PREVALENCE OF CHILDREN BETWEEN AGE OF 3 - 5 YEARS UNDERGOING DENTAL TREATMENT UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA- A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Background: General anaesthesia puts your child's entire body to sleep and is required for certain tests and surgeries in order to completely relax his or her reflexes. A thorough awareness of the physiologic, pharmacologic, and psychological distinctions between children and adults is critical when delivering general anaesthetic medicines to children. The aim of the study is to know the prevalence of children between 3 - 5 years undergoing general anaesthesia. Methodology: It is a retrospective study. Data was collected from the records of the children between 3-5 of age who were treated under general anesthesia. The data is collected from DIAS(Dental Information Archiving Software) of Saveetha dental hospital. The obtained data was tabulated and statistical analysis was done using SPSS Software. Result: 73.91 % of the children treated under General anesthesia were between 3-5 years of age and Females were found to be more commonly treated under General anesthesia. A statistically significant correlation was noted between the age and gender of the participants. (P=0.00) Conclusion: From the results of the present study, it is seen that 73.91 % of the children between 3-5 years are commonly treated under general anesthesia where females were commonly treated at younger age and with increase in age males were found to be more commonly treated under General anesthesia.