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Dental treatment is perceived as a stressful affair for many children and a dental visit may invoke anxiety in them. The consequences of dental fear in children include avoidance of dental care, behavior management problems, and deterioration of dental health and general health. This can be taken care of by the pharmacological method of behavior management which includes conscious sedation techniques in the dental management of child patients. Procedural sedation is defined as "a technique of administering sedatives or dissociative agents with or without analgesics to induce a state that allows the patient to tolerate unpleasant procedures while maintaining cardiorespiratory function." The first device used in dentistry to administer the gas, known as nitrous oxide inhaler, was very simple with the gas stored and breathed through a breathing bag made of rubber cloth, without a scavenger system and flowmeter, and with no addition of oxygen/air. Later, different means of delivering inhalational analgesia that include the use of nasal cannula and mask covering the nose and mouth and nasal hood covering only the nose were introduced. Nasal hood, a key component, is available in variable types, sizes, colors, and flavors. Ill-fitting of nasal hoods can cause leakage of gas leading to ineffective sedation. To conclude, this poster will highlight a complete picture of the nasal hood in the success of inhalation sedation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
