VR Sedation in Third Molar Surgery

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Anaesthesia or sedation for dental surgery is Challenging. Over-sedation, leading to upper airway obstruction, desaturation and apnoea, is very common. On the other hand, it is also very common that inadequate sedative drugs were given, leading to under-sedation with unsatisfactory experience during operation. Therefore, it is good if some other methods are provided for sedation, avoiding side effects associated with sedative drugs.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
• Treatments: Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Unilateral impacted lower third molar that requires surgical removal

• Depth of impaction within 8mm as measured by Winter's line.

• Cantonese speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA > III

• BMI > 35

• Known Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

• Patients with known or potential difficult airway

• Chronic use of sedatives and opioid

• Alcohol or drug abuse

• Visual and hearing impairments

• Claustrophobia

• Cognitive impairment

• History of seizure