Dental general anaesthetic pre-assessments completed by a specialist – does it change patient outcomes? A UK-based study.

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Employees from City Health Care Partnership have published an article in the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry.

The paper explores the outcome of dental assessments compled by a Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry after a referral for an exodontia (extraction) dental general anaesthetics by the patients’ General Dental Practitioner.

Six hundred and fourty-two sets of notes were reviewed and statistically significant differences were found in the assessment and treatment children received between GDP plans and specialist plans.

To find the full paper, please visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30367524