Dental treatment under general anesthesia in healthy and medically compromised developmentally disabled children: a comparative study

• Published in: The Journal of clinical pediatric dentistry Vol. 34; no. 2; p. 177
• Main Authors: Loyola-Rodriguez, Juan Pablo, Zavala-Alonso, Veronica, Gonzalez-Alvarez, Cinthya L, Juarez-Lopez, Lilia A, Patiño-Marin, Nuria, Gonzalez, Cesar D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2009
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Anesthesia, Dental - methods; Anesthesia, General; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental Care for Disabled - methods; Dentistry, Operative; Disabled Children - classification; Humans; Oral Surgical Procedures; Prospective Studies; Root Canal Therapy; Time Factors
• ISSN: 1053-4628; 1557-5268
• DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.34.2.u665328k4g467pg2

To compare the type, number of procedures and working time of dental treatment provided under dental general anesthesia (DGA) in healthy and medically compromised/developmentally disabled children (MCDD children). This cross-sectional prospective study involved 80 children divided into two groups of 40 children each. Group 1 consisted of healthy and Group 2 consisted of MCDD children. Healthy children needed more working time than MCDD children, the means being 161 +/- 7.9 and 84 +/- 5.7 minutes, respectively (P = 0.0001). Operative dentistry and endodontic treatments showed a significant statistical difference (P = 0.0001). The means of procedures were 17 +/- 5.0 for healthy children and 11 +/- 4.8 for MCDD children (P = 0.0001). Healthy children needed more extensive dental treatment than MCDD children under DGA. The information from this sample of Mexican children could be used as reference for determining trends both within a facility as well as in comparing facilities in cross-population studies.