title: Current UK dental sedation practice and the 'National Institute for Health and Care Excellence' (NICE) guideline 112: sedation in children and young people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe current dental sedation practice for under 19-year-olds in the UK and compare it with the recommendations of NICE guidance 112.
  
  
  METHODS
  Members of the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry and members of the Dental Sedation Teachers Group were invited to participate in an online survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and sixty-six dentists and doctors completed the survey. Eighty-two percent were operator and sedationist (operator-sedationist). Ninety-five percent provided written information and 94% obtained written consent. Eighty-four percent kept a written or electronic sedation record. Eighty-six percent complied with life support training expectations. Eighty-six percent had immediate access to resuscitation equipment. Sixty-seven percent of sedationists reported that treatment could not be completed under sedation for <10% of cases during the previous year. When sedation was unsuccessful, 61% said they would schedule general anaesthesia and 54.5% would schedule advanced sedation care. Forty-nine percent believed that a dentist was an appropriate person to provide advanced sedation for 12-18 years. Only 24% thought a dentist should provide advanced sedation for children<12 years, with 75% preferring an anaesthetist. The appropriate setting for advanced sedation was thought to be primary care by 33% and secondary care by 68%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found good agreement between the current practice of sedation and the recommendations of the NICE guidance 112.
authors.affiliation: The University of Manchester London.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coulthard
authors.affiliation: King's College London Dental Institute, Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.affiliation: Christopher Holden and Associates, 32 Tennyson Avenue, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.affiliation: School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol London.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.affiliation: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sury
authors.affiliation: Highland View Dental Surgery, 229 Hornchurch Road, Hornchurch, Essex.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.affiliation: Eastman Dental Hospital for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College Hospital Foundation Trust, London.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Holroyd
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006113:United Kingdom