A retrospective audit reveals that incomplete dental treatments are frequent with conscious sedation in children, indicating the need for improved selection methods.
Oral conscious sedation is widely used and appears safe in the immediate clinical setting. However, one-third of sessions resulted in incomplete treatment, with failure more frequently observed in sessions where BMP were recorded as the indication for sedation, and in sessions where physical restraint occurred. These findings underscore the importance of careful indication, case selection, and follow-up beyond procedural completion to support child-centred outcomes.
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