Child behaviour during dental care under nitrous oxide sedation: a cohort study using two different gas distribution systems.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Conscious sedation by inhalation of a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen (CS) is a technique used in dental care for anxious, handicapped or uncooperative patients. The very special objective of this cohort study is to compare the behaviour of young patients during dental care under CS in two hospitals using different gas distribution systems.

Methods

Young patients were divided into four categories: young child (YC), phobic anxiety (PA), mental disorder (MD), occasional indication (OI). Differences in behaviour scale at various time points according to the sedation system used were established and compared using Mann-Whitney tests.

Results

This study showed that there is no difference in behaviour during dental care in YC after sedation. In PA, a significant

SUBMITTER: Vanhee T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature