Anesthesia progress
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Patients frequently require conscious-sedation to achieve anxiety relief in the dental office. There are specific indications, contraindications, advantages, and disadvantages to each sedation modality. ⋯ This paper reviews two important conscious-sedation modalities: oral premedication and nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation. Pertinent drugs are reviewed and recommendations are made for their use; current researches are presented and new areas for investigation are suggested.