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Conscious sedation is one method of allaying anxiety in dental patients and enables such patients to accept dental treatment. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aims, Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p> A questionnaire survey was undertaken among patients attending an emergency dental clinic. Its aims were to assess the levels of dental anxiety in these subjects, the impact on their attendance for dental treatment, and their knowledge of and desire to have conscious sedation, should it be available. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p> The results indicated that in the 72 patients who responded, levels of anxiety regarding dental treatment were high, with 49 (68%) claiming some nervousness or worse. Thirty-one (43%) cited fear\/nervousness as a reason for delaying making a dental appointment. Twenty-seven (38%) were not aware of the existence of conscious sedation for dental treatment, of whom half reported that they were in the highly anxious group. Forty (56%) respondents said they would like to have sedation if it were available. Twenty-five (35%) claimed to have received sedation for dental treatment in the past. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p> It was concluded that the availability of dental sedation was currently not matching the needs and demands of several patients who took part in the survey. 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