ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Changes in Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life of Egyptian Children Treated under Dental 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
- The efficacy of dental general anesthesia in children with severe early childhood caries: a retrospective study with longitudinal follow-up in China.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Factors influencing parental acceptance of preventive dental treatments and its impact on children's oral health-related quality of life: an observational study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Observational
- Clinical profiles and treatment outcomes of dental rehabilitation in patients treated under general anesthesia: a comparison between healthy and special healthcare needs children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Assessment of Children and "Young" Adult Patients' Quality of Life after Prosthetic Treatment of Disorders of the Craniofacial Region-A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Dental Treatment in Special Needs Patients and Uncooperative Young Children: A Retrospective Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundTreatment of young children under dental general anesthesia (DGA) is sometimes necessary due to lack of cooperation and the complexity of dental treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the changes in oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children following treatment under DGA.
methodsA consecutive sample of 88 children aged 5 and younger who were referred to the department of pediatric dentistry, Cairo university, Egypt, for treatment under DGA was included. Parents were asked to complete the Arabic version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (A-ECOHIS) questionnaire before and 4 weeks after treatment. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare baseline and follow up scores. Effect sizes (ES) were also calculated.
resultsThe overall ECOHIS scores decreased significantly from 16.72 (±7.07) to 0.9 (±3.08); (
conclusionsTreatment under DGA not only improved the OHRQoL of the Egyptian children in our sample significantly, but also had a positive effect on their families' quality of life.
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