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Changes in oral health-related quality of life among children following dental treatment under general anaesthesia. A systematic review

Birute Jankauskiene, Julija Narbutaite

Summary

Aim. To review the results of studies reporting data on changes in aspects of children’s oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) following dental treatment under general anaesthesia (GA). To describe instruments measuring children’s OHRQoL used in the studies.

Methods. A literature review was carried out to identify relevant studies reporting data on changes in aspects of children’s OHRQoL following dental treatment under GA. The data was extracted from the selected papers.
Results. The review included 11 journal articles, which presented the results of clinical trials. The studies were based on different questionnaires measuring children’s OHRQoL and parental satisfaction.

Conclusions. Oral rehabilitation under GA results in the immediate improvement of children’s oral health and physical, emotional and social quality of life. It also has a positive impact on the family. However, a more accurate comparison of results is not possible due to differences in instruments used. And no single decision exists on the choice of the instrument measuring children’s OHRQoL following dental treatment under GA. It may be concluded that further studies on measuring long term OHRQoL changes and studies surveying children are needed.

Key words: children, dental treatment, general anaesthesia, quality of life.

Received: 10 05 2009

Accepted for publishing: 21 06 2010

^*Clinic of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

Birute Jankauskiene* – D.D.S., PhD student, assist. prof.
Julija Narbutaite* – D.D.S., PhD, assoc. prof.

Address correspondence to Birutė Jankauskienė, Clinic of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lukšos - Daumanto 6, LT - 50106, Kaunas, Lithuania.
E-mail address: labanauskaite@yahoo.ca



	Baltic Dental and Maxillofacial Journal

June, 2010, Vol. 12, No. 2 CONTENTS SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES Flapless surgery and immediately loaded implants: A retrospective comparison between implantation with and without computer-assisted planned surgical stent Matteo Danza, Francesco Carinci 35-41 Technical aspects of endodontic treatment procedures among Lithuanian general dental practitioners Vytaute Peciuliene, Jurate Rimkuviene, Jolanta Aleksejuniene, Markus Haapasalo, Saulius Drukteinis, Rasmute Maneliene 42-50 Electromyographic and cephalometric correlation with the predominant masticatory movement Maria Julia P. Coelho-Ferraz, Fausto Berzin, Cesar Ferreira Amorim, Fabio Lourenco Romano, Dagmar de Paula Queluz 51-55 The impact of salivary mutans streptococci and sugar consumption on caries experience in 6-year olds and 12-year olds in Riga Jekaterina Gudkina, Anda Brinkmane 56-59 REVIEW Changes in oral health-related quality of life among children following dental treatment under general anaesthesia. A systematic review Birute Jankauskiene, Julija Narbutaite 60-64 © 2010 Stomatologija		Stomatologija 2010; 12 (2): 60-64 168 KB Changes in oral health-related quality of life among children following dental treatment under general anaesthesia. A systematic review Birute Jankauskiene, Julija Narbutaite Summary Aim. To review the results of studies reporting data on changes in aspects of children’s oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) following dental treatment under general anaesthesia (GA). To describe instruments measuring children’s OHRQoL used in the studies. Methods. A literature review was carried out to identify relevant studies reporting data on changes in aspects of children’s OHRQoL following dental treatment under GA. The data was extracted from the selected papers. Results. The review included 11 journal articles, which presented the results of clinical trials. The studies were based on different questionnaires measuring children’s OHRQoL and parental satisfaction. Conclusions. Oral rehabilitation under GA results in the immediate improvement of children’s oral health and physical, emotional and social quality of life. It also has a positive impact on the family. However, a more accurate comparison of results is not possible due to differences in instruments used. And no single decision exists on the choice of the instrument measuring children’s OHRQoL following dental treatment under GA. It may be concluded that further studies on measuring long term OHRQoL changes and studies surveying children are needed. Key words: children, dental treatment, general anaesthesia, quality of life. Received: 10 05 2009 Accepted for publishing: 21 06 2010 ^Clinic of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania* Birute Jankauskiene* – D.D.S., PhD student, assist. prof. Julija Narbutaite* – D.D.S., PhD, assoc. prof. Address correspondence to Birutė Jankauskienė, Clinic of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lukšos - Daumanto 6, LT - 50106, Kaunas, Lithuania. E-mail address: labanauskaite@yahoo.ca