Sedação consciente para pacientes odontofóbicos: revisão de literatura

Abstract

Fear and anxiety reported by patients are already routine in dental clinics. Faced with this problem, it is already known to dental surgeons that most of the patients will have some level of fear of dental care, which may make it difficult to make certain surgeries, for that reason, this work aims to clarify how to use sedatives in daily life clinical though oral or inhaled drugs, helping in the managment of these patients who present a high level of discomfort and insecurity regarding the dental appointment. As a result, it was possible to observe that sedation through allopathic and anxiolytic herbal medicines are of great relevance and bring many benefits to the professional.Benzodiazepines are the first choice drugs to control anxiety in dental office, which have axiolytic, sedative and hypnotic effects, however, patients who do not adapt to this drug class may use betablockers, first-generation antihistamines, nitrous oxide and herbal medicines. It is noteworthy that it is extremely important for the dentist to know the farmacological methods of conscious sedation in order to facilitate their performance with the patient, check the possibilities of drug interactions and possibilities of side effects.