Trend of dental treatments under general anesthesia of children in Tabriz dental faculty Hospital during 10 past years

Abstract

Introduction Most dentists when dealing with a pediatric patient have a mentality that they will face an anxious and uncooperative person so there is a reluctancy between dentists in providing dental service to children, but with due attention to necessity for child dental treatment and with knowledge to pharmacological and non-pharmacological behavioral control methods, a way should be found in order to reduce children's anxiety and fear to be able to provide high quality services. In recent years the possibility of using general anesthesia and sedation revolutionized pediatric dental treatment and made the impossible, possible by restoring the severely damaged dental structures of children under three that suffered early childhood caries due to frequent consumption of milk at night therefore their oral function, beauty and health was restored. Materials and Methods The file of all children who underwent dental treatment under general anesthesia from 2008 to 2018 in Tabriz dental faculty hospital were examined and the trend of changes including the number of cases treated and treatments performed over the past 10 years was analyzed. Total number of types of treatments performed including extraction, composite restoration, amalgam restoration, SSC, pulpotomy, pulpectomy and etc was reviewed and then the changes in the number of treatments over the past 10 years were compared. Results _The average increase in the frequency of dental treatment under anesthesia was 12.9 percent. _The frequency of treatment in boys was similar to that in girls. _The frequency of treatment in the age group of 3 to 6 years was significantly higher than the age group of less than 3 years and more than 6 years A review of the type of treatment under anesthesia over 10 years showed: Pulpotomy, pulpectomy, SSC treatments are increasing, CF is increasing but it has a lower percentage increase than other treatments. AF is decreasing. Conclusion When comparing the change in the treatment process it can be concluded that with the increasing experience of pediatric dentists in anesthesia treatments over the past 10 years, conservative treatments have shown a decreasing trend.