Dental attendance after treatment under dental general analgesia (DGA): a data-based follow-up study.

Aims: To investigate dental attendance of patients in different age groups after dental general analgesia (DGA) and procedures performed on these patients during the DGA and in dental care after the DGA during the follow-up period of almost 3 years.

Methods: The study population consisted of 66 patients who were treated under DGA at a municipal health centre in Oulu, Finland between September 2010 and June 2011. The electronic patient files of the DGA patients were accessible for data collection for the follow-up period of nearly 3 years.