Zahra Shehabi

BDS, MFDS, MSc (Sed Spec Care), MSCD, MSc (Health Management), Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Bart's Health NHS Trust

General anaesthesia in special care dentistry. Part 2: delivering dental care

Post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most frequent adverse events after anaesthesia and can be very distressing for the patient. It has an incidence of around 30% in the surgical...

General Anaesthesia in Special Care Dentistry. Part 1: Justifying and Planning the Use of General Anaesthesia

A challenge when assessing patients with special care needs who are very resistant to oral examination, including radiographic assessment, is the justification for general anaesthesia or sedation for...

Blood tests for people with severe learning disabilities receiving dental treatment under general anaesthesia

One hundred patients with severe LD and behaviour that challenges attended Barts Health Dental Hospital, referred from North and East London between February 2014 and August 2015 for an initial dental...