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Recall Attendance After General Anesthesia Versus Oral Conscious Sedation. 2022

Daphne Salazar, and Andrew G Chapple, and Vinay Pilly, and Jeffrey T Johnson

Dr. Salazar is in private practice, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Public Health, at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, New Orleans, La., USA.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare recall attendance after dental rehabilitation with general anesthesia versus recall attendance after treatment performed with oral conscious sedation. Methods: This was a retrospective chart review of 733 patients who underwent general anesthesia or oral conscious sedation to complete dental treatment from January 2015 to February 2018. Six hundred patients received general anesthesia (GA), and 133 received oral conscious sedation (OCS). Demographic data, procedural dates, recall attendance, insurance reimbursement, and behavior scores were recorded. Results: A total of 31.8 versus 52.6 percent of the GA versus OCS group attended a periodic examination within one year of their restorative appointment. Conclusions: Oral conscious sedation patients attended periodic examinations within one year more often than general anesthesia patients. Increased mileage distance for both groups decreased the odds that patients would attend a periodic examination.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011939	Mental Recall	The process whereby a representation of past experience is elicited.	Recall, Mental
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000766	Anesthesia, Dental	A range of methods used to reduce pain and anxiety during dental procedures.	Dental Anesthesia
D000768	Anesthesia, General	Procedure in which patients are induced into an unconscious state through use of various medications so that they do not feel pain during surgery.	Anesthesias, General,General Anesthesia,General Anesthesias
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D016292	Conscious Sedation	A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. No interventions are required to maintain a patent airway. (From: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines)	Sedation, Conscious,Sedation, Moderate,Moderate Sedation