PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY - 3rd Ed. (2005)

Fig. 4.8 Subjective symptoms experienced by the patient in relation to the nitrous oxide concentration. 4.11.6 Monitoring during ...

sufficient. For patients with ASA III or IV, treatment within a hospital environment and pulse oximetry, blood pressure cuff, an ...

Other senses, such as hearing, vision, touch, and proprioception, are impaired in addition to the sensation of pain being reduce ...

Plane 3: total analgesia This plane is usually obtained with concentrations of 50-70% nitrous oxide (50-30% oxygen). It has been ...

(Fig. 4.9). This design of scavenger can be used on a normal relative analgesia machine without any specific modifications to th ...

4.12.1 Intravenous agents There are many intravenous agents available in the BNF, but for dental purposes the practical choice i ...

The patient's medical history is checked. The arm is extended and a tourniquet applied. The pulse oximeter is applied to the co ...

staff should follow the following routine. Cease the operative procedure immediately. Ensure that the mouth is cleared of all f ...

4.13 GENERAL ANAESTHESIA 4.13.0 Introduction The use of general anaesthesia in paediatric dentistry has a wide application, usua ...

throat. 4.13.3 Out-patient 'short-case' general anaesthesia This is used for ASA class I or class II patients requiring short, 2 ...

is selected to enable the anaesthetist to ventilate the patient artificially. These forms of anaesthesia have a greater intrusio ...

to undergo dental treatment. A small minority of patients require general anaesthesia. 4. All techniques require careful and sy ...

facilities and training expected in the UK.) Wilson, K. E., Welbury, R. R., and Girdler, N. M. (2002). A randomised double blind ...

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success of topical anaesthetics. Applications of around 15 s or so are useless. An application time of around 5 min is recommend ...

but will be discussed here for completeness. These devices allow anaesthesia of the surface and to a depth of over 1 cm without ...

toxicity will not occur, and, second, the soft tissue anaesthesia resolves at the end of the procedure. This reduces the chances ...

Inferior alveolar and lingual nerve blocks The administration of the inferior alveolar and lingual nerve block is easier to perf ...

pulps) by this approach is not as reliable as an inferior alveolar nerve block. The pulps of lower incisor teeth may not be sati ...

recommended dose per root is 0.2 ml. Although pulpal anaesthesia is not due to ischaemia, the technique is significantly more su ...