Managing a child for dental treatment is one of the most challenging tasks
for both anaesthesiologists & pediatric dentists alike. The goal is to provide safe,
painless, anxiety-free, prompt & appropriate treatment in the minimum number of
sessions. To achieve this, children need to be given Monitored Anaesthesia Care
(MAC), Sedation, Anxiolysis or sometimes complete general anaesthesia (GA) by
appropriately trained specialists in day-care & ambulatory services settings with better
advances in anaesthesia, dentistry, pharmacology, monitoring devices, better
understanding of paediatric airway anatomy & physiology, paediatric dental
anaesthesia has become safe over the last few years. This chapter overviews the various
aspects of Pediatric dental anaesthesia & sedation and highlights the significance of
specialised infrastructure, personnel, & protocols.
Keywords: General Anaesthesia, Nitrous Oxide, Pediatric Dental Anaesthesia, Sedation.
