DCHS NHS Foundation Trust, Salaried Primary Care Dental Service, Derby, UK.
Paediatric Dentistry, UCL, London, UK.
Br Dent J. 2019 Nov;227(9):780-782. doi: 10.1038/s41415-019-0857-7.
Children's oral health, and the number of children attending for dental treatment under general anaesthesia continue to be in the spotlight of the dental press. But are all children across the UK given the same opportunities to access comprehensive dental care under general anaesthesia? This article gives details of a recent evaluation of dental general anaesthetic services currently provided in the UK. It outlines the current picture of services, discusses the challenges and the implications of the results, and makes suggestions to help improve the regional inequalities shown by the evaluation.
儿童口腔健康以及接受全身麻醉下牙科治疗的儿童人数一直是牙科新闻的焦点。但是，英国所有的儿童都有同样的机会获得全身麻醉下的全面牙科护理吗？本文详细介绍了最近对英国目前提供的牙科全身麻醉服务的评估。它概述了服务的现状，讨论了挑战和结果的影响，并提出了一些建议，以帮助改善评估显示的区域不平等。
