We recommend that our children's dental problems be eliminated by completing the treatments with sedation or general anesthesia in our pediatric patients whose fear and anxiety level is very high and adequate cooperation cannot be achieved. sedation; It is a state of sleep in which the patient's spontaneous breathing and all reflexes are protected with drugs, the level of consciousness is suppressed in a controlled manner and the depth can be adjusted. Dental treatments that will be completed in a short time in pediatric patients can be easily completed in a single session by applying sedation. If general anesthesia; It is a reversible condition in which consciousness is turned off by externally applied pharmacological agents, there is no response to painful stimuli, respiratory functions are significantly suppressed or stopped, and circulatory system functions can be suppressed. To eliminate complications that may occur in pediatric patients due to the patient's lack of cooperation in the dentist's chair; We would like to state that the treatment under general anesthesia is a reliable method for the health and comfort of our children in order to relieve the pain and discomfort that may occur due to the procedure.
Before general anesthesia, pediatric patients are often taken to the operating room after taking a relaxing medication. Thus, children are prevented from being afraid and restless, and then anesthesia is initiated by administering an anesthetic drug through the vascular access. The anesthesiologist ensures that children have a comfortable and painless experience during the procedure. It ensures patient safety by regularly checking all necessary vital functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and depth, and oxygen level of the body. In the period after the procedure, the child plans the necessary drug treatments according to the needs of the patient. One thing that should not be forgotten is that; sedation and general anesthesia, both methods require an anesthesiologist as well as a pediatric dentist (pedodontist), and the procedures must be performed in the operating room environment.
In addition, dental treatments can be performed with sedation or general anesthesia methods in adult patients with mental disability or mobility impairment.
In our clinics; All oral and dental treatments of our pediatric patients are completed with general anesthesia and sedation methods.
