SEDATION GUIDANCE

& PRACTICE STANDARDS

Current & Historical National Guidance

COMING SOON!
STANDARDS FOR CONSCIOUS SEDATION IN THE PRACTICE OF DENTAL CARE

Intercollegiate Advisory Committee for Sedation in Dentistry (IACSD) 2025

DENTAL SEDATION & BREASTFEEDING

The Breastfeeding network

(endorsed by SAAD)

2024

THE SAFE SEDATION PRACTICE SCHEME

SAAD 2023

NHSE CLINICAL GUIDE FOR DENTAL ANXIETY MANAGEMENT

NHS England 2023

(replaces 2017 NHSE Commissioning Dental Services: Service Standards For Conscious Sedation In A Primary Care Setting)

REMIMAZOLAM POSITION STATEMENT

IACSD June 2023

CONSCIOUS SEDATION IN DENTISTRY
Dental Clinical Guidance

SDCEP 2017

(reviewed & unchanged 2022)

SAFE SEDATION PRACTICE FOR HEALTHCARE PROCEDURES - AN UPDATE

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 2021

STANDARDS FOR CONSCIOUS SEDATION IN THE PROVISION OF DENTAL CARE V1.1

IACSD 2020

COMMISSIONING DENTAL SERVICES: SERVICE STANDARDS FOR CONSCIOUS SEDATION IN A PRIMARY CARE SETTING

NHS England 2017 (now superseded by NHSE Clinical Guide for dental anxiety management 2023)

SAFE SEDATION PRACTICE FOR HEALTHCARE PROCEDURES

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 2015 (now superseded by AoMRC 2021 update - note comment re dentistry)

INDICATOR OF SEDATION NEED

IOSN

A GUIDE TO MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN CONSCIOUS SEDATION FOR DENTISTRY

IEGTSSD 2011

STANDARDS FOR CONSCIOUS SEDATION IN DENTISTRY: ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES

Standing Committee on Sedation for Dentistry 2007

CONSCIOUS SEDATION IN THE PROVISION OF DENTAL CARE

Dept of Health 2003

A CONSCIOUS DECISION

Dept of Health 2000

GENERAL ANAESTHESIA, SEDATION & RESUSCITATION IN DENTISTRY.
REPORT OF AN EXPERT WORKING PARTY

The Poswillo Report
Standing Dental Advisory Committee
March 1990