The efficacy of dental general anesthesia in children with severe early childhood caries: a retrospective study with longitudinal follow-up in China
Jing-lan Zhang, Jin-yan Cen, Cai-feng Yan, Hong Qian, Zhi-hui Mai · 2026
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Jing-lan Zhang and four colleagues review dental treatment under general anesthesia for small children with severe tooth decay in China. The 2026 retrospective study followed 269 preschool children treated between 2020 and 2023. Their mean age was just under four years. Success, decay recurrence, complications, and quality of life were tracked for a year.
Treatment success was about ninety-two percent at six months. It eased to about eighty-six percent at twelve months. No child had new decay at one month, but relapse reached about nineteen percent by one year. Pain was the most common problem in the first day. Chewing trouble and weariness were also frequent early on, then faded. Family and child quality-of-life scores improved steadily. Most parents, over ninety-one percent, were satisfied overall.
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| CREATOR | Jing-lan Zhang, Jin-yan Cen, Cai-feng Yan, Hong Qian, Zhi-hui Mai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31168 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |