Background: Emojis are used to communicate emotional content as conversational indicators. Emojis of human faces are unrivaled in communication since they can discern between several basic emotions with great precision while also being universal.
Aim: Assessment of children's emotions before, during, and after the dental treatment procedure: An emoji-based study.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of two intravenous combinations of drugs ketamine-propofol (KP) vs ketamine-dexmedetomidine (KD) for sedation in children undergoing dental treatment.
Study Design: Thirty patients were selected, evaluated according to the predetermined criteria and divided in equal numbers of 15 amongst 2 groups KP and KD.
Materials And Methods: Informed consent was taken, nil per oral (NPO) guidelines were followed and the study drug was administered.
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