evaluation of the premedication with Passion flower in decreasing agitation during recovery in 3-6 years old children candidate for dental treatment under general anesthesia

Dental anxiety is caused by failure to provide quality services to patients. The oral medication is one way of controlling anxiety.Passion Flower is known as a sedative drug in traditional herbal medicine. This study aimed to determine the effect of passionflower extracts to reduce restlessness in children 3 to 6 years undergoing general anesthesia.Methods and materials: 50 healthy children aged 3 to 6 candidate for dental treatment under general anesthesia, after examination and consent from the parents were selected. Extract of Passion flower given to study group(25 children) and a similarvolume of oral sugar solution to control group.Separation from parents, cooperation for IV line and agitation score in recovery room was evaluated in two groups. Easy separation from their parents in the study group was 56% and 33% also had good cooperation for IV line, which was significantly more than control group. The agitation score of the study group in the minutes 10 and 20 and 30 of recovery room were significantly lower than controls. Extract of Passion flower makes easier separation from parent and higher cooperation for IV line and lower agitation score and need to analgesia in recovery room. So this drug was useful for premedication in children.