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SAAD Digest
March 2024
Volume: 40
Issue: 1

Title: 'Caring for an increasingly complex population - personal insights and personalised care' SAAD Symposium and AGM
Author(s): F. Clough

Abstract: 

This year’s symposium returned to the historic Royal Society of Medicine in London, where SAAD President, Sadie Hughes, kicked off the day by welcoming the many delegates who had managed to sidestep rail transport disruptions to make the journey. Sadie expressed her gratitude to Ashleigh Stamp for organising an exciting program. 

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Articles from Digest 40(1)

 Article title
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 Editorial
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Peer reviewed papers
Remimazolam compared to midazolam for dental sedation: an umbrella review
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A review of the awareness and use of airway assessment techniques in conscious sedation in dentistry
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 14
Improving safety and efficiency in special care dentistry through quality improvement of patient information in the Belfast Trust  
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Patient experiences and outcomes following intravenous sedation in an oral surgery setting 
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An investigation of bispectral index monitoring when providing intravenous sedation for adults with severe cognitive disability 
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Are we providing an effective sedation service? An evaluation of a new conscious sedation service in primary special dental care 
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An audit of the use of flumazenil for sedation within the Special Care Dentistry Department (CDS Cycle 7) and seven-year comparison 
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 36
Unsuccessful conscious sedation on patients with a learning disability and / or autism: a multi-site service evaluation
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 41
The effectiveness of dental nurse led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) on the dentally anxious patient: a service evaluation
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Case reports
Dental treatment for a 15-year-old patient with Nicolaides- Baraitser Syndrome, under intravenous sedation with midazolam: a case report
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The use of inhalation sedation to manage delayed eruption of permanent teeth, hypodontia and caries in a child patient 
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Case report: A paediatric patient with molar incisor hypomineralisation and hypodontia, treated with inhalation and intravenous sedation for extractions of deciduous and permanent molars 
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 56
Opinion
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 59
Journal Scan
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 68
Essay prizes
Dexmedetomidine: pharmacology and use as a sedative agent 
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 76
Do children from more deprived backgrounds have a higher chance of becoming dentally anxious?
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Symposium 2023
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 89
Profile
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Forum  92 97