Dental students' experience of conscious sedation: A qualitative review of student reflections.

Introduction: The UK General Dental Council (GDC) requires dental graduates to competently identify, manage and refer patients with dental pain and anxiety. This study aimed to explore sedation training experience quantitatively and qualitatively through individual reflective logs.

Materials & Methods: A single-centred mixed-methods evaluation of teaching, within a UK university conscious sedation department.

The interpersonal work of dental conscious sedation: A qualitative analysis.

Aims: Whilst there is a considerable body of literature examining the pharmacology of conscious sedation, the social tasks required to successfully provide conscious sedation have not been reported. This paper discusses data regarding the interpersonal work integral to effective conscious sedation provision, from a larger qualitative study exploring how patients and clinicians engage with secondary care conscious sedation provided within the UK.

Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 conscious sedation providers and nine patients within UK-based secondary care sedation settings.