Antisialogogues Commonly Prescribed In Children Undergoing Dental Treatment Under General Anaesthesia- A Retrospective Study
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Introduction: Antisialogogue are drugs that reduce the production of saliva and produce opposite effects to sialogogues. These drugs are considered in procedures as they produce a good field for surgeries and help in reducing the salivary flow rate of the child in order to treat the patient effectively. These drugs are available as both natural and synthetic. Most commonly they are used in cases of RCT and extraction. Commonly used anti-sialogogue drugs include glycopyrrolate and atropine.
Aim: Aim of the study is to find out the commonly prescribed antisialogogue in children undergoing dental treatment under General anaesthesia.
Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study. Data of the patients were collected from the dental hospital management system. Total of 88 samples were collected according to the inclusion criteria. The collected data was tabulated based on the age and type of antisialagogue used for the patients. The tabulated data were converted to variables and the data was imported to SPSS. The data were statically analysed and results were obtained accordingly.
Results: In the present study, 1-3yrs (59.09%) of age have been the highest percentage of the children treated under antisialogogues and glycopyrrolate (70.45%) is the commonly used antisialagogue drug for treating patients under general anaesthesia.
Conclusion: Under the limitation of the study it is concluded that the most commonly used anti-sialogogue in dental treatment under general anaesthesia is glycopyrrolate.
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