Evaluating complications during intraoral administration of local anesthetics in a rural, portable special needs dental clinic
| Autor: | Sarah Milbee, Sean G. Boynes, Amah Riley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Local anesthetic medicine.drug_class Incidence (epidemiology) Special needs Inferior alveolar nerve medicine.disease Emergency medicine Soft tissue injury medicine Local anesthesia Prospective cohort study Intensive care medicine business Complication General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | Special Care in Dentistry. 34:241-245 |
| ISSN: | 0275-1879 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/scd.12059 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to identify and quantify complications with local anesthetic administration on consecutive patients seen for dental care in a portable dental clinic providing care to patients with special needs. This prospective study includes data on the patients seen by the portable dental team. A standardized form is used to determine complications and associated information for 172 dental visits in which local anesthetic is administered. After statistical analysis of 172 consecutive cases, the overall complication rate is 8.1%. All of the complications are considered to be mild or moderate; there are no reports of severe events. The complications encountered most frequently are associated with self-inflicted soft tissue injury or inadequate anesthesia. Comprehensive care with local anesthesia delivered by a portable dental clinic has a low risk of complication. The administration of an inferior alveolar nerve block or body-mass status appears to affect the incidence of complications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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