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The dental patient with special needs: a review of indications for treatment under general anesthesia
Author(s) -
Dougherty Nancy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2008.00057.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , facilitation , special needs , anesthesia , dentistry , psychiatry , neuroscience , biology
General anesthesia (GA) can play an important role in the facilitation of dental treatment for individuals who present with challenging behaviors. This article presents a review of the literature discussing indications for the utilization of GA in the treatment of dental patients with special needs.