Rehabilitation of a fearful dental patient with oral sedation: utilizing the incremental oral administration technique.
The treatment of fearful or anxious patients presents a myriad of problems for the dentist. In-office sedation using oral (enteral) medications is an effective means of increasing patient tolerance of invasive dental procedures. The incremental oral administration technique is a protocol that can be utilized to treat fearful or anxious patients. A case is presented in which this technique was used as an adjunct to the rehabilitation of a debilitated mouth.
Feck
Anthony S
AS
Goodchild
Jason H
JH
D000328:Adult; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods*; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014229:Triazolam / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D014229:Triazolam