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Interprofessional Strategies for Enhancing Patient Safety and Reducing Complications in Sedation and Anesthesia for Dental and Head-and-Neck Procedures: Roles of Laboratory Monitoring, Radiological Technology, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dentistry, and Health

https://doi.org/10.64483/202412833
Yahya Ali Mugaddam Khabti
Sharourah General Hospital, Sharourah, Najran, Health Holding Company, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia
Hind Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Atiq
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Faisal Nawar Al-Harthi
Riyadh Dental Complex, Ministry of Health, Riyadh First Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia
Nawal Mubarak Al-Khudran
Kood Asafyah Primary Health Care Center (PHCC), Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia
Yazeed Ali AlSanie
Riyadh North dental center, Riyadh second health care cluster, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia
Muteb Turki Saad Alotaibe
Almuzahmiah General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Abdullah A Alqahtani
Khamis Mushayt Maternity and Children Hospital, Asir region, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia
Abkar Ali Howash
Ministry of Health, Jazan Health Cluster, Tuberculosis Center, Saudi Arabia
Eid Mohammed Ahmed Alnami
Ministry of Health, Al-Aidabi Hospital, Jazan, Sabya, Al-Hussaini, Saudi Arabia
Nouf Hassan Salman Al-Anazi
King Khalid Hospital, Ministry of Health, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding Author(s) : Yahya Ali Mugaddam Khabti

yahyaali@gmail.com

Saudi Journal of Medicine and Public Health, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024)

Abstract

Sedation and anesthesia for dental and head-and-neck procedures take place in shared, anatomically constrained airways, frequently outside conventional operating rooms, and involve pediatric, geriatric, and oncologic patients who carry elevated risk. Complications such as hypoxemia, airway obstruction, aspiration, bleeding, delayed swallowing recovery, and communication failures are often preventable. This narrative review synthesizes evidence published between 2017 and 2025 on interprofessional strategies that strengthen safety, focusing on laboratory monitoring, radiological technology, nursing, physiotherapy, dentistry, and health administration systems. The literature indicates that structured teamwork, standardized monitoring including capnography, risk-stratified preoperative testing, imaging-informed airway planning, early-warning surveillance, prehabilitation and early rehabilitation, and governance that supports training, staffing, and incident learning are the most consistent contributors to risk reduction. An integrated model and implementation priorities are proposed, together with research gaps in outcome measurement, equity, and digital integration.

Keywords

interprofessional collaboration; patient safety; procedural sedation; dental anesthesia; head and neck surgery
Khabti, Y. A. M., Al-Atiq, H. A. A., Al-Harthi, F. N., Al-Khudran, N. M., AlSanie, Y. A., Alotaibe, M. T. S., … Al-Anazi, N. H. S. (2024). Interprofessional Strategies for Enhancing Patient Safety and Reducing Complications in Sedation and Anesthesia for Dental and Head-and-Neck Procedures: Roles of Laboratory Monitoring, Radiological Technology, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dentistry, and Health. Saudi Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 1(2), 2648–2658. https://doi.org/10.64483/202412833
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