Changes in children's dental fear after restorative treatment under different sedation types: Associations with parents' experiences and dental health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dentists often use sedative medications such as nitrous oxide inhaled sedation and general anesthesia (GA) to help decrease patient fear and manage paediatric patients' behavior during treatment.

Aim

The goal of this study was to examine factors associated with dental fear changes after restorative dental treatment under nitrous oxide or GA in children 4-12 years old.

Design

A prospective cohort study of 124 children examined changes in dental fear, number of treatment visits, and parental factors among children receiving restorative dental treatment under nitrous oxide (n = 68) or GA (n = 56) sedation. Data were collected at pretreatment (T1), 16 weeks post-treatment (T2), and at 29-month follow-up (T3).

Results

Dental fear increased slightly, but n

SUBMITTER: Heaton LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10551043 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature