Practitioners’ knowledge and acceptance of paediatric dental procedures under general anaesthesia

Authors:

G. Rajbanshi
College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Craniofacial Deformity, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Disease Treatment, Guangxi, China
Y. Liang
College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Craniofacial Deformity, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Disease Treatment, Guangxi, China
X. Nong
College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Craniofacial Deformity, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Disease Treatment, Guangxi, China
R. Qiu
College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Craniofacial Deformity, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Disease Treatment, Guangxi, China
H. Shen
College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China - Department of Anesthesiology
A. Chen
College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Craniofacial Deformity, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Disease Treatment, Guangxi, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2019.20.04.06

ABSTRACT

Aim

As paediatric treatment under dental general anaesthesia (DGA) in China is a fairly new technique that was first applied at the beginning of the 21st century, the purpose of this study was to explore practitioners’ understanding and acceptance of paediatric dental procedures under general anaesthesia (GA).

Material and methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 practitioners at the Hospital of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, and Guangxi China. A questionnaire was used to collect information about the practitioners’ knowledge and acceptance of DGA, and multiple logistic regression analysis was used to test the relationship between the practitioners’ knowledge and their acceptance of DGA.

Results

The average scores for the practitioners’ knowledge of DGA was 4.45 ±1.49. Also, 77.0% of them were willing to refer children for DGA. Practitioners who accepted DGA had higher DGA knowledge scores than those who did not accept it [(4.63 ± 1.38) vs. (3.82 ±1.48), p <0.001]. After controlling for demographic factors, the practitioners’ knowledge of DGA was significantly related to their acceptance of DGA (OR=1.47, 95% CI=1.21 -1.79).

Conclusion

Practitioners’ knowledge of DGA is a significant indicator for their acceptance of DGA for children.

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Publication date:

December /2019

Issue:

Vol.20 – n.4/2019

Page:

290 – 294

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:

Harvard: G. Rajbanshi, Y. Liang, X. Nong, R. Qiu, H. Shen, A. Chen (2019) "Practitioners’ knowledge and acceptance of paediatric dental procedures under general anaesthesia", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 20(4), pp290-294. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2019.20.04.06

Vancouver: G. Rajbanshi, Y. Liang, X. Nong, R. Qiu, H. Shen, A. Chen. Practitioners’ knowledge and acceptance of paediatric dental procedures under general anaesthesia. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2019Dec.1 [cited 2023Dec.11];20(4):290-294. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/practitioners-knowledge-and-acceptance-of-paediatric-dental-procedures-under-general-anaesthesia/

MLA: G. Rajbanshi, Y. Liang, X. Nong, R. Qiu, H. Shen, A. Chen Practitioners’ knowledge and acceptance of paediatric dental procedures under general anaesthesia. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2019;20(4):290-294

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