High-Concentration Nitrous Oxide for Dental Procedural Sedation in Children

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bnai Zion Medical Center
• Treatments: Nitrous Oxide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children evaluated by a senior pediatric dentist and require a wide treatment of caries, with a high score of anxiety unable to accept dental treatment with nitrous oxide /oxide of 50% in combined with behavioral management in the pediatric dental clinic.

Exclusion criteria:

• Children with high potential risk of sedation, snoring, stridor, sleep apnea, maxillofacial malformation, history of airway difficulty, gastro esophageal reflux, reactive airway disease or acute runny nose, cardiac disease, altered mental status, inadequate fasting time.

• Parental refusal for conscious sedation.