title: Sedation in dental practice. 3: The role of sedation in the management of problems with local anaesthesia.
abstract: This article describes how sedation can help to overcome some of the problems associated with the use of local anaesthesia for dentistry. It also reviews those problems where sedation is not the appropriate choice, and gives guidance on distinguishing the appropriate from the inappropriate, along with suggestions for how such cases might be managed.
authors.affiliation: The Dental School, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Meechan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods*; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D017211:Treatment Failure