Volume 24 - The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in ...

ADA MEETING
Report of the ADA
Summer Scientific Meeting,
Sheffield, June 2007
The Council meeting was held
on 14 June 2007.
The poor attendance at recent
meetings was discussed, along
with the possible need to realign
the Association and the idea
of closer cooperation with the
Dental Sedation Teachers Group
(DSTG). Other suggestions were
to send questionnaires to the membership, rename the
Association, and increase the profile of ADA within the
medical and dental professions, with increased publicity
for the Annual Scientific Meetings.
The 2007 Scientific Meeting was organised by Dr Ken
Ruiz and held at the Hilton Sheffield hotel. Invited
speakers were followed by a session for the presentation
of free papers. Professor I. Brooke gave a fascinating talk
on the development of and advances in dental implant
technology, and this was followed by another scholarly
lecture from Professor P. Robinson on dental appearance.
Both speakers illustrated how expert clinical management
can be advanced with the use of imaging technology,
and how advances in bio-medical engineering will open
further avenues for dentistry. Mr R. Croscher and Dr
J. McDonough from Rotherham demonstrated how
major oro-maxillofacial surgery has developed, and what
challenges this presents for the dental anaesthetist.
The second session provided an
investigation of the management
of dental fear by Mr J. Davis, a
behavioural psychologist, and
dental pain by Dr Loescher, which
outlined strategies and theory to
help patients who present with
these problems.
Professor Coulthard from
Manchester spoke about the DSTG and education issues,
and on Day 2 Dr R. Muirhead gave an insight into IT
software in dentistry.
A session with free papers was well supported, and some
controversial work was presented concerning the use of
multi-drug sedation for dentistry. As usual, there was
lively discussion from the delegates – one of the strengths
of professional societies where views are aired by those at
the coal face of sedation and anaesthesia for dentistry.
ADA seeks to promote interest in all areas where dentists
and anaesthetists have a common professional interest.
We look forward to seeing members of ADA and SAAD
at the joint meeting with the DSTG in Manchester on
9–10 May 2008.
Diana Terry
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