Stephanie Fenesan
Specialty Trainee in Special Care Dentistry, Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy's Dental Institute, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Patient-support techniques for treating patients with learning disabilities
Stephanie FenesanHistorically these techniques have been referred to as non-pharmacological behaviour management techniques, although they have recently been appropriately termed ‘non-pharmacological patient-support...
An update for general dental practitioners on a new medication for the management of patients with haemophilia A
Stephanie FenesanEmicizumab (Hemlibra) is a relatively new medication that can be prescribed for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes for patients with haemophilia A.5 It was...
An alternative sedation option for special care patients: combined inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen and intravenous sedation with midazolam
Stephanie FenesanNitrous oxide and oxygen is commonly used for conscious sedation in dentistry, particularly in paediatric dentistry. Administered via a specially designed inhalation sedation machine, it is a...