Dental care and treatments provided under general anaesthesia in the Helsinki Public Dental Service

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Treatments provided for dental general anaesthesia (DGA) patients (n=349) by reasons for DGA

Treatments received	Total	Extreme non-cooperation		Extreme dental fear		Excessive need for treatment
	n=349, %	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
		n=227, %	n=122, %	n=129, %	n=220, %	n=91, %	n=258, %
Filling therapy	90	94	81	95	86	97	87
		p<0.001		p=0.008		p=0.010
Tooth extraction	65	66	62	70	62	74	62
		p=0.480		p=0.134		p=0.039
Endodontics	30	34	24	26	33	34	29
		p=0.049		p=0.212		p=0.373
Prevention	24	30	15	19	28	23	25
		p=0.002		p=0.055		p=0.741
Periodontics	23	24	20	21	24	14	26
		p=0.483		p=0.560		p=0.027

Statistical evaluation by chi-square tests for differences according to reasons for dental GA.

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