Dental Anesthesiology Glossary

A mandatory regulatory site visit to a dental office in which inspectors verify that equipment, personnel training, emer...

An anesthetic or analgesic strategy that minimises or eliminates opioid use by substituting non-opioid analgesics and ad...

A curved rigid or semi-rigid device inserted through the mouth to maintain a patent airway by preventing the tongue from...

Any device or apparatus used to administer supplemental oxygen to a patient, ranging from nasal cannulas and simple face...

The percentage of haemoglobin molecules in arterial blood that are bound to oxygen, measured non-invasively by pulse oxi...

Sedation achieved by administering drugs via routes that bypass the gastrointestinal tract, including intravenous, intra...

A supplemental intraligamentary technique in which anesthetic solution is injected under pressure into the periodontal l...

Acronym for postoperative nausea and vomiting; a key patient-safety outcome measure in dental anesthesia research and cl...

A designated recovery area staffed by trained personnel where patients are monitored and managed following anesthesia un...

Nausea and/or vomiting occurring within 24 hours of a procedure, a common complication of general anesthesia and opioid...

A structured clinical assessment conducted before the administration of anesthesia or sedation to identify patient risk...

A drug or combination of drugs administered prior to the primary anesthetic or sedative agent to reduce anxiety, modify...

A short-acting intravenous anesthetic and sedative-hypnotic agent delivered as a lipid emulsion, widely used in dental a...

A non-invasive monitoring technique that uses photoplethysmography to measure oxygen saturation of hemoglobin (SpO₂) and...

A six-level clinical scoring tool used to assess and document the depth of sedation in patients receiving anesthetic or...

Assisted positive-pressure ventilation delivered manually to a patient who has ceased or inadequately reduced their own...

Incomplete reversal of neuromuscular blocking agents persisting into the post-anesthetic period, posing risks of airway...

A pharmacological agent administered to antagonise or counteract the sedative or analgesic effect of a previously admini...

Equipment designed to collect and remove waste anesthetic gases from the operatory, protecting dental personnel from chr...

The spectrum of CNS depression ranging from minimal sedation through moderate sedation and deep sedation to general anes...

A volatile halogenated ether inhalation anesthetic with a low blood-gas partition coefficient, enabling rapid induction...

The abbreviation for peripheral oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry, representing the percentage of haemoglo...

A selective relaxant binding agent that reverses aminosteroid neuromuscular blockade (rocuronium or vecuronium) by encap...

An airway management device, such as a laryngeal mask airway (LMA), that sits above the glottis to maintain a clear pass...