Comprehensive dental care for children with rampant caries under general anaesthesia

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
F VinckierD Declerck

Abstract

Critical reflection on treatment strategy for dental rehabilitation of young children with rampant caries using day-stay general anaesthesia at a university dental clinic. Cross-sectional analysis of 98 cases. The study was undertaken at the university paediatric dental clinic of Leuven, Belgium. The sample consisted of 98 healthy patients referred for dental treatment under general anaesthesia with a mean age of 4.8 (+/- 1.1) years and mean dmft-score of 9.3 (+/- 3.0). Data were obtained by history taking, clinical examination, questionnaires (filled in by parents) and standardized data records (filled in by dentists and nurses in the recovery area and day-stay clinic). Most patients were referred by their private dentist (74.5%) because of a need for extensive dental treatment in an uncooperative child. Induction of anaesthesia was upsetting in a significant number of cases (68% of children). The mean duration of the whole procedure was 80.9 (+/- 24.7) minutes. A mean number of 7.2 (+/- 2.9) primary teeth were filled and 1.8 (+/- 2.0) extracted per patient. Post-operative problems (nausea/vomiting, temperature rise) were seen in only 8.2% of the patients. The technique used at this centre allows for extensive dental treatment...Continue Reading

References

Apr 1, 1966·Archives of Disease in Childhood·G B WinterP M James
Apr 1, 1995·Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery : Official Journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons·C Rodrigo, K C Chow
Mar 1, 1993·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·D E FungP B Smith
May 1, 1995·Special Care in Dentistry : Official Publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry·J H NunnJ Storrs
Sep 16, 2010·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·J F RobertsL C Martens

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Dec 25, 2007·Gastroenterology Nursing : the Official Journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates·Diane MelvilleGeoffrey Cleghorn
Aug 7, 2013·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·H TaskinenV Anttonen
Mar 29, 2014·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·T KvistG Dahllöf
Mar 3, 2012·Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery : Official Journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons·Shigeru MaedaTakuya Miyawaki
Sep 16, 2015·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·S C PaniF Al Shammery
Jun 9, 2006·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·D HaubekI Rølling
Aug 2, 2006·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·L M Jamieson, K F Roberts-Thomson
Aug 2, 2006·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·M S AminP Weinstein
Feb 2, 2008·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·Nora Savanheimo, Miira M Vehkalahti
Dec 21, 2014·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·M EzEldeenD Declerck
Jan 20, 2017·Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA·Yung-Pan ChenWen-Yu Shih
Nov 2, 2018·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·M TiljaV Anttonen
Mar 28, 2017·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·P RajavaaraV Anttonen
Jun 17, 2016·Iranian Journal of Pediatrics·Nahid Ramazani
Jun 3, 2015·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·Alejandro Escanilla-CasalAlejandro Rivera-Baró
May 28, 2019·European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry : Official Journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry·M TakritiC Splieth
Mar 20, 2010·The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry·Juan Pablo Loyola-RodriguezCesar D Gonzalez
Nov 10, 2006·The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry·Law Kwok-Tung, Nigel M King
Jan 1, 2008·The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry·Rania Ba'akdahAbdullah Al Mushayt

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antifungals

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Antifungals (ASM)

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Related Papers

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery : Official Journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Nazan Kocatas ErsinBerna Cökmez
Special Care in Dentistry : Official Publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
J H NunnJ Storrs
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved