Why would a child need sedation or general anesthesia just to have teeth fixed?
Unfortunately, many children suffer from serious, potentially painful dental diseases. Unlike such health conditions as colds or flu, dental diseases won’t go away on their own. When treatment is required for a serious dental condition, sedation or general anesthesia may be recommended to make delivery of that required treatment possible in a safe and comfortable manner. Without treatment dental diseases can adversely affect, learning, communication, nutrition and other activities necessary for normal growth and development.
Related Questions
- Is it likely that a child under sedation or anesthesia will suffer serious complications or die while under a pediatric dentists care?
- Why would a child need oral sedation or general anesthesia (hospital dentistry) just to have their teeth fixed?
- Why would a child require an anxiety-reducing medication just to have their teeth fixed?
