Dental Treatment for Children under General Anesthesia

What does it mean?

Very young kids cannot cope up the comprehensive dental treatment under multidisciplinary pediatric dentistry skills. So, your pediatric dentist may recommend the treatment by putting them to sleep.

All of your child’s dental treatment can be completed in one visit under general anesthesia in an operating room at a hospital. Your child is completely asleep and unaware of any treatment being performed. This is the same technique used to remove a child’s tonsils.

Who need it ?

Dental Treatment General Anesthesia is sometimes necessary for children that are unable, by either age or maturity level, to cooperate during dental treatment. Our dentists may recommend general anesthesia treatment if your child:

a young child cannot relax enough for treatment to be safely performed.
requires oral surgery that may be difficult to tolerate awake.
requires extensive dental treatments that are best done in a single appointment
has a disability that limits their ability to understand direction

How to do ?

Prior to receiving general anesthesia, your child will undergo a physical examination to ensure that they’re healthy and don’t have any pre-conditions that may interfere with the anesthesia. If your child is eligible for general anesthesia, you will receive information on any restrictions and the procedure in depth.

These operating room cases are performed on an outpatient basis at our affiliates with many specialised hospitals. Children treated with general anesthesia will have a recent physical examination by a pediatrician and meet with the anesthesiologist prior to their treatment at the hospital.