Should you let your child undergo anaesthesia for a dental procedures"
Sheila Banerjee vividly remembers the time her four-year-old, Jai, needed general anaesthesia for two fillings. ?We had the appointment scheduled and Jai ate one leaf of spinach from our backyard that morning,? recalls the Toronto-based mom. After a lengthy drive to the dentist?s office, they were sent home and the procedure was postponed: The anaesthesiologist had decided that because Jai had eaten in the eight hours prior (which is known to be associated with a risk of vomiting and choking during anaesthesia) the procedure would have to be rescheduled.
Thankfully, the procedure happened two weeks later, and everything went smoothly. ?Overall, it was a positive experience,? says Banerjee.
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Using general anaesthesia to treat dental issues in kids is common in Canada, and Jai?s procedure was just one of the 19,000 day surgeries involving anaesthesia performed on children under six to fill cavities, do root canals and extract teeth every year. Dentists use anaesthesia in situations where kids require a lot of dental work and the doctors don?t want to traumatize them with hours of drilling in the dental chair. Brett Saltzman, Toronto-based paediatric dentist at Forest Hill Children?s Dentistry, says these are lo...
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