Current Consultations

The Board undertakes wide-ranging consultation on proposals that affect the profession.

Consultation is an important part of the Board’s engagement with members of the dental profession, members of the public and other stakeholders. The feedback provided via consultation is greatly valued, and informs the Board’s development of important documents.

Where there are consultations open for input, they will be shown below.

Public consultation – Review of the Registration standard: endorsement for conscious sedation 

The Dental Board is reviewing its registration standard for sedation in dentistry. This document regulates sedation to ensure it is provided safely and effectively by dentists and dental specialists. 

We are seeking feedback on the Dental Board’s proposal to revise the standard. We want people to tell us if the changes would affect them, or other groups, in a positive or negative way. 

The consultation paper below has more detail and explains how to have your say. 

• Consultation paper - review of the Registration standard - Endorsement for conscious sedation (409 KB,PDF), Word version (161 KB, DOCX)
• Response template (87.8 KB,DOCX)

Consultation will be open until 11 February 2026. 

Where there are consultations which have closed, they will be shown under Past Consultations along with the submissions that were received.