Cochrane · intervention · CD006334

Sedation versus general anaesthesia for provision of dental treatment to patients younger than 18 years

Ashley, PF, Williams, CECS, Moles, DR, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library

Anaesthesia Oral Health Pain control and patient management4 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed

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Review question

Element	Planned (methods)	Found (results)
Population	Children and adolescents up to 18 years of age having dental treatment including fillings, removal of the nerve from a tooth and extraction of a tooth; children and adolescents undergoing complex surgical procedures (any procedure where bone is removed) excluded	Not reported
Intervention	Sedative agents administered via any route by an anaesthetist, dentist or other healthcare professional in any setting	Not reported
Comparison	General anaesthesia administered via any route by an anaesthetist, dentist or other healthcare professional in any setting	Not reported
Outcomes	Primary outcomes: 1. Mortality (if any); 2. Completion of treatment (yes/no); 3. Postoperative morbidity. Secondary outcomes: 1. Cost to the participant; 2. Cost of the procedure; 3. Participant satisfaction; 4. Parental satisfaction; 5. Intraoperative morbidity	Not reported
Study designs	Randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) (including cluster-randomized trials); pseudo-randomized trials excluded	Not reported
Timing	Not specified	Not reported

Search date: 2015-07. Databases: CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library); MEDLINE (Ovid SP); EMBASE (Ovid SP); System for information on Grey Literature in Europe (SIGLE); Latin American & Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS); Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science; World Wide Web (Google); Community of Science…

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Sedation (sedative agents administered via any route) vs General anaesthesia

Population: Children and adolescents younger than 18 years having dental treatment (fillings, pulp treatment or tooth extraction); complex surgical procedures excluded

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Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Outcome NR same question in other reviews	no estimate extracted	0 studies	No studies