Variables Affecting General Anesthesia Time for Pediatric Dental Cases.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify variables affecting procedural times for dental treatments performed in the operating room (OR) under general anesthesia.

Methods: A total of 2,264 OR cases at Boston Children's Hospital were included in the study. A series of patient, provider, and operational variables were studied, including: patient age, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class, need for intraoperative radiographs, intubation type, provider type, referring provider type, referral date, waiting time between referral and OR, and symmetry of caries pattern.

Hospital-based emergency department visits with dental conditions among children in the United States: nationwide epidemiological data.

Purpose: To provide nationally representative estimates of hospital-based emergency department visits (ED) for dental caries, pulp and periapical lesions, gingival/periodontal lesions, and mouth cellulitis occurring among patients who were 21 years old and younger.

Methods: Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) for the year 2008 was used. All ED visits with dental conditions were included.