Participation of paediatric dental GA patients with primary dental car
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Participation of paediatric patients in primary dental care before and after a dental general anaesthetic
IRAS ID
264935
Contact name
Alexander Keightley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Edinburgh
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 30 days
Research summary
This research focuses on children aged up to 16 years referred to specialist level paediatric dental care services, either hospital or community based, for dental management under general anaesthetic. Management required frequently includes or solely is based on the treatment of decay.
The aim of this project is to retrospectively assess the participation of children with their dentist who is their primary dental care provider. Attendance at this dentist, as well as treatment experiences, will be reviewed 12 months before and 12 months after the child’s dental treatment under general anaesthetic. Information will be obtained from these referring dental practices through completion of an online questionnaire.
Children may receive dental treatment under general anaesthetic for a number of reasons. Common indications are: young age and / or pre-cooperative for treatment in the dental chair, anxiety and due to the nature of treatment. This cohort of children are recognised as high decay risk, at high risk of future dental general anaesthetics (DGAs) and are often irregular dental attenders and do not engage with prevention based dental care.
The findings of this research regarding attendance patterns and treatment experience will add to the current literature which is sparse in relation to studies focusing on other contributory factors to high decay risk including socio-economic status. Findings could then contribute to future decisions on how better to engage these children and their families in dental care and reduce the high decay incidence and high risk of relapse and need for further dental treatment.
REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
19/NI/0177
Date of REC Opinion
16 Sep 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion