Inhalation Sedation with Nitrous Oxide: A Review

From Volume 27, Issue 3, April 2000 | Pages 141-146

Authors

I. Holroyd

BSc, BDS, FDS RCS

Senior Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry, The Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences and The Institute of Child Health, London

Articles by I. Holroyd

G.J. Roberts

MDS, PhD, MPhil, BDS, FDS RCS

Joint Professor of Paediatric Dentistry, The Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences and The Institute of Child Health, London

Articles by G.J. Roberts

Abstract

The General Dental Council guidelines regarding the use of general anaesthesia in general practice have changed; inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide has been shown as a safe alternative to general anaesthesia for many patients and is a technique particularly suited to the practice environment.

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