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Chapter 24 - Anaesthesia for Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2025

By
Jamuna Navaratnarajah
Edited by
James Ip ,
Grant Stuart ,
Isabeau Walker  and
Ian James
James Ip
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Grant Stuart
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Isabeau Walker
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Ian James
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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Summary

This chapter describes the principles and practice of anaesthesia for dental surgery. A comprehensive account of the assessment, planning and conduct of anaesthesia is given. Commonly performed dental procedures will be considered in detail, together with the management of dentofacial infection and maxillofacial trauma in children.

Keywords

Paediatric dental surgerydental anaesthesiamaxillofacial surgeryfacial trauma
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Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia , pp. 272 - 277
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Adewale, L, Morton, N, Blayney, M. Guidelines for the Management of Children Referred for Dental Extractions under General Anaesthesia. 2011. Available at: http://udps-srb.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Main-Dental-Guidelines.pdf. Accessed 24 March 2024.Google Scholar
Athanassoglou, V, Patel, A, McGuire, B et al. Systematic review of benefits or harms of routine anaesthetist-inserted throat packs in adults: practice recommendations for inserting and counting throat packs. Anaesthesia 2018; 73(5):612–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14197.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Royal College of Anaesthetists. Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for ENT. Oral Maxillofacial and Dental Surgery. 2021. Available at: www.rcoa.ac.uk/gpas/chapter-12. Accessed 24 March 2024.Google Scholar

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