Repeat general anaesthesia, a 6-year follow up.

Objective: To investigate the number of children who subsequently required further dental general anaesthesia (DGA) following the baseline DGA for exodontia in 1997 over the next 6 year period, and identify any common factors related to these repeat DGAs.

Design: A retrospective longitudinal analysis.

Materials And Methods: Records from a UK teaching hospital for patients who had extractions under DGA within the calendar year of 1997 were identified and analysed.

Enamel defects and ectopic eruption in a child with Usher syndrome and a cochlear implant.

Background: Usher syndrome is a genetic disorder consisting of progressive loss of vision and hearing.

Case Report: The paper describes an 8-year-old girl with Usher syndrome type I who presented with generalized defects of the permanent dentition and ectopic eruption of the right maxillary first permanent molar. A cochlear implant had been fitted for her hearing loss, and the report reviews the implications of this device for dental treatment.

Paediatric dentistry in the new millennium: 2. Behaviour management--helping children to accept dentistry.

Children's dentistry can be a challenge for both the patient and the dentist. The way a dentist interacts with the child patient will have a major influence on the success of any clinical or preventive care. In order to deliver high-quality dentistry to a child whilst also developing a positive attitude towards dental health, the dentist should have a good understanding of the factors that might affect the behaviour of children in the dental setting.