Rohit Bedi
Professional Skillset
Advanced IV Sedation
Rohit has a special interest in caring for patients with extreme dental anxiety and complex needs, using advanced intravenous sedation techniques.
He works with target-controlled infusion (TCI), delivering sedation to a calculated effect-site concentration rather than by fixed dose, with depth of sedation guided by BIS monitoring. Patients are monitored throughout with ECG, capnography, pulse oximetry, impedance respiratory monitoring and non-invasive blood pressure. The aim is a calm, comfortable experience, titrated to the individual, with a recovery that is predictable rather than prolonged.
Rohit sits on the Education Committee of the New Zealand Society for Sedation in Dentistry and lectures across the Society's full course programme — Sedation 101, 201, 202, 301 and 401 — including the advanced courses in fentanyl sedation and in BIS-guided TCI sedation using propofol and remifentanil. He also lectures regularly for the New Zealand Dental Association, teaches internationally for Sobraso, the Brazilian Society of Anaesthesia and Sedation in Dentistry, and consults to the Dental Council of New Zealand on sedation-related matters.
He is a member of the committee for young members of the International Federation of Dental Anesthesiology Societies, and holds membership of the New Zealand, UK and American sedation societies. He is involved with research at the University of Alberta, Canada, and travels nationally and internationally to keep pace with developments in procedural sedation. He is a qualified emergency care instructor certified by the New Zealand Resuscitation Council.
Rohit believes dental sedation is a team effort, and much of his teaching is aimed at whole practice teams rather than at dentists alone.
General, Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry
Rohit completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Punjab in 2008, then worked as part of the surgical team at ECHS Hospital. He moved to New Zealand in 2009 to take up a postgraduate qualification at the University of Auckland under scholarship. He practised in the Far North at Kerikeri and later in Auckland, before making Christchurch home, where he now provides care to a referral base across several central-city practices.
Rohit is especially passionate about caring for people with long-standing dental anxiety and complex dental needs with the help of intravenous sedation. He takes pride in helping patients along their personal journey towards the smile and function they want from their teeth.
He provides the full scope of general dentistry under intravenous sedation — from simple fillings through to veneers, root canal treatment, and crown and bridge work, as well as the removal of impacted wisdom teeth. Working alongside specialist surgeons, he also restores implants to replace missing teeth.
Impacted Wisdom Teeth and broken down teeth
Rohit is also able to provide removal for impacted wisdom teeth and complicated surgical removals under the cover of intravenous sedation. These procedures are often undertaken after further planning following a 3D CT scan. Rohit will discuss these options at length during your consult.