Hello, I’m Dr Damien Reilly

I’m a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry with a Diploma in Conscious Sedation for Dentistry. I have extensive experience providing dental sedation and I have been teaching dental sedation to clinical professionals since 2004. I am a faculty member of the Society for Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD). I speak nationally and internationally on dental sedation and related topics and have multiple peer-reviewed publications in journals including the British Dental Journal and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

I used to dread my own visits to the dentist, so I have a longstanding interest in the use of dental sedation to make treatment easier. I have dedicated my career to helping the most anxious and challenging of patients and I understand very well the complexities of dentistry and of dental anxiety. Over the years, I have recognised the significant extent to which sedation can make treatment easier for dentists as well as patients. A relaxed patient tends to result in a relaxed, more focussed dentist.