Observational studyMedicine2017
Oral health-related quality of life in pediatric patients under general anesthesia: A prospective study.
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- Effects of dental treatment under general anesthesia on the oral health quality of life and dental fear of preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of dental treatments under general anesthesia on oral health-related quality of life in children: a comprehensive meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Oral health-related quality of life changes in children following dental treatment under general anaesthesia: a meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2018Pooled it
- [Effect of dexmedetomidine on emergence agitation after general anesthesia in children undergoing odontotherapy in day-surgery operating room].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2017Trial
- Impact of Dental Treatment Under General Anesthesia or Sedation on Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
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- Comparison of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life scores in children treated for early childhood caries under general and local anesthesia: a quasi-experimental study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2023Article
- The Effect of the Treatment of Severe Early Childhood Caries on Growth-Development and Quality of Life.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Children with Early Childhood Caries before and after Receiving Complete Oral Rehabilitation under General Anesthesia.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2021Article
- The Effect of Dental Treatment under General Anesthesia on Quality of Life and Growth and Blood Chemistry Parameters in Uncooperative Pediatric Patients with Compromised Oral Health: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Our goal was to evaluate how dental treatments under general anesthesia (GA) affect the quality of life by a prospective pair-matched design. Pediatric patients, who had received dental treatments under GA, were enrolled and were asked to complete the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) before the treatment and 1 month after the treatment. To shield the observed impacts, a pair-matched control group was performed. Patients in the control group were also required to complete the ECOHIS at these different points in time. In both groups, the items of troubled sleep and oral/dental pain scored highest, whereas avoiding smiling or laughing and avoiding talking scored lowest before the treatment. The total mean score in the 2 groups was 13.1 and 13.7, respectively, and there was no significant statistical difference (P > 0.05). However, the total mean score was 1.9 in the experimental group after the treatment and smaller compared with the control group (1.9 vs. 4.7, P < 0.001). The majority of the items in both groups had an apparent effect size and the total mean effect in the experimental group was greater than that in the control group (85.5% vs. 65.7%, P < 0.001). Therefore, dental treatment under GA could provide better quality of life restoration compared with treatment over multiple visits.
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