ABSTRACT

Objective:

Dental treatments may require monitoring, sedation and general anesthesia due to systemic diseases and anxiety. However, due to the risks associated with sedation and general anesthesia, it may be safer to perform minor dental treatments under monitoring. In our study, analyzes of patients who underwent dental treatment under monitoring were reported.

Methods:

A total of 67 patients (29 female and 38 male) undergoing dental treatment with monitor!zation during 2012-2017 at Gazi University Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic were retrospectively evaluated in terms of systemic diseases, ASA classification, drugs used, type of dental treatments, monitoring period, presence of complications, drug application and emergency intervention.

Results:

64.2% of the patients were classified as ASA II and 50.7% were monitored for mental retardation/motor mental retardation (MR/MMR). It was found that tooth extraction was the most common procedure (58.2%). 34.3% of the patients were given oxygen support during the follow-up and 6% were injected with medications for asthma and allergy. Complication was reported in only 1 patient (6%).

Conclusion:

Dental treatments under monitoring allow the physician to work more easily, to make the patient feel more secure and to make the emergency interventions that may be needed in the shortest time possible. In addition to this, the complications and the financial burdens due to sedation and general anesthesia will be avoided.