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This paper discusses the pros and cons of chair-side general anesthesia for pediatric dental patients, noting its growing popularity alongside conscious sedation.
This paper reviews the pros and cons of chair-side general anesthesia for pediatric dental patients.
May inform pediatric sedation decisions; leaves open need for trials comparing chair-side GA and conscious sedation.
Dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA) may be provided in the hospital operating room or dental office on the dental chair. There are various methods of behavior management that pediatric dentists apply in their day-to-day practice which are both nonpharmacological and pharmacological. Although most of the children can be managed with nonpharmacological methods, few require pharmacological methods. Pharmacological methods such as prescribing premedications, conscious sedation, and GA. Conscious sedation and GA are slowly gaining popularity in pediatric patients. Here, we discuss the pros and cons of chairside GA in this paper.
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Sonu Acharya (2018) conducted a review in Pediatric dental patients requiring general anesthesia. Chair-side general anesthesia was evaluated. This paper discusses the pros and cons of chair-side general anesthesia for pediatric dental patients, noting its growing popularity alongside conscious sedation.
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