Complications caused by nitrous oxide in dental sedation
지성인,
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지성인 ( Chi Seong-In ) - Dankook University Sejong Dental Hospital Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Abstract
The first clinical application of nitrous oxide (N2O) was in 1844, by an American dentist named Horace Wells who used it to control pain during tooth extraction. Since then, N2O has shared a 170-year history with modern dental anesthesia. N2O, an odorless and colorless gas, is very appealing as a sedative owing to its anxiolytic, analgesic, and amnestic properties, rapid onset and recovery, and, in particular, needle-free application. Numerous studies have reported that N2O can be used safely and effectively as a procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) agent. However, N2O can lead to the irreversible inactivation of vitamin B12, which is essential for humans; although rare, this can be fatal in some patients.
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Conscious Sedation; Nitrous Oxide; Vitamin B12 Deficiency
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