Madouh, M, Bani Hani, A and Tahmassebi, JF (2018) Treatment outcomes of using inhalation sedation for comprehensive dental care. European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry, 19 (1). pp. 33-37. ISSN 1818-6300
Abstract
Aim To assess the outcomes of dental treatment under inhalation sedation within a UK specialist hospital setting. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of the case notes of patients under 17 years of age who received dental treatment using inhalation sedation at a UK specialist setting during the period 2006–2011. Treatment outcomes were categorised into five groups: (1) treatment completed as planned, (2) modified treatment completed, (3) treatment abandoned in sedation unit and patient referred for treatment under general analgesia (GA), (4) treatment abandoned in sedation unit and patient referred for treatment under local analgesia (LA), (5) child failed to return to complete treatment. Results In total, the case notes of 453 patients were evaluated. The mean age of the patients was 10.3 ± 2.9 years. Treatment was completed successfully in 63.6% of the cases, 15.9% were referred for treatment under GA, 11.2% failed to return to complete the treatment, 7.1% received modified treatment completed, and only 2.2% were referred for treatment under LA. Treatment outcomes were significantly associated with patient`s age (p = 0.002). The treatment outcome “treatment abandoned and child referred to be treated under GA” had significantly lower mean patient ages than the other outcomes. Conclusions The majority of children referred for inhalation sedation, completed their course of treatment. A significantly higher proportion of those in the younger age group required GA to complete their treatment.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Inhalation sedation; Treatment outcomes; Children; General analgesia |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Dentistry (Leeds) > Paediatric Dentistry (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2017 15:07 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s40368-017-0318-4 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123471 |