Treatment outcomes of using inhalation sedation for comprehensive dental care.

Aim: To assess the outcomes of dental treatment under inhalation sedation within a UK specialist hospital setting.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of the case notes of patients under 17 years of age who received dental treatment using inhalation sedation at a UK specialist setting during the period 2006-2011. Treatment outcomes were categorised into five groups: (1) treatment completed as planned, (2) modified treatment completed, (3) treatment abandoned in sedation unit and patient referred for treatment under general analgesia (GA), (4) treatment abandoned in sedation unit and patient referred for treatment under local analgesia (LA), (5) child failed to return to complete treatment.

Utilising a paediatric version of the indicator of sedation need for children's dental care: a pilot study.

Aim: To assess the treatment outcomes of using inhalation sedation for comprehensive dental care in children by utilising a modified version of the indicator of sedation need tool.

Methods: Investigating the outcomes of dental treatment of patients referred to the sedation unit at the Leeds Dental Institute when the paediatric version of the indicator of sedation need (p-IOSN) was utilised.

Results: Forty patients of mean age 9.