The evaluation of conscious sedation for dental surgery with various intravenous agents

ABSTRACT

Conscious sedation is a minimally depressed level of consciousness that retains the patient's ability to independently and continuously maintain an airway and resp onse appropriately to physical stimulation and verbal command. Intravenous sedation can be applied for the patients feel anxiety or fear for minor oral surgery. During intravenous sedation, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, headache may be occurred. However the attention has been increased because of the advantage-reducing patient's anxiety, pain, post operative discomfort, and anterograde amnesia. so we evaluate the response of various intravenous sedative agents used to dental surgery and will present the proper protocol of our department.