Dental sedation

Sedation in Japanese dental schools.

There is very little information about the practice of sedation in Japan. Despite the remarkable advances in dentistry, fear and anxiety continue to be significant deterrents for seeking dental services. Most dental procedures can fortunately be undertaken with the aid of sedation. A comprehensive survey of all the dental schools in Japan was carried out to determine what sedation practices wer...

Ketamine: Angel Dust in Pediatric Dental Sedation

Child visit to the dentist’s office can elicit fear and anxiety which can cause chaos to both the dentist and the child patient and, which in turn subvert the delivery of quality dental care, thus posing a challenge to oral health care practitioners worldwide. As pedodontists, our motto is to strive to relieve pain and suffering, and pledge to do no harm. Anxiety if not handled with tender love...

Anesthesia and sedation in the dental office.

Sedation of children for dental treatment

The sedation of the difficult to manage child with a combination of a narcotic and a phenothiazine or phenothiazine-like drug has proven to be a preferred pharmacologic approach for many dental practitioners. The approach appears to be utilized most frequently by those practitioners Umiting their practice to children's dentistry. Sedation with this combination of drugs, known as neuroleptanalge...

Pediatric dental sedation: challenges and opportunities

High levels of dental caries, challenging child behavior, and parent expectations support a need for sedation in pediatric dentistry. This paper reviews modern developments in pediatric sedation with a focus on implementing techniques to enhance success and patient safety. In recent years, sedation for dental procedures has been implicated in a disproportionate number of cases that resulted in ...