TY - JOUR A1 - Acharya, Sonu T1 - Chair-side general anesthesia for pediatric dental patients – Risky or risk free Y1 - 2018/1/1 JF - International Journal of Pedodontic Rehabilitation JO - Int J Pedod Rehabil SP - 8 EP - 11 VL - 3 IS - 1 UR - https://www.ijpedor.org/article.asp?issn=2468-8932;year=2018;volume=3;issue=1;spage=8;epage=11;aulast=Acharya DO - 10.4103/ijpr.ijpr_17_17 N2 - Dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA) may be provided in the hospital operating room or dental office on the dental chair. There are various methods of behavior management that pediatric dentists apply in their day-to-day practice which are both nonpharmacological and pharmacological. Although most of the children can be managed with nonpharmacological methods, few require pharmacological methods. Pharmacological methods such as prescribing premedications, conscious sedation, and GA. Conscious sedation and GA are slowly gaining popularity in pediatric patients. Here, we discuss the pros and cons of chairside GA in this paper. ER -