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Elimination of hypersensitive gagging reaction to dentistry by propofol at subhypnotic doses
S Tomioka1, D Uchida, S Eguchi
1Department of Dental Anaesthesiology, School of Dentistry, Tokushima University, Japan.
Oral Diseases
|April 14, 1999
Abstract:
We describe a 44-year-old male patient with severe gagging reaction successfully treated without sedative effect by a continuous infusion of propofol. Propofol at subhypnotic doses seemed to be effective in eliminating hypersensitive gagging reaction to dentistry.