ISSN 2976-9531 (Online)
SAAD DIGEST VOLUME 40(2) 2024
STORY BEHIND THE COVER
Music and relaxation
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 depicts the relaxing effect of music, a topic discussed in one of the peer reviewed papers included in this issue of the Digest.
113 Is there a differential sedative effect in ADHD patients?
117 Cannulation conundrums: what help is available?
124 The effect of remimazolam on a Parkinson’s patient
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)
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Editor: Nigel Robb TD PhD BDS FDS RCS(Ed) FDS(Rest Dent) FDS RCPS FDTF FHEA
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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 June and December.
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)
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