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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139630703321

Autore

Rogers Nicola <1962->

Titolo

Basic guide to dental sedation nursing / / Nicola Rogers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-17818-4

9786613178183

1-4443-4245-2

1-4443-4242-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Basic Guide Dentistry Series

Disciplina

617.9/676

Soggetti

Anesthesia in dentistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Medico-legal aspects of dental sedation -- Role of the dental nurse and equipment -- Patient assessment -- Types of sedation -- Medical emergencies and resuscitation -- Essential anatomy.

Sommario/riassunto

Sedation is a procedure that makes use of sedative medications to produce a relaxed experience for the patient. The central nervous system (CNS) is affected through the use of drugs, including tranquilizers and anxiolytics, that can be administered to the patient in several ways. Sedation dentistry has several benefits, both for dentists and patients. For patients, it can mean freedom from anxiety or fear during dental procedures. In cases where a patient has not been able to undergo dental treatment for many years because of this fear, sedation dentistry allows him to have several years' wo