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Fareed Ahmad
Other affiliations: BDA, SAAD
Stacey Clough
Other affiliations: Queen Mary University of London, Sedation Education
Jennifer Hare
Other affiliations: King's College London; HCPC Registered Health Psychologist; BPS Chartered Psychologist Status, Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of BPS and Division of Health Psychology; BABCP Accredited Other affiliations: King's College London; HCPC Registered Health Psychologist; BPS Chartered Psychologist Status, Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of BPS and Division of Health Psychology; BABCP Accredited.
Yi Loo
Other affiliations: SAAD Board of Trustees
Benjamin David Smith
Other affiliations: Middleton St George Dental Practice
Nigel Robb
Other affiliations: ADAS, DSTG, RCPSGlasg
Chris Mercer
Other affiliations: None
Rosie Whatling
Other affiliations: Chair of the Tricollegiate RCS Membership in Paediatric Dentistry Examination
Ashleigh Stamp
Other affiliations: SAAD Board of Trustees, Dental Sedation Teachers' Group Committee Member
Greg Gerrard
Other affiliations:
Position Statement from the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD) regarding the disbandment of the 2025 IACSD Committee
SAAD acknowledges the recent disbandment of the Intercollegiate Advisory Committee for Sedation in Dentistry (IACSD). We recognise that this development may prompt questions and uncertainty within the dental sedation community.
SAAD would like to reassure members that the IACSD 2020 and the SDCEP 2017 guidance documents remain active. These documents describe current professional guidance for safe and effective conscious sedation practice across all dental settings.
As the largest dental sedation specialist society, we remain committed to keeping our members and the wider profession fully informed and will update or amend our guidance and organisational stance as appropriate.
The SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme (SSPS) and the SAAD Safe Sedation Certificate (SSC) remain in place to support services and sedationists. These programmes provide service evaluation, quality assurance, and peer-review discussion for sedation providers, helping to ensure validated standards of patient care and safety.
We will continue to engage with all stakeholders to promote safe, high-quality sedation practice for the benefit of patients and the dental teams who care for them.
A series of three webinars with four eminent speakers
Three hours sedation CPD.
GDC development outcomes A, C & D
Register for the series of three webinars, or for the individual webinars.
Watch the live online event, or the recording and download your CPD certificate.
£30 per webinar or £75 for the series.
20% discount for SAAD members!
Remimazolam update - 11.03.2026
Livestreamed on Wednesday 11 March 2026
Delegates will have access to the recording until midnight on Sunday 12 April.
Bryan Kerr
Sedation complications and medical emergencies: a whole team approach - recording
Livestreamed on Tuesday 3 February 2026
Delegates will have access to the recording until midnight on Sunday 12 April.
Elle Carey and Carole Boyle
This webinar is designed for the entire dental team involved in conscious sedation. Using case discussions and scenario-based learning, the session explores how to recognise, prevent, and manage sedation-related complications and medical emergencies in practice.
Attendees will refresh their knowledge of IACSD guidance, early warning signs of deterioration, ABCDE assessment, and the practical use of emergency drugs and equipment. Emphasis is placed on teamwork, communication, and the human factors that underpin safe and effective emergency response.
Whether you’re new to sedation or an experienced team member, this session will build confidence, reinforce team roles, and support compliance with IACSD requirements for annual emergency and sedation-specific training.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise sedation-related complications
- Manage sedation emergencies using the ABCDE approach
- Understand the importance of effective team communication and leadership
- Apply learning to clinical case examples
- Discuss how we ensure compliance with IACSD 2020 and SDCEP 2017
Capnography for conscious sedation in dentistry - recording
Livestreamed on Thursday 15 January 2026
Registered delegates will have access to the recording until midnight on Sunday 12 April.
Greg Gerrard Consultant Oral Surgeon
Hamza Hossenally Consultant in Special Care Dentistry
- Demonstrate awareness of the role of capnography in dental sedation practice in relation to guidance, and describe its clinical indications.
- Increase knowledge of the principles underlying capnography and understand its relevance in monitoring patients during sedation.
- Identify and interpret the key metrics and waveforms displayed on a capnograph, recognising normal versus abnormal patterns.
- Review practical applications of capnography in dental sedation