Dental Sedation In Children and Infants | Dental Treatment Guide
Dentistry is a highly important part of a child's health;
however, many children have dental anxiety which make them
uncooperative or nervous when dental work or examination is
required. A combination of behavioural management and local
anaesthetic or sedation can help to alleviate the above problems
in paediatric dentistry. Sedation offers children a painless
dental experience, which is free from anxiety. This is useful in
the short term as your child will have a more pleasant
experience, and is also helpful in the long term as it provides
a level of trust and reduced anxiety (due to the absence of
painful memories of previous dental visits). The preferred
method of sedation for use with children who have dental anxiety
is inhalation sedation. This is because dental practitioners
generally believe that inhalation sedation will provide your
child with a positive mental response to the dental procedure
(decreasing the chances of future dental anx