Research Article

Evaluation of the Cause of Dental Treatment in Children under General Anesthesia from the Perspective of Pediatric Dentists and Postgraduate Students and Parents of Children under General Anesthesia at the Dentistry School of Tehran University of Medical Science

Table 2

Results from the specialist’s checklist regarding the reasons for general anesthesia of children for dental treatment.

VariablesNumberPercentage

Specialist’s checklist1. Young age7064.8
2. Lack of cooperation during dental treatment in previous5349.1
3. Lots of dental work6963.9
4. Systemic disease of the child76.5
5. Parents’ unwillingness to perform behavioral control methods1513.9
6. Higher quality of work under anesthesia2624.1
7. Mental, physical, and behavioral problems109.3
8. Reducing the number of treatment sessions10.9
9. Receive more cost by dentist00