%0 Journal Article %T Practice Guidelines for Intravenous Conscious Sedation in Dentistry (2nd Edition, 2017) Developed for Dentists in Japan by the Japanese Dental Society of Anesthesiology %J Archive of "Anesthesia Progress". %D 2018 %R 10.2344/anpr-65-04-10 %X Conscious sedation is widely used for dental treatment in Japan. This type of procedural sedation is associated with minimal risk because physiological reflexes are well-maintained as the patient remains conscious. As used in Japan, ˇ°conscious sedation,ˇ± is equivalent to ˇ°minimal to moderate sedationˇ± in the American Dental Association guidelines and ˇ°minimal to moderate sedation/analgesiaˇ± in the American Society of Anesthesiologists guidelines %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318736/