Abstract

Pre-cooperative and severely apprehensive children have immature cognitive abilities, a restricted range of coping skills, brief or negligible attention spans, and virtually no experience coping with stress.

Highlights

  • The Subtleties and Nuances of Pediatric Sedation: A Disappearing Art for Managing the Apprehensive Child Patient

  • Safe and effective use of agents and dosing which maintains consciousness and overcomes patient resistance is in essence more an art than science

  • Over the last three decades, few topics in pediatric dentistry generate greater diversity of opinion than the deployment of various forms of sedation to manage the behavioral manifestations of fear and disruptive behaviors of the pediatric patient

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Introduction

The Subtleties and Nuances of Pediatric Sedation: A Disappearing Art for Managing the Apprehensive Child Patient. Safe and effective use of agents and dosing which maintains consciousness and overcomes patient resistance is in essence more an art than science.

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