title: Anesthesia for pediatric dentistry.
abstract: The administration of anesthesia to young patients creates a unique series of problems for the anesthesiologist. This article details these various problems and tackles the primary challenge facing clinicians in this environment: providing an environment that allows technically complex dental treatment to be delivered without inflicting any adverse psychological impact on the child or physical harm to the child or others.
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage