Efficacy of Moderate Sedation for Dental Treatment of Young Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

There is lack of clinical trials on pediatric dental sedation. The purpose of this study is to test (using a randomized controlled trial design) the hypothesis that young children behavior during dental treatment improves with oral midazolam sedation. A further aim of this study was is explore whether behavior also changes over sessions needed to dental treatment completion.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Goias
• Collaborator: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
• Treatments: Ketamine; Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy children (ASA PS 1)

• Children under 36 months old

• Children presenting early childhood caries

• Children with no history of dental treatment

Exclusion criteria:

• Lost to follow-up