Learn how to safely sedate your dental patients and help control their anxiety withSedation: A Guide to Patient Management, 6th Edition. Written by sedation expert Stanley Malamed, DDS, this concise guide combines essential theory with \"how-to\" technical instruction to help you master basic techniques in dental sedation and anxiety control. This new sixth edition also incorporates the latest guidelines from the ADA and the American Society of Anesthesiologists, along with vivid images of the most current equipment and procedures used in dental practice today. There is also detailed discussion on how to modify typical treatment protocol to successfully treat different patient populations - including pediatric, geriatric, physically compromised, and medically compromised patients. In all, this is a must-have guide for keeping up to date on the latest techniques in dental sedation and anxiety.

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION 1. Pain and Anxiety in Dentistry

SECTION II: SPECTRUM OF PAIN AND ANXIETY CONTROL 2. Introduction to Sedation 3. The Spectrum of Pain and Anxiety Control 4. Physical and Psychological Evaluation 5. Monitoring during Sedation 6. Nondrug Techniques: Iatrosedation and Hypnosis

SECTION III: ORAL, RECTAL, AND INTRAMUSCULAR SEDATION 7. Oral Sedation 8. Rectal Sedation 9. Sublingual, Transdermal, and Intranasal Sedation 10. Intramuscular Sedation

SECTION IV: INHALATION SEDATION 11. Inhalation Sedation: Historical Perspective 12. Pharmacosedation: Rationale 13. Pharmacology, Anatomy, and Physiology 14. Inhalation Sedation Equipment 15. Inhalation Sedation: Techniques of Administration 16. Inhalation Sedation: Complications 17. Contemporary Issues Surrounding Nitrous Oxide 18. Practical Considerations 19. Teaching Inhalation Sedation: History and Present GuidelinesSECTION V: INTRAVENOUS SEDATION 20. Intravenous Sedation: Historical Perspective 21. Intravenous Moderate Sedation: Rationale 22. Armamentarium 23. Anatomy for Venipuncture 24. Venipuncture Technique 25. Pharmacology 26. Intravenous Moderate Sedation: Techniques of Administration 27. Intravenous Sedation: Complications 28. Practical Considerations 29. Guidelines for Teaching

SECTION VI: GENERAL ANESTHESIA 30. Fundamentals of General Anesthesia 31. Armamentarium, Drugs, and Techniques

SECTION VII: EMERGENCY PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT 32. Preparation for Emergencies 33. Emergency Drugs and Equipment 34. Management of Emergencies

SECTION VIII: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS 35. The Pediatric Patient 36. The Geriatric Patient 37. The Medically Compromised Patient 38. The Physically Compromised Patient 39. Neurologic Illnesses and Other Conditions 40. Medicolegal considerations 41. The Controversial Development of Anesthesiology in Dentistry