Primary study · included by 1 review

Dental treatment under general anaesthesia: the short-term change in young children's oral-health-related quality of life.

Klaassen 2008 · Klaassen M A, Veerkamp J S J, Hoogstraten J · European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2008

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The effect of dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia on dental anxiety in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2025 · cited as Klaassen 2008 · Table 1; Table 2; References

Outcome this study informs	Pooled effect	Evidence	Certainty
Dental fear and anxiety, CFSS-DS (post-DGA vs pre-DGA) Dental treatment under general anesthesia (DGA) vs Pre-treatment (baseline) dental fear and anxiety in the same children · Follow-up up to 16 weeks	SMD -0.70 [-2.14, 0.75]	6 studies	GRADE not reported
Dental fear and anxiety, CFSS-DS (post-DGA vs pre-DGA) Dental treatment under general anesthesia (DGA) vs Pre-treatment (baseline) dental fear and anxiety in the same children · Follow-up 2 weeks to 16 weeks	SMD -0.7 [-1.993, 0.593]	7 studies · 673 participants	Very low
Dental fear and anxiety, CFSS-DS (post-DGA vs pre-DGA) Dental treatment under general anesthesia (DGA) vs Pre-treatment (baseline) dental fear and anxiety in the same children · Follow-up up to 16 weeks	SMD -0.19 [-0.71, 0.32]	6 studies	GRADE not reported
Dental fear and anxiety, CFSS-DS (post-DGA vs pre-DGA) Dental treatment under general anesthesia (DGA) vs Pre-treatment (baseline) dental fear and anxiety in the same children · Follow-up up to 16 weeks	SMD -0.80 [-2.36, 0.76]	6 studies	GRADE not reported

1 including review in total.