Conscious sedation offers an easy and safe technique to carry out dental treatment in patients with special care needs. This article discusses the benefits of using conscious sedation, the dental nurse’s role, and the various...
Equipment within Dental Surgery Design Three main Elements of Equipment required for Inhalation Sedation: Dedicated Inhalation Sedation Flowmeter: Analogue or Digital Dental Scavenging; active Medical Gases; oxygen & nitrous oxide Inhala...
Statement : “Any patient can have a medical emergency during dental treatment” Of course, everyone hopes it will never happen to them – but what if it does? Would you be prepared and able to cope – are your drugs and equipment in dat...
There are environmental health concerns for dental health care providers chronically exposed to trace amounts of waste nitrous oxide (N,O). This study compared the effectiveness of three N,O scavenging systems, the Porter/Brown, the Accu...
The current recommended U.K exposure levels for nitrous oxide are 100 ppm (parts per million) over an 8-hour TWA (Time Weighted Average). Suggested methods for complying with this exposure level are: Use of an efficient Active Scavenger ...
Janet Pickles during a recent visit to the Accutron facility in Phoenix, Arizona with Jon Blasdell, Vice President and the Director of Engineering, Ben VanPelt. This was a fact finding tour, to keep up with latest development on the Accu...
Janet & Chris Pickles attending the 2016 Association of American Urologists Conference, San Diego, USA May 2016. Pictured here with Ramsey Nashed and Mike Bender of Sedation Systems....
Sedation Dental Nurses with their R A Medical information packs at the Dental Team Education Centre, Kings College Hospital, London during a recent sedation update day....
