Oral sedation using triclofos for short dental procedures in a precooperative child

A 1-year 6-month-old male child reported the chief complaint of pain and bleeding from the gums for the past 7 days in the upper left front tooth region. On intraoral examination, the patient had a crown-root fracture involving tooth 61 with gingival overgrowth almost covering the distal half of the fractured crown. A diagnosis of Ellis class IX fracture in relation to tooth 61 was made, and the planned treatment was extraction. However, since the child was precooperative, a simple chairside extraction was not possible. Thus, the extraction was carried out with oral sedation using triclofos on an outpatient basis.