Naslov
Dental Treatment for Special Needs Patients Under General Anaesthesia: A 14-year Experience from South Bosnia and Herzegovina

Autori
Lasić Arapović, Lidija ; Karlović, Zoran ; Brzović Rajić, Valentina ; Bukvić, Amar ; Ćorić, Anka ; Vukojević, Katarina ; Verzak, Željko

Izvornik
Acta medica Okayama (0386-300X) 75 (2021), 3; 261-268

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
special needs patients ; general anaesthesia ; dental treatment ; dental care ; mental retardation

Sažetak
We conducted a retrospective analysis of records of special needs patients (SNPs) who received dental treatment under orotracheal-intubation general anaesthesia (OIGA) at Caritas Centre St. Family in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina during the l4-year period from fanuary 2005 to December 2018. Of the 7, 085 SNPs who received dental treatment, 1, 220 (17.2o/o) received dental treatment under OIGA: 929 (67.9yo) males and 3gl (32.lyo) females. The patients' mean age was 18.3 1 10.9 years (747 paediatric and.473 adult patients). Mental retarda- tion and psychiatric problems were the most common medical conditions (81.22o/o). The most common indica- tion for dental treatment under OIGA was behaviour managem ent (87.21o/o), and 8lo/o of the patients had an urgent need for treatment. Many of the patients had restorative treatment (3, 833) and tooth extractions (3, 681). From 2011 onwards, the number of tooth extractions decreased significantly. Annual trends revealed a rapid increaseofpatientseveryyear. Themeandentaltreatmentdurationwasg5.3+12.1 min ; themeantimeunder OIGA was 98+8.5min. No serious adverse effects occurred. There was increase of annual trend of SNp in OIGA. The number of extractions decreased while the number of preventive and restorative dental treatments increased.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Dentalna medicina

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