General anesthesia with nitrous oxide: pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

– Dental fear and anxiety

– Stomatophobia: what is the patient afraid of?

– Methods of treating a patient with a phobia

– Classical desensitization

– Procedural distress:

- Removing negative stimuli

- Analgesia

- Pain control

- Patient distraction

- Simulation.

– Inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide

– Procedural sedation: criteria and options

– Types of sedation and their characteristics:

- Minimum

- Moderate

- Deep

- General anesthesia.

– Tasks of effective minimal sedation

– Features of sedation in children: anatomy, physiology, psychology

– Sedation Planning: AMPLE

– Basics of safe sedation

– Monitoring during and after sedation: basic parameters

– History of nitrous oxide use

– Nitrous oxide:

- Physical Properties

- Respiratory mechanics

- Pharmacokinetics

- The phenomenon of concentration

- Diffuse hypoxia

- Biotransformation

- Minimum alveolar concentration.

– Pharmacology of nitrous oxide:

- Analgesia

- Anxiolysis

- Anesthesia

- Stress

- Amnesia.

Recommended for: General dentists, Pediatric dentists.