GDC.  Standards for the Dental Team: September 2013. General Dental Council. 

GDC.  Guidance on Scope of Practice. November 2025. General Dental Council

AoMRC.  Safe sedation practice for healthcare procedures: Standards and  Guidance. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 2013

AoMRC.  Safe sedation practice for healthcare procedures: An update.  Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 2021

General:

SDCEP.  Conscious Sedation in Dentistry. Dental Clinical Guidance Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme 2017. Reviewed 2022

IACSD.  Conscious Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care Standards and Guidance. Report of the Inter-collegiate Advisory Committee for Conscious Sedation in Dentistry. The Dental Faculties of The Royal Colleges of Surgeons and The Royal College of Anaesthetists. V1.1 2020.

Resuscitation:

RC(UK).  Quality Standards for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Practice and Training Primary Dental Care. UK Resuscitation Council May 2020.

Paediatric:

NICE.  Sedation in under 19s:using sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures 2010.

EAPD.  Best clinical practice guidance for conscious sedation of children undergoing dental Treatment; an EAPD policy document 2021

Special Care Dentistry:

BSSCD.  The use of general anaesthesia in special care dentistry: a clinical guide from the British Society for Disability and Oral Health. 2022

NHS Guidance:

GIRFT.  Community Dental Services: A supplement to the GRIFT national Report on hospital dentistry. 2025

NHS.  Clinical Standards for dental anxiety management 2024

NHS   Commissioning Dental Services: Service Standards for Conscious Sedation in a Primary Care Setting 2017

Hospital Sedation:

GIRFT.  Hospital Dentistry: Sedation pathway delivery guide 2023

Sedation Tools:

IOSN.  Indicator of Sedation Need (IOSN) - Questionnaire for Patients Advice on how this should be used can be found in the SAAD Digest. Coulthard P. The Indicator of Sedation Need (IOSN).SAAD Digest 2012;

ASA. ASA Physical Status Classification 2020

ASSESSMENT. Preoperative assessments and treatment outcomes in conscious sedation: 2018  Champaneri Sumeet, Morgan Claire, and Shehabi Zahra

LOGBOOK. SAAD Sedation Case Logbook

CBT. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Dental Anxiety: A Manual for the Dental Team

AUDIT. Tracking and Reporting Outcomes Of Procedural Sedation (TROOPS): Standardized Quality Improvement and Research Tools from the International Committee for the Advancement of Procedural Sedation

UNDERGRADUATE. Sedation in Dentistry: Undergraduate Training Guidelines for Teachers

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