ArticleClinical oral investigations2019
Dental treatment under general anesthesia in adults with special needs at the University Hospital of Dental Prosthetics and Restorative Dentistry of Innsbruck, Austria: a retrospective study of 12 years.
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- Risk factors for repeated general anesthesia for dental treatment of adult patients with intellectual and/or physical disabilities.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Article
- Survival of direct composite restorations placed under general anesthesia in adult patients with intellectual and/or physical disabilities.Clinical oral investigations · 2021Article
- Dental treatment under general anesthesia for patients with severe disabilities.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2021Review
- Dental Treatments under General Anesthesia on Children with Special Health Care Needs Enrolled in the Spanish Dental Care Program.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Outpatient dental care for people with disabilities under general anaesthesia in Switzerland.BMC oral health · 2020Article
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- Dental extractions do not predict further use of dental general anesthesia in people with disabilities: A longitudinal analysis.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 DentistryArticle
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Abstract
objectivesSpecial needs patients are prone to insufficient oral care and subsequent caries or periodontitis. The aim of this retrospective study was the assessment of demand for restorative therapy and tooth extractions under general anesthesia in adults with intellectual and/or physical disablement (IPD) or psychiatric disorders (PDs) with inherent dentist phobia at the University Hospital of Innsbruck with regard to demographic factors. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 444 consecutive cases of scheduled dental general anesthesia (DGA) in adults from 2003 to 2014 were included. From patient files, demographic data, the presence of either IPD or a PD, attested by a mandatory certificate, and restorative therapy and tooth extractions performed under DGA were obtained. Data analysis was carried out by means of descriptive and comparative statistics.
resultsFour hundred two cases (mean age 37.5 ± 13.87 years) assigned to 283 individuals with IPD and 42 cases (mean age 36.09 ± 13.03 years) assigned to 39 individuals with PDs arose in the observed period. Patients with PDs required significantly more restorations (in 7.98 ± 5.4 versus 5.34 ± 4.41 teeth; p = 0.002; Mann-Whitney U test) and extractions (of 4.86 ± 4.51 versus 2.6 ± 3.96 teeth; p < 0.001; Mann-Whitney U test) than patients with IPD.
conclusionsDemand for dental treatment was high in the collective of special needs patients. Oral health status was worse in patients with PDs than in patients suffering IPD. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: While in patients with severe disablement, DGA presents the only treatment option, specific preventive programs should be implemented for patients with minor disablement or dentist phobia. In these patients, alternative approaches should be promoted.
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