Dental treatment under general anesthesia in a group of patients with cerebral palsy and a group of healthy pediatric patients

Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2014 Sep 1;19(5):e490-4. doi: 10.4317/medoral.19568.

Abstract

This is a comparative study between two groups, one of healthy children and the other of children with cerebral palsy, which underwent dental treatment under general anesthesia at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona. The purpose of the study was to compare and determine oral pathology, frequency, severity and postoperative complications in pediatric patients with and without an underlying disease which undergo a dental treatment under general anesthesia.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anesthesia, General*
  • Cerebral Palsy*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dental Care*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Young Adult