Welcome changes
Two important changes which will help promote the welfare of young dental patients are welcomed by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry whose members have played a role in bringing about both.
The first is the launch of new national standards for the use of conscious sedation in the delivery of dental care.
The use of conscious sedation for the treatment of anxious patients is vital for paediatric dentists and BSPD has been concerned for some time at the regional inequalities in accessing conscious sedation services.
The new national standards have been produced by the Intercollegiate Advisory Committee for Sedation in Dentistry (IACSD) and define the education and training required by those who work in sedation teams, whether they are dentists, doctors, nurses or dental care professionals as well as the settings where conscious sedation should take place.
Of significance to paediatric dentistry is that children under 12 years whose oral health needs cannot be met with care under local analgesia and inhalation sedation should now be referred to a specialist sedation team for assessment.
Janice Fearne, President of BSPD was at the launch at the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons along with Isabelle Holroyd, BSPD’s representative on the IACSD working group.
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