FRANCE :
A new training is offered both in french and english by the Society : "SEDATION ET CHIRURGIE DENTAIRE"
2 day courses directly in a private office with live demos, worshops and theory.
Details on : www.easy-sedation.org
UNITED KINGDOM :
SAAD (The Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry) offers 2 day courses for all european dentists. Details on their website : www.saaduk.org
FRANCE :
Training is offered in 4 dental schools : Clermont-Ferrand, Strasbourg, Marseille, Reims.
The diploma is a "D.U. de Sedation" with theorical and practical sessions.
Contact : Pr Martine HENNEQUIN for details.
martine.hennequin@u-clermont1.fr
ITALY : Padua University, Medical School
Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties
Section of Dentistry
Chair of Dental Anaesthesia
1) Didactic Activity: topics
a) Conscious sedation techniques in Dentistry
b) Regional anaestesia techniques in Dentistry
c) Less invasive anaesthesia/analgesia techniques in Dentistry (Electronic Dental Anaesthesia in the Dental Office, topical anaethesia, Wand, etc.)
d) Hypnosis in Dentistry
e) Emergencies in the Dental Office
f) Basic Life Support and Defibrillation (BLS-D) in the Dental Office
g) Treatment of oro-facial pain
h) Post-graduate Master on conscious sedation and emergencies treatment in Dentistry.
2) Patient Management on the dental chair: topics
a) Perioperative patient and risk evaluation in Dentistry
b) Conscious sedation in dental cooperative and uncooperative patient
c) General anaesthesia in the operating room for selected uncooperative dental patients, after unsuccessful conscious sedation in the dental office
d) Perioperative management of dental patient: antibiotic prophylaxis, preemptive and postoperative analgesia, high risk patient’s preparation for dental surgery, etc.
e) Prevention and treatment of medical emergencies in the dental office, including BLS-D
3) Clinical Research
a) Clinical research is carried out on the topics reported at point 1) Didactic Activity
4) Other activities
a) Pre and post – graduate courses on BLS-D, performed by certificated instructors of the Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC)
b) Pre and post – graduate courses on: a) dental patient and risk evaluation, b) sedation tecniques in the dental office, c) emergencies prevention and treatment in the dental office; d) regional anaesthesia tecniques in dentistry, e) other courses organized on specific request by selected professional figures (i.e. dental hygenist, paediatric dentist, etc.)
c) Organization and coordination of the two Italian Dental Anaesthesia Societies: 1) Associazione Italiana di Anestesia Odontostomatologica (AINOS), translated in English: Italian Dental Anaesthesia Society; the Journal of Dental Anaesthesia is the official pubblication of AINOS. 2) Coordinamento dei Docenti di Anestesiologia in Odontostomatologia (CDAO), translated in English: Coordination of the Dental Anaesthesia University Professors
NB (to pay particular attention). In the next future we want to start a research on medico-legal issues pertinent to Dentistry: in the European Countries laws and regulations regarding the conscious sedation techniques performed by dentists is an ambiguous and heterogenuous topic, for example in Spain and Netherlands the venipuncture and the intravenous benzodiazepine administration performed by a dentist are illegal; there is an urgent need for clarification about this problem at the top level of Dental Anaesthesia Societies, involved European Institutions, European Dental Schools etc.
Professors and teachers involved in the formentioned activities:
Manani Giovanni, Chairman and Professor of Dental Anaesthesia,
E-mail: giovanni.manani@unipd.it
Facco Enrico, Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology, E-mail: enrico.facco@unipd.it
Zanette Gastone, Researcher in Anaesthesiology, E-mail: gastone.zanette@unipd.it
Mazzuchin Maurizio, Dentist, Italian Resuscitation Council Instructor of BLS-D, E-mail: maurizio.mazzuchin@libero.it