A study of three preoperative sedative combinations.

The use of drugs as premedication for child patients to be treated in the office may provide the dentist with an adequate means of controlling the patient otherwise incapable of cooperation. Drug dosages for children cannot be determined alone on the basis of weight and age, especially when dental treatment is to be provided. Alphaprodine and promethazine; chloral hydrate and hydroxyzine pamoate; pentobarbital, meperidine, and scopolamine are three groups of balanced medication that fulfill the needs in pedodontic office procedures. The Pedi-Wrap is an important factor in treatment and control of movements unknowingly exhibited by the patient from one to six years of age. Its use should be required for the very young child patient, to prevent falls and bodily injury and to allow the doctor to execute his treatment effectively.