Your tutor: Dr Andrea Wraith

Dentist – worked in primary care
Doctor – qualified at Cambridge
Worked in Accident & Emergency
Worked in anaesthesia & intensive care
30+ years of clinical experience
Advanced Life Support Provider
30+ years of teaching experience
Past President, Section of Anaesthesia, Royal Society of Medicine

Your tutor: Dr Andrea Wraith

After Qualifying as a dentist from Kings College London, Andrea went into general practice where she quickly realised the importance of good anxiety and pain control so began providing sedation services for her patients. Seeing what a difference this made it became her mission to promote the use of safe and effective sedation in healthcare… so more patients could benefit. With this in mind she became involved with various national and international dental organisations; she was a council member of SAAD (the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry), EFAAD (the European equivalent) and IFDAS (the International Federation of Dental Aesthesiology Societies)

Wanting to increase her knowledge and experience she returned to university first to complete a Masters degree in dental anaesthesia and then to read medicine at Cambridge. Once qualified as a doctor she went on to work in Accident and Emergency and Anaesthesia, including working on a tertiary referral Intensive Care Unit, at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. During this time she became involved with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) becoming a council member of the Section of Anaesthesia in 2005 and was President of the Section from 2016 to 2017. During her time at the RSM she ran a number of courses and meetings to promote the provision of safe sedation in medicine and dentistry. Andrea also worked with the Royal College of Anaesthetists in matters relating to sedation provided by both anaesthetists and non-anaesthetists.

Andrea has lectured both nationally and internationally on the management of medical emergencies in the dental clinic. She organised the scientific program for an international conference on anxiety and pain control in dentistry for IFDAS in 2003 and set up the Eastman sedation course for doctors and dentists in 2004. She has lectured at St George’s Hospital London on both sedation by non-anaesthetists and the management of medical emergencies by the dental team.

She has acted as an expert advisor to local health authorities investigating serious incidents related to sedation in dental clinics and has advised on standards of care in sedation clinics for both health authorities and private companies. She has been involved in setting up a number of new sedation clinics including providing training for staff on both the provision of safe and effective sedation and on the management of medical emergencies.

With a passion for teaching, and a long-standing drive to keep patients safe, Andrea now concentrates on putting her extensive knowledge and experience to use training dental teams to be both competent and confident in dealing with medical emergencies in their clinics.

… and who is Andrea as a person?

Highly driven, Andrea has fenced internationally (winning a bronze medal at the commonwealth Fencing Championships in 1998), she won her ‘blades’ while rowing for her College at Cambridge and has run a number of mountain marathons… although she is now sadly very much ‘out of shape’!

Andrea loves motorbikes and has had the pleasure of riding a number of sports bikes over the years… having survived a fair few accidents and ‘close calls” she now takes life on two wheels a tad slower!

In 2018 Andrea was a ‘Tribal Wife’ in the BBC2 series of that name – journeying to a remote island in Indonesia to spend a month living deep in the jungle with a local tribe… when she left she could not leave the dog, Bo-Rong, with whom she had forged a strong bond so she brought him back to England! Indeed Andrea has a long history of rescuing animals so it is no surprise that she now splits her time between the UK and central Portugal where she runs a small animal sanctuary (www.oasis-sanctuary.org).

What our clients say…

Reassuring & Supportive

No one wants to face a medical emergency at work, but thanks to Andrea’s training, I feel confident and prepared should the need ever arise. She explains everything clearly and thoroughly, making sure we know exactly what to do. Andrea is a lovely caring person and I always look forward to seeing her each year – her sessions are both reassuring and supportive.

YolaDental Hygienist, London

Interesting, relevant, concise

Andrea’s presentation started dramatically…. having grabbed the attention of the 200+ in the audience she then managed to cover the whole spectrum of medical emergencies in a most interesting, relevant and concise way. Easily the best presentation I have ever listened to on this subject.

Dr Paul RedstoneGDP, Hove

High quality training

As Principal dentists, it is essential to us that our team is well-prepared to handle any potential medical emergency. Andrea consistently delivers high-quality training that ensures our staff are confident, competent and up-to-date with the latest protocols. Her sessions are always clear, engaging and incredibly effective. We trust her completely to keep our team well-trained and ready.

Shanin & Abhi, Principal DentistsWhitgift Dental Practice, London

Thoroughly recommend

Our large dental practice has had Andrea provide comprehensive medical emergency courses over the years. Every time they have been excellent – superb tuition and hands-on experience delivered by someone who is passionate about what they do. I would thoroughly recommend her.

Sarah DecelisPractice Manager, Brockley Partnership, Tunbridge Wells