Post Graduate, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, The Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, India, 603103,
Corresponding Author: drvigneshwar92@gmail.com
Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric and preventive dentistry, Chettinad dental college and Research Institute, Chennai, India, postcode-603103;
Corresponding Author: dayaswathi@gmail.com;
Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, The Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, India, 603103,
Corresponding Author: dhanalakshmi7777@yahoo.com
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Chettinad Dental College & Research Institute, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu – 603 103, India
Oral health is regarded to be hampered by phobia and rejection of dental treatment. Using a sufficient amount of local analgesics, contemporary technology, a high level of technical expertise and attentive patient management can treat the majority of pediatric dental patients quickly and painlessly, with little or no discomfort. Dental therapy, on the other hand, frequently involves unpleasant treatment methods that can cause patients to become fearful and anxious. Dental procedures become more challenging when there are a high number of youngsters with unique healthcare demands. To address this need, methods to regulate anxiety and behavior are required. Because nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation (N2O - 02) shows nearly all of these stipulations, it is widely promoted in a way that it is used in a variety of nations for many years. The use of N2O - 02 inhalation sedatives to treat dental anxieties has long been common. The procedure has a very high success rate, as well as a quite lowest incidence of side reactions with issues. Moreover, effective training in this treatment, as well as an enhanced appreciation of dentistry practitioners in our nation, are essential.
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