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Our Experience in Oral Treatment of Handicapped Children and Young People by the Application of General Anaesthesia

Mirko Mikelić
Stipe Čizmić


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Abstract

Because of the low level of dental care for handicapped children in the Split-Dalmatian district systematic training of staff and procurement of space and equipment was initiated during the 1970s.
The majority of the population treated consisted of handicapped children and young people, in relevant institutions or with their families, mainly from this area.
A team of specialists, consisting of a pedodontist, oral surgeon, anaesthesiologist and co-workers usually performed dental treatment. When necessary they were joined by other dental specialists.
All our patients were treated under general inhalation anaesthesia with the necessary clinical and laboratory tests and written consent of the families or guardians. During a period of twenty years 680 patients were treated.
We treated three patients on average in one operative day. Initially the operations were conservative-prosthetic operations, and later this changed to more frequent conservative-restorative procedures.
From our experience we consider that the method of endotracheal anaesthesia is particularly suitable for handicapped children and young people.

Keywords

dental care of the handicapped; general anaesthesia in dentistry

Hrčak ID:

679

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/679

Publication date:

15.6.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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