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
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Once you have paid for your CPD subscription, if you cannot access the questions please email contact@saad.org.uk
There are currently nine sections of questions, if correctly answered each section of questions provides an hour of sedation based CPD.
SAAD Digest 2025 (I)
Section 1
Challenges and considerations in dental treatment of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a review and case study
Section 2
The impact of preoperative anxiety on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing third molar surgery
Section 3
Pilot video consultations to assess high BMI paediatric patients’ suitability for the provision of dental treatment under general anaesthesia at a Day Surgery Unit
Section 4
A retrospective analysis of the number of episodes of single tooth extractions carried out under general anaesthetic on adult patients at University Hospital Wales (OMFS department) over a 12-month period
Section 5
A service evaluation of the use of IV sedation with remimazolam for adults with an acquired brain injury
Section 6
Remimazolam as a sedative for dental procedures: a case series
SAAD Digest 2025 (II)
Section 1:
Peri-operative management of dental patients requiring procedural sedation and taking Ozempic®, Mounjaro®, or other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist- containing medications.
Section 2:
Paediatric sedation in dentistry: an audit of safety, side-effects and patient satisfaction
Section 3:
The attitudes of doctors and dentists to the use of oral sedatives to control anxiety in minor surgical, imaging and dental surgery
SAAD Digest 2026 (I) - available soon!
There will be CPD questions relating to the following:
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
Your certificate will download as soon as you have completed each section!