Pulpotomy in Children Treated Under General Anaesthesia- A Retrospective Cohort Study

Abstract

Introduction: Pulpotomy is a minimally invasive procedure in which the coronal part of the tooth is debrided and radicular part of the tooth remains intact. Sometime pulpotomy is done extensively affecting the tooth and it is too painful for a child to bear. So, in order to avoid the uncooperativeness of a child towards treatment, general anaesthesia is given safely without any harm. Aim: To analyse and evaluate the frequency of pulpotomies in children under general anaesthesia MATERIALS AND METHOD: Retrospective study was carried out in a private dental college and hospital which is located in Chennai. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional review prior to the start of the study. Data were collected from the records of children less than 15 years of age who were treated under general anesthesia between September 2020 and February 2021. Results: The most of the children who have treated pulpotomy under general anaesthesia were of the age group of 6 to 10 years and most of the children are male with a margin of difference of 9% than female. Conclusion: the frequency of children undergoing pulpotomy under general anaesthesia is slightly higher.