SAAD DIGEST VOLUME 40(I) 2024
STORY BEHIND THE COVER
Pain and Anxiety Control
The cover illustration was created by DALL·E 2, an artificial intelligence text-to-image model developed by OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT. The image reminds us that pain and anxiety control is our attempt to influence the interaction of the 86 billion neurons that make up a human brain. Although we may, at times, wish that was a mechanistic, predictable process we are conscious that the brain is our body's most complex organ and this explains some of the challenges we face in adapting our patients' emotional and cognitive response to treatment.
3 Remimazolam compared to midazolam for dental sedation: an umbrella review
19 Patient experiences and outcomes following intravenous sedation in an oral surgery setting
69 Dexmedetomidine: pharmacology and use as a sedative agent
77 Do children from more deprived backgrounds have a higher chance of becoming dentally anxious?
SAAD Trustees
Officers
President: Sadie Hughes BDS MFDS RCPS (Glas) MSc
President Elect: Yi Kwan Loo BDS MFDS RCS (Edin) DipConSed AFHEA MPaed Dent RCPS (Glasg)
Hon. Secretary: Manni Deol BDS MJDF PGCMedEd DipDSed
Hon. Treasurer: Paul Howlett BDS MFDS DipConSed
Course Director: Carole Boyle BDS FDS RCSEng MMedSci MSND RCSEd FDS RCSEd FDTFEd DipWSET
Communications Secretary: Frank Clough BDS MJDF RCS (Eng)
Editor: Nigel Robb TD PhD BDS FDS RCS(Ed) FDS(Rest Dent) FDS RCPS FDTF FHEA
Members
Leah Adams BDS MSc DipConSed
Frank Clough BDS MJDF RCS (Eng)
Christopher Holden BDS LDSRCS (Eng) DGDP(UK)
Thomas Lees BDS MFDS RCPS (Glas) DipConSed
Imran Suida BChD (Hons) MOralSurg MFDS RCPS (Glasg) PgCert healthcare ed PgCert healthcare leadership FHEA
Laleh Sharifian BDS (Lond.) MFDS RCS (Eng.) Dip D.Sed
Zahra Shehabi BDS MFDS MSc(Sed Spec Care) MSCD MSc (Management)
The SAAD Digest is published by the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry. The SAAD Newsletter is published electronically by the Society in Spring and Autumn.
SAAD Editorial Board
Fareed Ahmad BDS LDSRCS (Eng)
Stacey Clough BChD MFGDP (UK) MFDS RCS (Eng) MJDF MSpec Care Dent MSc CILT
Greg Gerrard BDS MFDS MSurgDent MSc
Jennifer Hare DHealthPsy CPsychol AFBPS
Yi Kwan Loo (Assistant Editor) BDS MFDS RCS (Edin) DipConSed AFHEA MPaed Dent RCPS (Glasg)
Christopher Mercer BDS FDS RCS (Eng) PhD FHEA
Akhila Muthukrishnan BDS MPhil FDSRCS FFDRCSI PGCME FHEA
Nigel Robb (Editor) TD PhD BDS FDS RCS(Ed) FDS(Rest Dent) FDS RCPS FDTF FHEA
Ben Smith BDS DipConSed
Fiona Trimingham BSc(Hons) MA MRSC CT(ABRSM)
Rosemary Whatling BSc BDS FDS RCS(Eng)(Paed Dent) MPaed Dent RCS (Eng) MClin Dent (Paed Dent) MFDS RCS (Eng)
Original articles and correspondence should be addressed to:
Fiona Trimingham
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