Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out the factors influencing the clinical sedative effects of oral diazepam sedation.
The subjects were 45 normal healthy children aged from 1 to 8 years, who received dental treatment under oral diazepam sedation (the dose of 0.3 mg/kg oral diazepam). They were divided into two groups on the basis of clinical evaluation of the sedative effects: one group consisted of 25 children, who were evaluated markedly effective or effective by comparing with the bahavior during dental treatment of those without the oral sedation (Effective group). The other group of 20 children, who were evaluated poor effective or ineffective by comparing with the behavior during dental treatment of those without the oral sedation (ineffective group).
The influencing factors were determined using a statistical analysis Quantification Type II. Sixteen factors were analyzed, these being his/her age, sex, character, experience of serious illness, experience of emergency dental care, baseline behavior (behavior during dental treatment without the oral sedation), the number of times of behavioral modification training before the dental treatment, and so on.
The results were summarized as follows; Five factors were determined as factors influencing the clinical sedative effects of oral diazepam sedation. The ineffective group had the following character; They were under 2 years old, disobedient children, having experienced of emergency dental care, having received behavioral modification training over 6 times, and exhibiting combative or violent rejection by comparing them behavior during dental treatment without oral sedation.
