J Korean Dent Soc Anesthesiol.  2011 Dec;11(2):133-140. 10.17245/jkdsa.2011.11.2.133.

A Survey of the Outpatient General Anesthesia and Dental Treatment in Chungnam Dental Clinic for the Disabled

• You YS
• Kim JS
• Kim SO

• KMID: 2425210
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.17245/jkdsa.2011.11.2.133

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Dental treatment under outpatient general anesthesia is an option for disabled person, children and dentally disabled person who have the difficulty of cooperating voluntary with dental care. The aim of this study was to access the patients who had dental management under general anesthesia at Chungnam dental clinic for the disabled.
METHODS
This survey is consisted of 114 severely disabled and dentally disabled person who undergone dental treatment under general anesthesia from January to June 2011. Data were collected by individual dental and anesthesia records.
RESULTS
Of the 114 patients studies, the 45 patients was the dentally disabled and the 69 patients was the severely disabled. Rate of dental treatment among male patients was higher than among female patients. The dentally disabled was an similar age distribution. In the severly disabled, above 13-year-old was higher than below 12-year-old. The most popular induction method of general anesthesia was sevoflurane inhalation after induced sedative effect of nitrous oxide inhalation. The severly disabled who had definitely negative behavior was applied inhalation of high concentration sevoflurane.
CONCLUSIONS
Chungnam Dental clinic for the disabled provide dental management for the disabled and the dentally disabled.

Keyword

Dentally disabled person; Severely disabled person; Outpatient general anesthesia; Survey

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Age Distribution
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, General*
Child
Chungcheongnam-do*
Dental Care
Dental Clinics*
Disabled Persons
Female
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Inhalation
Male
Methods
Nitrous Oxide
Outpatients*
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Nitrous Oxide