Special Care Dentistry

Special care dentistry for general dental practice

As set out in GDC guidelines, there are three main principles4 which are essential in order to gain valid consent from a patient:.

Sedation for patients with movement disorders

The phrase ‘Movement disorders’ describes a wide range of conditions which are neurological in origin and are manifest in individuals as problems with the control of body movement.1 Movement involves...

Sickle cell disease, dentistry and conscious sedation

Sickle cell disease is found in many populations and parts of the world historically associated with malarial endemicity. People of Afro-Caribbean, West African, Asian and Northern Greek descent are...