Dental Sedation Courses

The courses for new starter dentists are also suitable for medics/doctors/gp's to enable them to carry out conscious sedation with basic techniques (single drug midazlolam/nitrous oxide) in the dental setting. The IACSD standards apply to all medical professionals providing conscious sedation in the dental setting.

A Dental therapist is able to train in and administer inhalation sedation under the prescription of a dentist. A dental therapist can assist with intravenous sedation in the nurses role but is not able to administer or train to administer intravenous sedation. You can also complete your inhalation sedation 10 supervised practical cases with us if needed at one of our mentoring clinics.

Both are equivalent qualifications in the view of the GDC (general dental council) but they are accredited by the two different accrediting bodies namely the NEBDN and the IACSD, the RCS consider the NEBDN certificate course to be the gold standard currently. The course lectures cover the same topics and both result in the certificate in dental sedation nursing allowing you to act as the second appropriately trained person but there are a few key differences 1. Paperwork - the NEBDN course has quite a lot more paperwork involved as you will be expected to complete tasks such as patient questionnaire, audit, medical emergency scenarios etc as part of the course. The IACSD course has much less paperwork but still covers the training syllabus. for the NEBDN course you complete an online record of competence which you should expect to allow about 1-2 hours a week for the duration of your course enrolment. 2. Assessments - both courses have ongoing practical and online assessments but the NEBDN course has a final formal examination that must be passed in order to pass the course, this exam is taken at your local exam centre. The IACSD course has no final examination so is completed entirely online and at your dental practice 3. Supervisor/mentor approval - any experienced dental sedation dentist or NEBDN sedation qualified nurse can act as your mentor for the NEBDN course. For the IACSD course your supervisor requires separate approval from the Royal College of Surgeons; we sort this out for you but your supervisor will need to have completed a sedation course, kept their CPD upto date and be providing or assisting regularly with sedation in order to act as your mentor/supervisor. (Approval can take a few weeks to come through) 4. For the NEBDN course we will send you a revision textbook and learning textbook to supplement the course; for the IACSD course we will send you the learning textbook and a logbook to log your cases (if completing the individual IACSD IV or RA course then there is no textbook, just the logbook) 5. Fees are as follows and include all exam or mentor fees NEBDN - £949 IACSD - £549 We feel neither Course is better than the other in terms of content, the NEBDN course has been around longer and the IACSD avoids the need for a formal examination. The IACSD is more easy going in the sense that there is reduced paperwork and no strict deadlines but it is still a fully comprehensive training pathway. As all theory is completed online then you can start either anytime and the next examination date for the NEBDN for which you can enrol with us is September 2025, enrol anytime from now

Immediate Life Support is a more advanced form of life support over the more common Basic Life Support. Certification in Immediate Life Support is required to be undertaken annually by all members of the sedation team as per the IACSD guidelines. We have teamed up with 2 excellent providers of ILS training, one based in England and one in Northern Ireland. You should contact these providers directly to arrange ILS training. Alternatively if they do not operate in your location you can find course locations here: https://www.resus.org.uk/information-on-courses/immediate-life-support/ IRELAND AND Northern Ireland - SafeHands - Northern Ireland SafeHands Training from Pat and Kelly is the number one for ILS training for the dental team in Northern Ireland. They run regular ILS courses throughout the year and have the facility to run one day dental specific in house and at venue ILS training. Topics on the day include:- Causes and Prevention of Cardiorespiratory Arrest ABCDE – Scenarios ALS Algorithm Lecture Initial Resuscitation (CPR, Defib, Drugs) Airway Management CAS Teach Scenarios They really are a very engaging and knowledgable team and you will have fun while learning on the day. If you are based in Northern Ireland please contact them to find out more and arrange your ILS training. Again as ILS is mandatory for all sedation teams we suggest the entire sedation team undergo ILS training with you. How to contact: 1. Contact form: https://www.safe-handstraining.com/contact-us 2. Email address: [email protected] 3. Call: 07736583171 SOUTH MIDLAND AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES - 1. ResusPlus Training with Lynn Fox and team Adult and Paediatric Dental Sedation Immediate Life Support Course location: South Midlands and surrounding counties both at venues and in practice for larger teams For the clinical dental team who wish to provide / assist with conscious Inhalation Sedation and / or IV sedation for adults and children. The Dental Sedation Immediate Life Support course fully complies with IACSD standards for Conscious Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care 2015. Instructor info The course developer and lead instructor is Lynn Fox, an experienced Resuscitation Council accredited instructor in advanced adult and paediatric life support: ALS/ILS/EPALS/PILS/GIC. Lynn has 11 years of experience in teaching to hospital cardiac arrest teams and has previously lectured on anaphylaxis for the British Dental Association which is now a BDA online lecture. Lynn has also lectured on Medical emergency drugs in the CPD theatre at the British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show 2018. Lynn also teaches Dental Medical Emergencies to in-house dental practices and groups including The Oxford Post Graduate Dental School at Thames Valley Health Education. The Adult and Paediatric Dental Sedation Immediate Life Support course includes: Causes and prevention of cardiorespiratory arrest in the adult and child ABCDE approach including how to recognise excess sedation emergencies in the adult and child including CNS depression, anaphylaxis, chest pain, asthma, seizure, hypo and choking and other associated emergencies Hands-on practice with your emergency dental drugs for the above conditions including IM injection training as time allows. Adult and child airway management using positive pressure ventilation & airway adjuncts: Bag Valve Mask, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways and i-gels. BLS and defibrillation. Adult and Paediatric cardiac arrest scenarios. Team roles and responsibilities. Delivered by: To ensure you receive the most beneficial training experience and ongoing quality assurance, courses are taught using a high ratio of instructors to students and only by Resuscitation Council (UK) clinical instructors, clinicians and/or dental medical emergency specialists. Assessment: Is subject to quality assurance. Assessment is continuous and includes the ABCDE approach, BLS and AED, i-gel and other practical airway management skills for both respiratory depression and cardiac arrest scenarios. Certificates: For successful candidates, certificates will show 7 hours – this may be fewer if the paediatric component has been ommited – verifiable and enhanced CPD as per the 2018 GDC requirements. Lynn and the team at ResusPlus Training also have the facility to carry out ILS training in house for larger groups in the South Midlands and surrounding counties which may be more suitable if you have a large sedation team. How to contact 1. Contact form: http://www.resusplustraining.com/contact/ 2. Email: [email protected] 3. More info: http://www.resusplustraining.com/immediate-life-support-for-the-dental-ils-pils/

Once we receive your completed application form for the NEBDN course and confirmed everything we submit the entry to NEBDN, it can take upto 28 days for them to set your Record of Competence up on their platform and they will email your login details for this directly. please check your junk folders too and search NEBDN, if you still have not received this after a few weeks please contact us on [email protected]

The training requirements for dental nurses are set in the training standards. This consists of accredited theory followed by a period of supervised cases. For the NEBDN sedation certificate it will typically take 12 months from start to finish. For the IACSD accredited sedation courses the theory is 12-20 hours of online work followed by completion of either 20 logged Intravenous sedation cases, 10 logged inhalation sedation cases or both. Once these are complete and submitted along with a case study then this course is complete.

Following completion of the online theory each dentist will need to complete 20 intravenous sedation cases for intravenous sedation or 10 inhalation sedation cases for inhalation sedation supervised by a STAC approved sedation supervisor. These can be completed with en experienced supervisor of your choosing whom we can approve or for INHALATION SEDATION we can send a supervisor to you or you can attend the mentoring clinic in Luton INTRAVENOUS SEDATION - the main mentoring clinics are currently in Luton, Burton on Trent and Glasgow

YES; THERE IS A MONTHLY PAYMENT OPTION FOR ALL COURSES AS OUTLINED ON THE INDIVIDUAL COURSE PAGES, this does not apply to mentor centre fees if using this facility which are due in full 4 weeks prior to your first mentored day although this can be split into 3 equal payments over 3 months for a 5% fee.

This is fine, please email [email protected] and let us know the course you wish to enrol upon and the candidates FULL NAME, GDC NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS AND BEST POSTAGE ADDRESS so we can arrange this for you