Valeriana officinalis L. for conscious sedation of patients submitted to impacted lower third molar surgery: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled split-mouth study
Author(s) -
Marcos Luciano Pimenta Pinheiro,
CarlosEduardo Pinto Alcântara,
Márcio de Moraes,
EduardoDias de Andrade
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.129176
Subject(s) - medicine , sedation , molar , placebo , randomized controlled trial , oral surgery , dentistry , double blind , anesthesia , orthodontics , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Anxiety is one of the components of patient stress in the dental office and is recognized as one of the main factors that negatively affect treatment. The control of anxiety can be performed through conscious sedation, for which benzodiazepine is the drug of choice in dental practice, however present side-effects.
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