Conscious sedation and anesthesiologist — A Review

Abstract

Conscious sedation is most commonly practiced in western world in comparison to developing and underdeveloped countries. Due to advancement of technology and availability of safety drugs to anesthetize the patient is helping the patients to undergo certain procedures especially in dentistry. This technique helps mainly for pediatric patients and to patients who are very anxious. One should not forget that if patient selection is not appropriate or if minimum required facilities are not available then he or she may have to face medico-legal problems. This article reviews the concept of conscious sedation and the role of anesthesiologists.