High-Concentration Nitrous Oxide for Dental Procedural Sedation in Children
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2018-06-01
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Summary
The use of nitrous oxide as a sedative agent is very common in pediatric dentistry. In
concentrations up to 50% it is considered as mild sedation and it is very safe. Despite its
safety and widespread of its use nitrous oxide is not a potent drug and many times dentists
fail to gain cooperation in moderate or high anxious children, and the alternatives are to
use moderate sedation with drugs such as Midazolam, Atarax or general anesthesia. Higher
concentration was not conducted in Pediatry densitery. The aim of this study is to compare
the effectivity and safety of providing nitrous oxide at increasing concentrations 60%, 70%
with 50% parameters, sedation depth, adverse events and cooperation of the child during the
dental treatment.Our hypothesis is that nitrous oxide in concentrations higher than 50% up to
70% is a safe and effective sedation method in dental treatment of children.