Effects of medical and mental status on treatment modalities in patients treated under general anaesthesia at the KTU faculty of dentistry in Trabzon,Turkey: A comparative retrospective study

This study evaluated the differences in dental conditions and treatment modalities between disabled and noncooperative healthy children under general anaesthesia. the data were collected from paediatric patients between 3 and 15 years of agewho received dental treatment under general anaesthesia. patients with at least one mental/physical disturbance (group 1) and other healthy non-cooperative patients (group 2) were compared with regard to gender,age,weight,and treatment time-type.the statistical analyses were performed using fisher's exact and mann-whitney u tests. no significant differences were observed between the groups with regard to gender,weight and treatment-time (p>0.05). the numbers of treated teeth (p<0.01) and extractions (p<0.001)were higher in group 1 than in group 2,whereas the frequency of advanced restorative procedures for group 1 was lower than that for group 2,including preventive-resin-restoration (p<0.001),glass-ionomercement (p<0.05),root-canal (p<0.001) and stainless-steelcrowns (p<0.001). this study supports the hypothesis that the general condition of the patients may alter the type of treatment provided and confirms the necessity of performing preventive procedures. © 2017,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.