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, including the United States. 6 , 7 In 1996, a survey of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry membership revealed that 89% of pediatric dentists utilize nitrous oxide sedation, with most of them using it more than 5 times per week. 8 Moreover, this sedation technique is the second most accepted BMT by parents in the United States. 9 On the contrary, several studies showed that the majority of parents in Middle East countries did not accept nitrous oxide sedation as a BMT. One study, which was conducted in 2009, demonstrated that most parents in Kuwait prefer

population. 2 The prevalence of fear in dentistry represents a barrier to routine and expanded dental care that is becoming a global concern. 2 – 7 Therefore, a need does exist for sedation services within dentistry that spans the international atmosphere. The ability to care for the segment of the patient population with fear and anxiety of dental treatment has become an important component of dental practice. In this study, we examined the relationship between dental anxiety and the use of pain and anxiety control measures in the general population of the Kuwait. The

Hypersensitive gag reflex, 181 Hyperventilation, 25 Hypocapnia, 25 Hypoglycemia, 208 ICD, 95 Implant, 67 Inferior alveolar nerve, 84 Inferior alveolar nerve block, 3 Infiltration anesthesia, 17, 71, 131 Inhalational anesthesia, 42 Injection pain, 3 Injection pressure, 131 Intellectual disability, 185 Intranasal sedation, 122 Intravenous sedation, 80 Isoflurane, 42 Jawbone, 17, 131 Joint hypermobility and dislocation, 204 Kuwait, 8

The 14th Triennial Dental Congress on Anesthesia, Sedation, and Pain Control sponsored by the International Federation of Dental Anesthesia Societies (IFDAS) takes place this year on October 8–10 in Berlin, Germany. For those of you who have never been to an IFDAS meeting, you really should consider attending. Dentists from all over the world—frequently including such places as Australia, Canada, Cambodia, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, New Zealand, Russia, Scotland, South Korea, and the United States—attend and

Abdulwahab M, see Alkandari SA, 8 Akizuki A, see Kamatani T, 156 Alkandari SA, Dentists' and Parents' Attitude Toward Nitrous Oxide Use in Kuwait (scientific report), 8 Almousa F, see Alkandari SA, 8 Aminoshariae A, see De Veaux CKE, 181 Bell A, see Wolf KT, 84 Boku A, Effective Dosage of Midazolam to Erase the Memory of Vascular Pain During Propofol Administration (case report), 147 Boynes SG, see Alkandari SA, 8 Brady P, see McCarthy C, 25 Brokaw EJ, see

who do not have certified BLS training lack awareness of BLS and have low BLS knowledge scores. A study by Alkandari et al 11 indicated that 64% of the general dentists in Kuwait had low CPR knowledge. Ekici 12 suggested that general dentists in Turkey lacked CPR knowledge; however, dentists who had worked in dental hospitals had more CPR knowledge than local practicing dentists due to a greater exposure to managing life-threatening situations. 3 In addition, Schizogiannis et al 13 found significant improvement in the CPR knowledge and skills of dentists who