The Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine Versus Ketamine for Sedation in Pediatric Dental Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

AbdulRahman Alasmri, Ali Alhijab, Shahad N Abudawood, Narmin Hilal, Heba Jafar Sabbagh

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

AbdulRahman AlasmriPediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

Ali AlhijabPediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

Shahad N AbudawoodPediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0005-6589-3430

Narmin HilalPediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3194-7358

Heba Jafar SabbaghPediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9788-0379

Funding

The Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia later

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behavior managementdental anxietydexmedetomidineketaminemeta-analysispediatric dentistrysedationsystematic review

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PMID42073135

DOI10.3390/children13040558

PMCPMC13114709

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