Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study, forty five healthy patients, aged 5-10 years old, enrolled in this cross sectional descriptive study. After induction of anesthesia with thiopental, maintenance of anesthesia was done with infusion of propofol under mechanical ventilation. After operation, duration of recovery stay and complications were recorded and analyzed.
Results: Duration of recovery stay (mean ± SD) was 43.5 ± 22.12. 51.1 % of patients had no complications but in 48.9 % of patients, there was at least one complication in the recovery. The most important complication was irritability with incidence of 44.4 %.
Conclusions: Maintenance of anesthesia with propofol infusion can reduce duration of recovery stay and time to discharge of patients from dental clinics in children candidate for dental procedures.