Table 2 Overview of specific parameters
From: Outpatient dental care for people with disabilities under general anaesthesia in Switzerland
a) Patient-specific parameters [n = 221] | ||
Age at the time of appointment for general anaesthesia pre-assessment [years] | Mean | 37.8 |
SD +/− | 15.9 | |
Median | 36.0 | |
Range | 18–83 | |
Sex [n / %] | male | 128 / 57.9 |
female | 93 / 42.1 | |
Observation period [years] | Mean | 3.0 |
SD +/− | 2.8 | |
Median | 2.1 | |
Range | 0–9.8 | |
b) Number of GA and pre-assessments | ||
Number of appointments for general anaesthesia pre-assessment [n] | 221 | |
Main subjective reason for application [n / %] | (Suspicion of) Pain | 80 / 36.2 |
Dental examination | 95 / 43.0 | |
Referral from medical practitioner | 1 / 0.5 | |
Desire for rehabilitation | 7 / 3.2 | |
Referral by dentists | 38 / 17.1 | |
Decision for a GA [n / % in relation to all appointments for GA pre-assessment (n = 221)] | 154 / 69.7 | |
Total number of GA (more than one GA possible per patient over the observation period) [n] | 205 | |
Number of GA per patient [n / % in relation to the number of patients receiving a GA (n = 154)] | One | 113 / 73.4 |
Two | 33 / 21.4 | |
Three or more | 8 / 5.2 | |
Objective dental indication (GA 1) [n / %] | (Suspicion of) Pain | 97 / 63.0 |
Dental examination | 47 / 30.5 | |
Referral from medical practitioner | 2 / 1.3 | |
Desire for oral rehabilitation | 1 / 0.7 | |
Referral from other dentist | 7 / 4.5 | |
c) Number and type of teeth treated as well as failures and their further therapy | ||
Number of teeth in need of treatment [n / %] | Â | 850 / 100 |
Number of teeth in need of a conservative treatment [n] | As proportion of all teeth in need of treatment (n = 850) | 442 / 52.0 |
of which: - composite - glass ionomer cement - amalgam | 394 / 89.1 41 / 9.3 7 / 1.6 | |
Tooth extractions (as proportion of all teeth in need of treatment (n = 850)) [n / %] | 389 / 45.8 | |
Endodontic treatment (as proportion of all teeth in need of treatment (n = 850)) [n / %] | 19 / 2.2 | |
Failures | ||
In relation to: [n / %] | - Number of teeth in need of treatment | 43 / 5.1 |
- Number of teeth in need of a conservative treatment | 43 / 9.7 | |
Type of failure [n / %] (related to number of failures (n = 43)) | ||
| Â | Secondary caries | 40 / 93.0 |
Fracture | 3 / 7.0 | |
Apical translucency | 0 / 0 | |
Further therapy of teeth affected by failure [n / %] | ||
| Â | Extraction | 10 / 23.3 |
Conservative therapy | 33 / 76.7 | |