Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

Sedation Service

Minnaar Sedation is a group of experienced doctors providing a mobile sedation service, also known as procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA), at Dental Practices or Consultation Rooms. All our doctors are trained by the experts in this field. With years of experience and mentoring our doctors are specialized in this area of work.

Selective procedures that don't necessarily have to be done in the operating room can now be done under procedural sedation in the dentist's or doctor's consulting room.

The two primary goals of appropriate PSA is to provide relief of anxiety and discomfort while patients undergo painful procedures and to facilitate procedures in uncooperative / difficult adults and children for procedures that though may not be particularly painful or require no movement.

Procedural Sedation and Analgesia is ideal for people who gets very anxious during medical procedures and someone with a low pain threshold who needs to undergo a medical procedure. It is ideal for children extractions or long procedures and adults who might require multiple extractions, wisdom teeth removal, teeth implants or long procedures.

PSA is a great alternative for procedures that doesn't always qualify for General Anaesthesia.

PSA can also be done for Gastroscopies, Colonoscopies, Laser Therapy at the Dermatologist, Colposcopies and Hysteroscopies at Gynaecologist etc.

	Dr Willem Minnaar qualified from Stellenbosch University in 1978. He obtained a Diploma in Anaesthesiology DA (SA) in 1982 from the College of Medicine of South Africa and in 1988 M. Prax. Med. (Master Degree in Family Medicine). In 2002 he completed a postgraduate diploma in sedation and pain control under the tutorship of the internationally known Prof. James Roelofse. He is an associate member of the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA). Between 2000 and 2006 he worked extensively in the UK in anaesthetics and intravenous dental sedations. Currently is he the owner/manager of a private day theatre and his field of interest is dental sedations and day case procedures under general or regional anaesthetics.

	Dr Paul Minnaar qualified from the University of Stellenbosch in 2010. He obtained a Diploma in Anaesthesiology DA(SA) in 2014 from the College of Medicine of South Africa. He completed a post-graduate diploma in sedation and pain control under the tutorship of Professor James Roelofse at the University of the Western Cape. He also has experience in Emergency Medicine and Aviation Medicine. He is a member of the Society of Sedationist Practitioners of South Africa (SOSPOSA). Currently he is practicing procedural sedation and analgesia in Pretoria, Johannesburg and surrounding areas. He is one of the co-founders of Minnaar Sedation.

	Dr Wouter Minnaar qualified from the University of Stellenbosch in 2010. He completed a post-graduate diploma in sedation and pain control under the tutorship of Professor James Roelofse at the University of the Western Cape. He also has extensive experience in Emergency Medicine and Aviation Medicine. He is a member of the Society of Sedationist Practitioners of South Africa (SOSPOSA). Currently he is practicing procedural sedation and analgesia full time in Pretoria, Johannesburg and surrounding areas and co-founder of Minnaar Sedation.

We provide our services in Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg and surrounding areas.

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