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The dental care of people with severe learning disability and challenging behaviour presents many problems. The maintenance of oral health by regular examination, prevention and treatment may be difficult because of the limitations in patient cooperation. In many cases the diagnosis of orofacial pain may need to be discounted as a cause of uncharacteristic and sometimes aggressive behaviour. In such cases the use of general anaesthesia for examination and treatment would seem to be the obvious option but this strategy has limitations. This paper undertakes a focused review of sedation techniques as an alternative to general anaesthesia in the treatment of people with challenging behaviour. The use of novel techniques of sedation combining intravenous with oral or intranasal routes is described with patients treated in a community dental health centre. All patients had previously received treatment using general anaesthesia. The techniques described proved effective and safe for use in the primary care setting.

Dental treatment for people with challenging behaviour: general anaesthesia or sedation?