Local Anaesthesia Update and Tips and Tricks for Successful Analgesia & Managing Difficult Patients : Anxiety, Fear, Phobia and the Exaggerated Gag Reflex | Christine Macleavy | Friday 22 September 2023

For: Hygienists,

Local Anaesthesia Update and Tips and Tricks for Successful Analgesia & Managing Difficult Patients : Anxiety, Fear, Phobia and the Exaggerated Gag Reflex

Description

Morning Lecture: Local Anaesthesia Update and Tips and Tricks for Successful Analgesia

Understand what constitutes an ‘Effective LA’?

Understand methods of delivering the IDB (direct and indirect techniques) infiltrations and interpapillary techniques painlessly

Problem-solving - dealing with failed analgesia, hitting bone too soon etc

Have a better understanding of Medications and Drug interactions

Manage anxious and phobic patients when delivering local anaesthesia

Understand needle phobia and techniques for its management

Afternoon Lecture: Managing Difficult Patients: Anxiety, Fear, Phobia and the Exaggerated Gag Reflex.

The importance of being able to manage difficult patients

The effect treating anxious, and difficult patients has on us

The theories and causes of Anxiety, Fear and Phobia

The different phobias associated with dentistry

How to understand the gag reflex and possible causes, techniques to help control it.

The importance of helping patients relax

The importance of excellent communication

Aims

• To provide an update on local anaesthesia in order to make informed choices for best practice
• Understand the differences between Anxiety, Fear and Phobia and be able to recognise the signs
• Have an understanding of the factors involved in Dental Anxiety and Phobia
• Have an understanding of the factors involved in the Exaggerated Gag Reflex

Objectives

• Understand the risks and complications involved when delivering local analgesia
• Can describe adverse reactions and toxicity and be able to work out the toxic dose of LA
• Know what to do when local fails and the reasons for this
• Be introduced to tips for painless delivery.
• Look at the effect dealing with difficult patients has on dental professionals
• Recognise and understand stress and avoid burnout
• Have knowledge of assessment tools such as Dental Anxiety Questionnaires
• Explore techniques and strategies for dealing with Anxiety, Fear and Phobia, such as relaxation and breathing
• Explore techniques for dealing with the exaggerated gag reflex
• Understand the different styles of questioning and listening skills for better communication with these patients

Speakers

Christine Macleavy

Christine qualified as a dental nurse many years ago with the WRNS and then went on to train as a dental therapist at New Cross Hospital, London. In 2003 she achieved a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Post Compulsory Education) and became a member of the Higher Education Academy. A Post Graduate Diploma in Hypnosis Applied to Dentistry at University College London, followed in 2006. Christine also became extremely interested in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and studied to Master Practitioner Level with The International NLP Trainers Association (INLPTA), and later qualified as a Trainer of NLP. Her dental career to date has involved working in the Community Dental Service, General Dental Practice, Private Practice and the paediatric department of the Eastman Dental Hospital in London.

Since 1998 Christine has tutored and lectured part-time on the dental hygiene and dental therapy courses at the Eastman lectured on Communication skills for the BSc in Primary Dental Care at Kent University, and the foundation degree in Dental Nursing at Barnfield College, Bedford. She has been delivering extended duties courses for dental nurses since 2010 on behalf of Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, Leicester City PCT, the London Deanery, and Croydon PCT. ChristineMacleavyCoaching was set up to provide quality CPD courses for all dental professionals, as she has always been passionate about dentistry, and teaching.

Christine has also had many articles published in journals such as Dental Nursing, Dental Health, Vital, Dentaltown UK and SAAD Digest. She has also been invited to speak at the International Society of Dental Anxiety Management (ISDAM), The BDA Conference, BADT, BUPA, BSDHT and many more.

Sessions

09:30 - 11:00, session 1

11:30 - 13:00, session 2

14:00 - 15:15, session 3

15:45 - 17:00, session 4

GDC outcomes

A, C, D,