Trends for in-office usage of pharmacological sedation agents in India: A narrative review.

Background And Aims: Conscious sedation plays a significant role in in-office pharmacological behavior management for short-term procedures in children and apprehensive adults. The advantage conscious sedation provides is by improving quality of care provided by decreasing pain and anxiety while maintaining a patent airway and adequate spontaneous ventilation.

Methodology: Present review was conducted to evaluate recent trends regarding use of in-office pharmacological sedation agents in India.

Effect of maternal parenting style on child behaviour and its management strategies in dental office: A pilot study.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of maternal parenting style on child behaviour and consequent management strategies in dental office.

Materials And Methods: Eighty child-mother pairs were included in the study. Before the start of the treatment, Maternal parenting style was evaluated utilising Primary Caregivers Practices Report, while child behaviour along with his/her perception towards dental treatment were observed using Frankl Behaviour Rating Scale and Sound Eye Motor scale, respectively.

Spectrophotometric Evaluation of Color Change in Tooth Enamel Defects Using Resin Infiltrate: An Study.

Aim: To analyze the comparative change in pretreatment and posttreatment ** values of color in initial nonpitted white spot lesions of fluorosed teeth after resin infiltration with DMG-Icon spectrophotometrically with VITA easy shade.

Materials And Methods: A total of 30 maxillary and mandibular permanent anterior teeth with mild, nonpitted white spot lesions (atleast one) of fluorosis [till grade IV of Thylstrup and Fejerskov (TF) index] in patients between 6 years and 14 years of age were included in the present study. Shade of selected tooth and its white spot lesion area was recorded using VITA 3D shade guide, both pre and postoperatively, i.

Split-mouth Randomised Clinical Trial on the Efficacy of GIC Sealant on Occlusal Surfaces of Primary Second Molar.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical performance of high viscosity GIC sealant applied with or without additional light curing in children with early childhood caries (ECC).

Materials And Methods: A split-mouth clinical trial was conducted in a total of 111 3- to 5-year-old children with ECC. 180 pairs of non-carious primary second molars were selected and divided into two groups: study and control.