title: Elective mutism: effect of dental treatment with N2/O2-inhalation sedation: review and report of case.
abstract: Elective mutism in children is characterized by a marked, emotionally determined selectivity in speaking, such that the child demonstrates his or her language competence in some situations but fails to speak in other situations. An eight-year-old boy with elective mutism had to undergo restorative dental treatment. It was chosen to use relative analgesia to perform this treatment. The sedation with oxygen and nitrous oxide resulted in complete symptom remission as long as the sedation lasted.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Department, University of Zürich.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steffen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Waes
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D002648:Child; D003144:Communication Barriers; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods*; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009155:Mutism / Q000523:psychology; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000628:therapy; D011672:Pulpotomy
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D009609:Nitrous Oxide