363 - Factors Affecting Success of Oral Sedation Regimen.

Factors Affecting Success of Oral Sedation Regimens

Introduction: Behavior guidance techniques are foundational to pediatric dentistry, and are utilized daily by pediatric dentists. One notable method of behavior guidance is oral sedation (OS). The goal of this retrospective study was to assess various factors recorded on the AAPD sedation form as predictive factors for effective oral sedation procedures.

Methods: A retrospective review of the oral sedation visits completed at the Sun Life Pediatric Dental Clinic from July 1st, 2023, to December 31st, 2023. The sample population ranged from 3 to 9 years old. Information collected included: the age, gender, BMI percentage (BMI %), pre-sedation cooperation level (PCL), pre-operative FRANKL score, the medication dosage (mg), average sedation level (ASL), patient procedural behavior (PPB), and whether the sedation regimen was effective. Collected data was interpreted by the Division of Biostatistics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Descriptive statistics were used to assess each data type for a correlation with sedation effectiveness.

Results: One-hundred and thirty patients, sixty-seven males and sixty-three females, were included in the study. PCL showed a significant correlation with sedation success (Fisher’s Exact Test with a p-value = .011), as did the ASL (p-value < .001) and PPB (p-value < .001).

Conclusions: Evidence from this study points towards pre-cooperation level having significant predictive ability for the outcome of an oral sedation regimen. The PPB and ASL were shown to be significant indicators for success of an oral sedation procedure, but cannot be used as predictors.