TRIAZOLAM IN DENTAL MEDICINE. INDICATIONS.

This article will present the use of Triazolam in the dental office setting. While in United States the Triazolam may serve as oral sedation in the dental office, in Romania this medication is not used. The article presents a retrospective study done on 79 patients. The patients were administered Triazolam for oral sedation in order to help with the outpatient treatment. During the treatment patients were connected to oxygen canula, and were continuously monitored with pulse-oxymeter. The Triazolam was administered to patients with high anxiety, where long dental appointments were necessary. 5% of these patients necessitated the use of N2O2 as addition to the oral sedation. During the treatment an average of four dosages of 0,25mg of Triazolam were used over a period of 4-5 hours of treatment, with no more than five dosages being administered over 7 hours of treatment. In order to avoid an involuntary apnea the authors used oxygen on nasal canula (2l/min), and as result the oxygen level measured by pulseoxymeter never fell below 87%. The use of Triazolam allows the anxiety control for long duration dental treatment, improving the comfort of the patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]