Velez-León Eleonor María, Vargas Karen Lozada, Cuenca-León Katherine, Acurio-Vargas Cristina, Zumba Adriana, Pacheco-Quito Edisson-Mauricio
Academic Unit of Health and Wellness, Faculty of Dentistry, Catholic University of Cuenca, Cuenca 010105, Ecuador.
Research Group: Innovation and Pharmaceutical Development in Dentistry Research Group, Faculty of Dentistry, Head of Research and Innovation, Catholic University of Cuenca, Cuenca 010105, Ecuador.
Children (Basel). 2022 Oct 25;9(11):1618. doi: 10.3390/children9111618.
In recent years, the dental treatment of children under sedation and/or general anesthesia on an outpatient basis has been developed as a behavioral management model in pediatric dentistry. The objective of this study was to establish the percentage of pediatric patients who required deep sedation on an outpatient basis in dental offices in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. An observational study was conducted with a sample of 450 records of school- and preschool-age patients, where the variables were type and time of treatment, age, and sex. Statistical data were analyzed using the statistical program SPSS V.27 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). The highest percentage of children who received sedation were of preschool age. In general, there were three types of procedures per session, the most frequent being restorations (67%), followed by pulp treatment (49.8%) and, less frequently, minor surgery. The need for sedation for dental procedures is high in preschool patients, and ambulatory sedation has contributed to meeting this need. However, a regulation for its use is required at a national level.
近年来，在门诊基础上对儿童进行镇静和/或全身麻醉下的牙科治疗已发展成为儿童牙科的一种行为管理模式。本研究的目的是确定在厄瓜多尔昆卡市的牙科诊所中需要门诊深度镇静的儿科患者的百分比。对450名学龄和学龄前患者的记录样本进行了一项观察性研究，变量包括治疗类型和时间、年龄和性别。使用统计软件SPSS V.27（美国纽约州阿蒙克市IBM公司）对统计数据进行分析。接受镇静的儿童中比例最高的是学龄前儿童。一般来说，每次治疗有三种类型的程序，最常见的是修复（67%），其次是牙髓治疗（49.8%），较少见的是小手术。学龄前患者对牙科治疗镇静的需求很高，门诊镇静有助于满足这一需求。然而，国家层面需要对其使用进行规范。
