Sedation in Daily Dentistry – A Guide – PDP136

Which type of sedation is best for my patient? Are Temazepam tablets good enough? Is that even allowed? How can I safely provide Sedation in my practice? We are joined by the calming tones of Dr. Roy Bennett who busts some myths and guides us clinicians on Sedation in Clinical Practice.

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Protrusive Dental Pearl:  Communicating Risks to your Patient: Be calm and SLOW your pace down when communicating with your patients to EMPHASISE certain words. Becoming a visual educator to the patients is also a really good way to communicate risks – intra-oral camera is the best investment you will ever make.

Highlights of this episode:

• 1:07 Protrusive Dental Pearl – Communication
• 4:27 Dr. Roy Bennett’s Introduction
• 5:40 Pre-medication – is Temazepam any good?
• 9:27 GDPs entering the world of Sedation
• 13:48 Which Type of Sedation, When?
• 15:12 Level of training required to provide sedation in practice
• 17:32 Sedation and Clinical Dentistry at the same time?
• 19:09 Learning Sedation
• 21:48 How long can we Sedate a patient for? Is it just 1 Hour Max?
• 23:41 Offering sedation in YOUR practice
• 25:41 Ideal personality traits of operator-sedationist
• 28:15 Thing to know about implementing sedation
• 32:21 Two good qualities that an operator-sedationist should have: 
• 34:24 The “New Drug” – Remimazolam

Check out Dr. Roy’s training site:

• Web: mellowdental.co.uk
• As a senior clinical advisor – Webinar and Presentations: uksedation.com 

UK Sedation will be presenting at the Royal Society of Medicine on the 15th of February on the new drug

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like another sedation episode: What Every Dentist Should Know About Managing Dental Anxiety  with Dr. Mike Gow