Dental Impactions Performed Under General Anaesthesia – A Retrospective Study on the Frequency and Implications

Abstract

The appropriate mode of anesthetic modality is one of the most important steps in planning for impacted tooth surgery. General anesthesia comes with a lot of privileges, but at the same time, it is known for its side effects. We can see a constant use of general anesthesia when multiple impacted teeth are extracted on the same day. Sometimes patients request general anesthesia because of anxiety issues. Other scenarios are when impacted teeth are placed complexly in the socket that the clinicians themselves opt for the administration of general anesthesia. The study was carried out in a university setting where we reviewed and analysed 791 patient records between June 2019 and March 2020. Ethical approval was obtained from the scientific review board. The collected data was compiled, reviewed, tabulated, and exported to SPSS software for statistical analysis. A statistically significant data was not obtained from the study, but the data has remarkable clinical significance. It is found that a slight male predilection is seen, and all the cases were done under general anesthesia when there were multiple impactions involved. Within the limitations of the study, it has been found that most of the general anesthesia administrations were done when multiple impaction surgeries were involved and more common in the second and third decade of life.