ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Hypnosis and Sedation for Anxious Children Undergoing Dental Treatment: A Retrospective Practice-Based Longitudinal Study.
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- Effectiveness of behavioural therapy and inhalational sedation in reducing dental anxiety among patients attending dental clinics - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Evidence-based dentistry · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of Midazolam in Outpatient Pediatric Dentistry: A Systematic Review.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric DentistryPooled it
- Behavioral and Cognitive Strategies in Pediatric Dentistry: Current Concepts in Anxiety and Fear Management.Cureus · 2026Review
- Simultaneous hypnotic intervention in preschool-aged monozygotic twin girls with persistent thumb sucking: a case report.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Clinical hypnosis in pediatric care: An adjunctive tool or therapeutic illusion.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025Review
- Children's experiences with conscious sedation in dental care: a Norwegian cross-sectional study.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- The Role of Ibuprofen and Midazolam in Pediatric Dentistry: A Retrospective Study and Neurophysiological Considerations.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Hypnosis support in anaesthesia is rarely used in German anaesthesia departments - a nationwide survey among leading physicians of anaesthesia departments.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Article
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- Clinical Hypnosis for Procedural Pain and Distress in Children: A Scoping Review.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023Article
- The Future of Pediatric Dentistry Is Now.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Retrospective Cohort Study on Potential Risk Factors for Repeated Need of Dental Rehabilitation under General Anesthesia in a Private Pediatric Dental Practice.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pharmacologic Sedation-Related Respiratory Complications in Pediatric Dentistry: A Decade-Long Scoping Review.Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPRReview
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Abstract
To assess whether the treatment of children with oral midazolam and pediatric hypnosis techniques can improve the compliance in consecutive sessions, a retrospective longitudinal practice-based observational study was designed and carried out. A total of 311 children between 3 and 12 years of age were treated under hypnosis and sedation with midazolam (0.40 mg/kg body weight). Treatments were performed in one to a maximum of three sessions. A total of 183 children received one, 103 received two and 25 children received three treatment sessions. The behavior of the children during the sessions was examined by means of the Venham score. The self-evaluation of the children was based on the Wong−Baker Scale. Child behavior using midazolam and hypnosis techniques showed little difference and good compliance between the sessions. Venham scores did not increase significantly regarding total treatment from the first (0.99 ± 1.41) to the second (1.17 ± 1.39) and to the third session (1.27 ± 1.20) (p > 0.05). However, considering the highest Venham scores that occurred in each case, the behavior of the children worsened significantly (p < 0.01) during the three treatment sessions, from 1.37 ± 1.31 (first) to 1.87 ± 1.74 (second) to 2.32 ± 1.33 (third). In 6.11% of the children, treatment was discontinued in the first session (n = 19), 0.96% in the second (n = 3) and 0% in the third. Treatment with low-dose midazolam, combined with hypnosis techniques, showed to be an effective option for dental treatment in children. Within the limitations of the current study, and with consideration of highest possible compliance, no more than two treatment sessions for pediatric dental treatment should be performed.
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