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13 questions · 13 findings · 2 reviews · Pain control and patient management

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 2 · 15.4%Very low 11 · 84.6%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Midazolam (any mode of delivery) vs Different dosage of the same sedative

Behaviour · Children and adolescents (0 to 16 years) needing dental treatment
1 finding from 1 review
  • Any behavioural score - Midazolam (any mode of delivery): 394 (10 studies); VERY LOW. Insufficient evidence to determine whether any specific dose of intranasal midazolam is effective; weak evidence oral midazolam…
    10 studies · 394 participants
    Very low

Hypnosis vs Inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen

Measures of behaviour / negative responses during local anaesthesia administration · Children aged 10 to 16 years undergoing orthodontic extractions (Braithwaite 2005)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Hypnosis can control some of the patient's negative responses to dental treatment, such as movement and behaviour, during administration of local anaesthesia. (Braithwaite 2005; single-blind cross-over, 10 patients…
    1 study · 10 participants
    GRADE not reported

Hypnosis vs No hypnosis (no hypnotic intervention)

Measures of behaviour during local anaesthesia administration (undesirable behaviours: crying, hand movement, physical resistance, leg movement) · Children aged 4 to 13 years with no previous dental experience undergoing restorative treatment with local anaesthesia (Gokli 1994)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Patients who were hypnotised demonstrated fewer undesirable behaviours (crying, hand movement, physical resistance and leg movement) than those who did not undergo hypnosis. Decreased crying with hypnosis was the only…
    1 study · 29 participants
    GRADE not reported