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General anesthesia is indicated for dental treatment in patients who are non-cooperative due to lack of psychological maturity, mental or physical disorders, or when local anesthesia is ineffective.
General anesthesia is a necessary option for providing quality dental care to pediatric patients and those with special needs who cannot be managed with local anesthesia and behavioral techniques.
Pain control is a part of behavior management. If the pain is not controlled, it will affect the quality of work the dental practitioner can achieve. Dental treatment performed under general anesthesia allows dental practitioners to benefit from improved treatment conditions and provide better treatment. In addition, it also allows dentists to treat patients who otherwise cannot be treated in private dental offices, including children with high anxiety and/or phobias, poorly cooperative and non-cooperative children, patients with developmental disorders, patients with muscular control problems, patients with increased vomiting reflex. Many parents choose to treat their children under general anesthesia to reduce stress and increase comfort, and some children need this kind of treatment due to lack of cooperation due to early age, lack of maturity or physical/mental disorders.
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Radosveta Andreevа (2018) conducted a review in Dental treatment requiring general anesthesia. General anesthesia was evaluated. General anesthesia is indicated for dental treatment in patients who are non-cooperative due to lack of psychological maturity, mental or physical disorders, or when local anesthesia is ineffective.
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