Influence of the effect of general anaesthesia and restraint during dental treatment on dental anxiety and behavior in children / 北京大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective:To compare the level of dental anxiety and dental behavior between dental fear children with dental treatment under general anaesthesia ( GA) and those under restraint .Methods:The GA group included 31 dental fear children aged 4-6-year-old who received dental treatment under the GA.The restraint group included 31 dental fear children aged 4-6-year-old who received dental treat-ment under the restraint.Age, gender, parent’s education level, decayed-missing-filled tooth (dmft) and face version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale ( MCDASf ) score before treatment were matched between the two groups .The Chinese version of MCDAS f was used to evaluate the level of dental anxiety in each child before treatment , right after treatment and before examination at recall visit 2 -3 weeks after treatment .And the Chinese version of Venham Clinical Anxiety and Cooperative Behavior Scale was used to evaluate children ’ s dental behavior in each child before treatment and before examina-tion at recall visit 2-3 weeks after treatment .Results:The average scores of MCDAS f in GA group right after treatment and before recall were lower than that before treatment .The difference was statistically sig-nificant (P0 .05 ) .Children ’ s dental behavior was sig-nificantly improved at recall visit in both groups (P<0.01).Conclusion:Dental fear could be reduced by treatment under GA .The children ’ s dental behavior was improved after GA .Restraint did not result in the significant elevation of dental anxiety level , but dental behavior was improved after restraint during the short-term recall.