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Seo, Jang, Kim, and Yum: The Status of Comprehensive Dental Treatment and Type of Disabilities of the Patients Treated under Outpatient General Anesthesia at the Clinic for the Disabled in Seoul National University Dental Hospital
Original Article

Journal of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology 2006; 6(2): 82-88.

Published online: 1 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17245/jkdsa.2006.6.2.82

The Status of Comprehensive Dental Treatment and Type of Disabilities of the Patients Treated under Outpatient General Anesthesia at the Clinic for the Disabled in Seoul National University Dental Hospital

Kwang-Suk Seo, Ki-Taeg Jang*, Hyun-Jeong Kim†, Kwang-Won Yum†

Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Seoul National University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

*Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.

†Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding Author: (stone90@snu.ac.kr)

Copyright © 2006 Journal of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology

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Abstract

Background

The number of patients with disabilities who require general anesthesia for dental treatment is increasing.

Methods

We reviewed the cases of 538 patients with disabilities who underwent outpatient general anesthesia for dental treatment at the clinic for the disabled in Seoul national university dental hospital according to the types of disabilities and comprehensive treatments.

Results

The patients mean age was 17.4 years and fifty-eight percent of the patients had epilepsy, autism, mental retardation and cerebral palsy. About twenty-five percent of the patients were medically compromised such as brain disease, heart disease and genetic problem. In 142 cases, more than two dentists from the clinical departments systemically co-worked to provide the patients with comprehensive treatment as accurately and quickly as possible under general anesthesia.

Conclusions

The number of medically compromised patients was high and the system of comprehensive dental treatment was well run.

Keywords: General anesthesia, Comprehensive treatment, Dental treatment, Disabilities

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