NHS England Clinical Guide for Dental Anxiety Management

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Carole Boyle

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In January 2023 NHS England published a new Clinical Guide for Dental Anxiety Management, which is to replace the service standard for conscious sedation last published in 2017. The new guidance highlights a sea-change in the management and treatment of dental anxiety, for patients undergoing dental treatment in community and primary care settings, covering behavioural therapies, conscious sedation and referral for treatment under general anaesthesia. Carole and Jen will provide an overview of the guidelines and the implications of what this will mean in practice – with a particular focus on either ends of the anxiety management spectrum.

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