If your child needs multiple cavities filled or teeth pulled, their dentist may recommend doing these procedures under sedation or general anaesthetic. Parents should know the risks, benefits and ...

Medical procedures, even when painless, can be difficult for both your child and family. Sedation is the use of medicine to make a child more relaxed so he or she can better tolerate a procedure. It ...

HOUSTON – Sedation and anesthesia as a means to calm young patients before dental patients carries a large risk, and in the worst cases can lead to the death of a child. As an alternative to having to ...

There is a limited number of studies evaluating clinically significant aspiration events during procedural sedation and analgesia. None of the currently available studies were adequately powered to ...

Children with autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorders, and other special needs face unique challenges in the dental chair that go far beyond typical childhood anxiety. According to the American ...

Concerns have been raised about the privacy and dignity of child patients at the hospital Concerns about the use of emergency sedation and the privacy of child patients at a major hospital have been ...

This study is a comprehensive cost-effectiveness analysis of advanced conscious sedation techniques in primary care versus dental general anaesthetic in hospital, for children requiring dental ...

Preoperative assessment should include an evaluation for factors that would increase chances of aspiration, including gastroesophageal reflux disease, dysphagia, gastrointestinal motility disorders, ...

Concerns about the use of emergency sedation and the privacy of child patients at a major hospital have been raised in a new report. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlighted issues at the ...