Biomaterial Database

Is nitrous oxide a safe agent to use in conscious sedation for dentistry? 2010

Sameer Patel

Bart's and the London, School of Medicine and Dentistry.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008452	Maximum Allowable Concentration	The maximum exposure to a biologically active physical or chemical agent that is allowed during an 8-hour period (a workday) in a population of workers, or during a 24-hour period in the general population, which does not appear to cause appreciable harm, whether immediate or delayed for any period, in the target population. (From Lewis Dictionary of Toxicology, 1st ed)	Maximum Permissible Exposure Level,MPEL,Maximum Permissible Exposure Concentration,Allowable Concentration, Maximum,Allowable Concentrations, Maximum,Concentration, Maximum Allowable,Concentrations, Maximum Allowable,MPELs,Maximum Allowable Concentrations
D008738	Methyl Ethers	A group of compounds that contain the general formula R-OCH3.	Ethers, Methyl
D009609	Nitrous Oxide	Nitrogen oxide (N2O). A colorless, odorless gas that is used as an anesthetic and analgesic. High concentrations cause a narcotic effect and may replace oxygen, causing death by asphyxia. It is also used as a food aerosol in the preparation of whipping cream.	Laughing Gas,Nitrogen Protoxide,Gas, Laughing,Oxide, Nitrous
D002492	Central Nervous System Depressants	A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents).	CNS Depressants,Depressants, CNS
D003797	Dental Staff	Personnel who provide dental service to patients in an organized facility, institution or agency. This includes those who work in DENTAL FACILITIES but do not provide direct dental care.	Dental Receptionists,Dental Receptionist,Dental Staffs,Receptionist, Dental,Receptionists, Dental,Staff, Dental,Staffs, Dental
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077149	Sevoflurane	A non-explosive inhalation anesthetic used in the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia. It does not cause respiratory irritation and may also prevent PLATELET AGGREGATION.	BAX 3084,Fluoromethyl Hexafluoroisopropyl Ether,Fluoromethyl-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl Ether,Sevorane,Ultane
D000762	Anesthesia Recovery Period	The period of emergence from general anesthesia, where different elements of consciousness return at different rates.	Recovery Period, Anesthesia,Anesthesia Recovery Periods,Period, Anesthesia Recovery,Periods, Anesthesia Recovery,Recovery Periods, Anesthesia

Related Publications

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[Conscious sedation in dentistry--nitrous oxide].

January 1991, Giornale di anestesia stomatologica = Journal of dental anaesthesia,

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[Conscious sedation in dentistry. Nitrous oxide 1].

March 1990, Dental Cadmos,

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[Conscious sedation in dentistry. 2. Nitrous oxide].

April 1990, Dental Cadmos,

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[Conscious sedation in dentistry with nitrous oxide/oxygen].

July 1987, Revista chilena de odontoestomatologia,

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[Conscious sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen in ambulatory dentistry].

January 1985, Parodontologia e stomatologia (nuova) : organo ufficiale dell'ARPA italiana, della Societa italiana Jonoforesi stomatologica e della Accademia ligustica di stomatologia,

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Nitrous oxide sedation in dentistry.

August 1984, Anaesthesia,

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Analgesic nitrous oxide is a very safe agent.

August 1994, South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde,

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It is illegal and unethical to use nitrous oxide/ oxygen conscious sedation without scavenging.

October 2006, SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging,

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[Nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation in dentistry].

January 1985, Arsbok. Odontologiska samfundet i Finland,