10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 2 2013 (April - June) Pain and phobia are the major criteria for patients entering the dental clinics. Pain is well controlled by local anaesthetics but still there is always fear of seeing the complicated dental instruments. Sedation, where the patient is allowed to almost sleep but still verbal contact is made and since there is amnesia patient has no phobia for any instruments. Various drugs has been used to bring about sedation , most common is propofol , midazolam and diazepam, this review discusses about the latest techniques and drugs preferred in sedative dentistry. VIJAY EBENEZER, R. BALAKRISHNAN,ANANTHA PADMANABHAN AND M. ELUMALAI Diazepam, Propofol, Midazolam, Sedation, Dentistry 168-172