Does Preventive Analgesia Improve the Outcome of Demerol-Vistaril Procedural Sedations in Pediatric Dentistry

Does Preventive Analgesia Improve the Outcome of Demerol-Vistaril Procedural Sedations in Pediatric Dentistry?

All healthcare providers strive continually to improve the outcome of their treatment approaches. The investigators hypothesize that preventive analgesics administered before a child is sedated with a Demerol-Vistaril regimen will improve the outcome of a sedation.

To increase outcomes for patients receiving dental sedation by providing significant evidence that the new regimen improves the quality of sedation and results in an improved post sedation ability to eat, drink, resume normal activities and require less additional pain medications.

Inclusion Criteria:

• We intend to enroll 300 children between the ages of 2 - 8 years of all ethnicities for this prospective, placebo controlled, randomized, and double-blind trial. All children that fulfill our general selection criteria for this sedation regimen will be eligible for this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children who do not meet our general selection criteria for this sedation regimen will be ineligible for this study.