Conscious Sedation for Dental Treatments in Subjects with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 1779
• Main Authors: Salerno, Claudia, Cirio, Silvia, Zambon, Giulia, D’Avola, Valeria, Parcianello, Roberta Gaia, Maspero, Cinzia, Campus, Guglielmo, Cagetti, Maria Grazia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 18.01.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Anxiety; Behavior rating scales; Benzodiazepines; Collaboration; Conscious Sedation; Cooperation; Dental Care; Dental health; Dentistry; Drugs; Gases; General anesthesia; Humans; Intellectual disabilities; Intellectual Disability; Intervention; Meta-analysis; Mouth; Nervous system; Nitrous Oxide; Oral hygiene; Patients; Psychotropic drugs; Review; Success; Systematic review; Tranquilizers; dental treatment; conscious sedation; special need patients; intellectual disability

This systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed to investigate the conscious sedation efficiency in patients with intellectual disability undergoing dental treatment (PROSPERO CRD42022344292). Four scientific databases were searched by ad-hoc prepared strings. The literature search yielded 731 pa...