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Published on: November 6, 2019
Pain-related complaints of paediatric patients after dental treatment under general anaesthesia
A Radacsi1, K Katona1, N Farkas2
1Department of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical School and Clinical Center, University of Pecs, Hungary.
Aim:
To identify factors related to postoperative pain and to recognise strategies to reduce this pain after dental treatment under general anaesthesia.
Methods:
Cross-sectional observational study. Children treated under general ansesthesia reported pain daily using the Wong Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale. Their parents/caregivers filled in a related Yes/No questionnaire during hospitalisation and the first postoperative week. The duration and severity of pain were evaluated in relation to various factors.
Conclusion:
A well-established protocol is indicated to reduce operation time. Patients and their parents should be informed about the possibility of constantly subsiding postoperative pain that may last for a week. As additional local anaesthesia during general anaesthesia (GA) does not provide postoperative pain reduction in deciduous tooth extraction cases, its administration could be omitted.
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