Abstract:Objective To evaluate the effect of N2O inhalation in combination with oral Midazolam sedation on uncooperative patients with intellectual disability in pediatric dentistry. Methods Ninety-one uncooperative pediatric patients with intellectual disability in the Outpatient Department were divided into 3 groups. The patients of the N2O group received N2O (35%-50%) inhalation conscious sedation. The patients of the Midazolam group received oral Midazolam (0.50-0.75 mg/kg) conscious sedation. The patients of the combination group received N2O inhalation and oral Midazolam conscious sedation. The heart rate, breathing rate, oxygen saturation of blood, treatment content and treatment time during oral therapy were recorded. The status of treatment was evaluated with Houpt system. All kinds of reactions within 24 hours were recorded. Treatment results and safety were statistically analyzed by Chisquare test with SPSS 17.0 software package. Results The success rates of the N2O group and the Midazolam group were 53.3% and 56.7% respectively, which were lower than 83.9% of the combination group (P < 0.05). The adverse reaction rate in the Midazolam group (33.3%) was higher than that in the combination group (6.5%) and the N2O group (6.7%). Conclusions The combination of N2O inhalation with oral Midazolam conscious sedation is effective and safe for dental treatment of uncooperative pediatric patients with intellectual disability, the incidence of adverse reactions is lower than that of Midazolam sedation alone.