There is a "one-stop" solution for dental care for children with intellectual disabilities and autism

Some children cry and fuss when they see doctors wearing masks and white coats and refuse to cooperate with treatment. Faced with special groups such as cerebral palsy, autism, and mental retardation, it is even more impossible for doctors to treat them. However, if not treated in time, not every child can bear the pain and complications caused by dental disease.

For anxious and fearful young children, especially some special groups of children, how to allow them to be treated quietly is undoubtedly the most urgent problem that needs to be solved.

Comfortable oral diagnosis and treatment operations under general anesthesia completely solve this problem, making it a reality for special groups and patients with dental phobia to voluntarily and comfortably receive timely and effective oral treatment.

Oral comfort treatment

Painless and comfortable general anesthesia treatment requires high treatment capabilities of medical institutions and requires dentists and anesthesiologists to complete it together, which increases the Admission threshold.

Sichuan Stomatological Hospital is the first tertiary dental specialty hospital in the province to offer "comfortable diagnosis and treatment". As the first member unit of the Comfortable Oral Medical Specialty Alliance of the Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University, it gives full play to its own advantages. , combined with clinical practice, combined with anesthesiology, radiology and other disciplines to tailor diagnosis and treatment plans for these small patients, providing them with safe, comfortable and humanized medical services.

Tooth decay in children with cerebral palsy can be cured

On August 2, an anxious parent came to us - her child is a child with cerebral palsy (cerebral palsy). The pain of tooth decay is unbearable, I can’t sleep at night, and I urgently need treatment. After learning about this case, our hospital opened a green channel, immediately arranged for the child to undergo routine examinations and anesthesia assessment before comfortable oral diagnosis and treatment, and coordinated to arrange surgery as soon as possible.

After all preparations were completed, the child was treated under general anesthesia on August 4.

However, due to the special characteristics of children, CBCT photography has become a concern for the attending doctor. Without films, the best diagnosis and treatment plan cannot be given. How to solve this problem?

After consultation with the anesthesiology department, CBCT was first taken on the child under sedation on the day of the operation. After the filming was completed, the pediatric dentist and maxillofacial surgeon determined the diagnosis and treatment plan based on the child's jaw and facial development. .

During the nearly 4 hours of surgery, the attending doctor Wu Yuanqin completed multiple dental fillings and root canal treatments for the child. Taking into account the child's growth and development, all the retained deciduous teeth were extracted at once to avoid A second treatment will be performed for the same problem in the future.

In addition to having superb and skilled professional skills, the caring and responsible doctors in our hospital will also carefully observe the children's psychology and appropriately comfort them; and provide detailed information through pre-operative communication. Diagnosis and treatment plans, answers to doubts, and elimination of parents’ nervousness.

During the entire process of anesthesia induction, parents can stay with the child and leave the clinic after the child loses consciousness, which can reduce the child's anxiety and psychological trauma and facilitate the smooth induction of the child;

After surgery, parents should go to the recovery room as soon as possible, stay with their sleeping children in a timely manner, and comfort, praise and encourage them when they wake up. All these details are just for the safety and comfort of the children!

After the operation, the child woke up normally accompanied by his parents. He was observed in the hospital for three hours without any discomfort and left the hospital smoothly. Before leaving the hospital, the attending doctor once again carefully instructed the parents on the precautions and nursing points for the child. , to avoid tooth decay again.

Indications for general anesthesia comfort treatment

01 Children or adults who are afraid of dental care and unable to cooperate with treatment due to special physical conditions (such as autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, etc.);

02 Young children who need treatment for most of their teeth but are unable to cooperate;

03 People who have local anesthesia ineffective during oral treatment due to acute infection, anatomical structure variation or allergies;

04 Children or adults with severe gag reflexes who are unable to undergo oral treatment;

05 Parents who are worried that restraining the treatment of lower dental disease will cause harm to the physical and mental health of the child;

06 Children or parents who require treatment for most of the teeth in their mouth and who are located in remote areas cannot see multiple visits.

For the health of you and your children

It is recommended that parents go to a regular hospital

for outpatient sedation and anesthesia-related treatment