SAAD has put together some scenarios and prompts covering sedation related complications, that can be adapted for use by individual sedation teams.
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SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme |
Welcome to the Editorial Committee section of the website.
The Editorial Committee oversees the production of our journal, SAAD Digest, the associated online CPD and our twice-yearly newsletter. The current issues of our publications, as well as the back issues can be accessed via the links below. SAAD also produces other publications, and details can be found below.
External documents that are of interest to those interested in pain and anxiety control, such as guidance and standards produced by other groups, are also included below.
SAAD supports research and development to improve pain and anxiety control for patients and has several prizes and awards. Details are in this section of the website.
Please scroll down to find links to:
- SAAD Digest and online CPD
- SAAD Newsletters
- SAAD Editorial Committee
- History of SAAD
- CBT Manual
- External Documents
- Member Documents
- Research Grants
- Prizes - essays and reports
- Prizes - oral and poster presentations
- Submisison Deadlines
- SAAD Social Media
- Contact us
SAAD PUBLICATIONS
SAAD Digest and online CPD
The SAAD Digest is the society's journal, published in print and online twice a year.
Further information:
Current volume (access for SAAD members)
SAAD publishes two newsletters each year, one in the summer and one in the winter. These are in an electronic format and can be viewed via the links below.
Current issue...
Meet the SAAD Editorial Committee
Editor:
Professor Nigel Robb
Journal Facilitator:
Lisa Reid
digest@saad.org.uk
Committee members:
Fareed Ahmed
Stacey Clough
Greg Gerrard
Jennifer Hare
Thomas Lees
Yi Loo
Christopher Mercer
Ben Smith
Fiona Trimingham
Rosie Whatling
History of SAAD
CBT Manual
A brand-new edition of the original 2008 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for dental anxiety manual created by the King’s College London (KCL) team was has been re-written and published in September 2023 by members of the Dental Psychology Service, based within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Written by Jennifer Hare, Geanina Bruj-Milasan, Veronica Munzandi and Jonathon Timothy Newton.
With funding from SAAD
Please click here for further information or to purchase a copy
DOCUMENTS
Links to documents for SAAD members
Links to external documents
RESEARCH GRANTS
SAAD Research Grants
SAAD offers research grants to aid research in pain and anxiety control in dentistry. The award is open to all postgraduates with an interest in pain and anxiety control in dentistry who are working in the UK or Ireland. Individual applications for sums up to £5,000 will be considered.
PhD funding
On occasion the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD) has invited applications for PhD funding in the area of conscious sedation for dentistry from UK dental schools.
PRIZES
Essay and Report Prizes
Oral and Poster Presentation Prizes
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Dates of Interest
SAAD collates a calendar of dates of interest, this includes events and submission deadlines from SAAD and other organisations.
Please click here to view the dates of interest
You can sign up to receive notifications when new dates are added or updated
KEEPING IN TOUCH
How to contact SAAD
Click here to contact the SAAD Office
For enuiries related to the SAAD Digest please email digest@saad.org.uk
Safe Sedation Practice Validation
Why have an external evaluation?
This validates your sedation practice demonstrating your commitment to quality assurance based on accepted standards. A self-check using a list, either alone or with an adviser not meeting the approved person specification is ineffective. SAAD’s sedation validation options provide a robust and properly structured confirmation of safe sedation provision giving reassurance to both providers and contractors.
Which certificate do I need?
- The Safe Sedation Certificate (SSC) is the most economical process for single techniques and is a web-based evaluation.
- SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme is a more detailed evaluation with a facility visit and evaluation of live cases.
SAAD Safe Sedation Certificate
The Safe Sedation Certificate (SSC) is the most economical process for single techniques and is a web-based evaluation.
SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme
SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme is a more detailed evaluation with a facility visit and evaluation of live cases.
Sedation Complications: Practical Team Training
The IACSD standards document that ‘there must be evidence of regular scenario-based team training in the management of potential complications associated with conscious sedation’.
To facilitate this, SAAD has put together some scenarios and prompts covering sedation related complications, that can be adapted for use by individual sedation teams.
Members of SAAD are free to use these resources. You need to ensure that you keep contemporaneous evidence of these practise sessions.
Personal Sedation Logbook
Coming soon!
Sedation Recording Keeping Templates
SAAD Member Benefit with Kiroku!
SAAD has partnered with Kiroku so SAAD members can save up to 30%.
This includes new SAAD Sedation Templates.
Meet the SAAD Safe Sedation Evaluators
All of the SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme Evaluators meet the person specification on page 24 of the SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme.
FAQs
If you have a question you may find the answer in our FAQs.
Please contact safesedation@saad.org.uk with any questions
Education, Training and CPD from SAAD
SAAD provides STAC accredited courses underpinning the knowledge and clinical skills required for the safe provision of conscious sedation in dental practice.
Suitable for dentists, dental nurses, therapists & hygienists, for new starters or as a refresher.
Our next dental sedation course dates:
Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 November
Saturday 8 November (plus one day online)
View all SAAD courses and events
SAAD provides sedation courses, the SAAD Life Support (SLS) course, an annual symspoium and sedation webinars.
Sedation courses for dentists
We offer sedation update courses and sedation courses for those new to sedation three times a year, with online and in person options.
Please click on the links below for further information
Sedation update course for dentists
Sedation course for dentists new to sedation
The SAAD Assessed Sedation (SAS) scheme
Sedation courses for dental nurses
We offer sedation update courses and sedation courses for those new to sedation three times a year, with online and in person options.
Please click on the links below for further information
Sedation update course for dental nurses
Sedation course for dental nurses new to sedation
The SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme
Sedation courses for dental hygienists/therapists
We offer an annual online sedation update course and a sedation course for those new to sedation.
Please click on the links below for further information
Sedation update course for dental hygienists and therapists
Sedation course for dental nurses and hygienists new to sedation
The SAAD Assessed Sedation Hygienists/Therapist (SASH/T) scheme
Annual Symposium
SAAD Life Support Course
Aim: To fulfil the IACSD requirement 'Practitioners must be able to provide age-appropriate Immediate Life Support'
Teaching points:
- Participants will gain an increased knowledge of medical emergencies, causes and management related to sedation
- They will practice simulated scenarios in small groups
- Learn airway management skills
CPD hours: Five hours, 30 minutes fulfilling GDC learning outcomes C.
Meet our faculty
Attend a SAAD course and be taught by the UK's most experienced dental sedation teachers!
The SAAD Teaching Faculty has oral surgeons, paediatric dentists, special care dentists, clinical psychologists, GDPs, dental nurses, peripatetic sedationists and resuscitation officers - all experienced teachers.
Online 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 or can be purchased as an annual subscription.
Dates of interest
SAAD collates a calendar of dates of interest, this includes events and submission deadlines from SAAD and other organisations.
Please click here to view the dates of interest
You can sign up to receive notifications when new dates are added or updated.
Attend a SAAD course and be taught by the UK's most experienced dental sedation teachers!