Dental anaesthetic fees.

Dental general anaesthetic trends among Australian children

BACKGROUND Children receive dental general anaesthetic (DGA) care when standard dental treatment is not possible. Receipt of DGA care is resource-intensive and not without risk. This study examines trends in receipt of DGA care among Australian children. METHODS Child DGA data were obtained from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Hospital Morbidity Database for 1993-2004. Poisson ...

Public Health Aspects of Paediatric Dental Treatment under General Anaesthetic

Early childhood caries (ECC) has negative psychosocial effects on children, with chronic pain, changed eating habits, disrupted sleep and altered growth very common, and it disrupts the day-to-day lives of their families. The treatment of young children with ECC places a considerable burden on health systems, with a considerable amount having to be provided under general anaesthesia (GA), which...

Dental trial of carbocaine; a new local anaesthetic.

A RECENT report from Scandinavia (Dhuner et al., 1956) describes a clinical trial of Carbocaine in which 652 cases were injected with results which the authors describe as raising " expectations that Carbocaine may prove to be of great value as a local anaesthetic drug." It was found that, when no adrenaline was used, anaesthesia lasted longer with Carbocaine than with lignocaine (Xylocaine), f...

No user fees, but perhaps user fees.

Policy on Third-party Reimbursement of Fees Related to Dental Sealants.