#180- The Scent of Sedation - Laleh Sharifian

Around half of the UK population have dental phobia, and 12% have severe anxiety. Few clinicians understand this as keenly as this week’s guest, Laleh Sharifian, who now spends her time as a sedationist.   Laleh recounts her journey pursuing a lifelong vocation into dentistry and sedation from being an early entrant at Guy’s, aged just 17.    She lets us in on the experiences that promoted her to decide that practice ownership wasn’t for her, discusses a day in the life of a sedationist and talks about her love of scents and fragrances.    Enjoy!  In This Episode 02.20 - Patient management 10.23 - Favourite practices 15.28 - Focusing on sedation 19.38 - Heavy duty Vs shorter treatments 23.04 - Introducing sedation to patients 27.26 - ICS Guidelines 31.15 - Sedation for children and young people 33.45 - Medical histories, contraindications and complications 39.11 - Challenging scenarios 48.00 - Blackbox thinking 53.52 - Backstory 01.00.49 - Why dentistry 01.03.57 - Parents, flavour and fragrances 01.09.40 - Guy’s and London 01.14.55 - Student life 01.17.21 - Specialising 01.20.20 - VT, first practice, ownership and beyond 01.31.37 - Regrets and failures 01.34.37 - Instagram and spirits 01.36.56 - Fantasy dinner party 01.45.21 - Last days and legacy   About Laleh Sharifian  Laleh Sharifian graduated from Guy’s Hospital in 1999, where her final year of research working on sedation and dental anxiety won the Malleson prize.   She completed a postgraduate diploma in sedation at GKT in 2002 under Drs  David Craig and Carole Boyle.   Laleh is part of the faculty of the Society for Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD) and practices sedation under the Ivy Sedation brand.