry: a survey
Section 5:
Remimazolam delivered via infusion pump for intravenous sedation in dentistry: a case series
Section 6:
The use of remimazolam in patients with a learning disability and elevated body mass index: a case series
Section 7:
Artificial intelligence-enhanced hypnosedation to improve patient experience in dentistry: a case series
Your certificate will download as soon as you have completed each section!

