A study of the effectiveness of oral midazolam sedation for orthodontic extraction of permanent teeth in children: A prospective, randomised, controlled, crossover trial

British Dental Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 457-462

  Wilson, K E ^a   Welbury, R R ^b   Girdler, N M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CANINE TOOTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BICUSPID; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUSPID; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; SERIAL EXTRACTION; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037181920     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801400     Document Type: Article

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