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Jacqueline A. Pawlak
Jacqueline A. Pawlak
Australia
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Audit of Gross Decay Treatment in Young Children under General Anaesthetic
Author(s): Jacqueline A. Pawlak, Hanny Calache, Andrea M. de Silva, Margaret J. Henry and Michael SmithJacqueline A. Pawlak, Hanny Calache, Andrea M. de Silva, Margaret J. Henry and Michael Smith
In Australia, dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases effecting children. For more severe cases a dental general anaesthetic (GA) is required. A retrospective analysis of clinical records for all patients aged up to 10 years who attended Barwon Health (Geelong, Victoria, Australia) for a dental GA from 2010-2012 was performed. There were 236 separate events in 234 children, with 223 new cases and 11 that had already received a dental GA prior to the study period. The average age of patients at their dental GA procedure was 6.3 ? 2.0 years. Prior to the GA, the average dmft/DMFT was 8 (6-12) (median, interquartile range). The length of time from referral to GA increased significantly from 166.4 days (SD 108.1), 164.3 days (SD 98.9) to225.4 days (SD 129.5) in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. Follow up revi.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2161-1122.1000302