1. Ravi K, Prasad V, Priyadharshini I, Jagadeson M. A comparison
of subjective and objective caries risk assessment methods. J
Oral Health Oral Epidemiol. 2024;13(2):67-71. doi: 10.34172/
johoe.2307.1573.
2. Kassebaum NJ, Bernabé E, Dahiya M, Bhandari B, Murray CJ,
Marcenes W. Global burden of untreated caries: a systematic
review and metaregression. J Dent Res. 2015;94(5):650-8.
doi: 10.1177/0022034515573272.
3. Zou J, Du Q, Ge L, Wang J, Wang X, Li Y, et al. Expert
consensus on early childhood caries management. Int J Oral
Sci. 2022;14(1):35. doi: 10.1038/s41368-022-00186-0.
4. Hosseini-Dastnaei P, Najimi A, Saied-Moallemi Z. What
primary healthcare providers need to know about oral
examination in children? A qualitative study. J Oral Health
Oral Epidemiol. 2019;8(4):204-11. doi: 10.22122/johoe.
v8i4.1053.
5. Armfield JM, Heaton LJ. Management of fear and anxiety in
the dental clinic: a review. Aust Dent J. 2013;58(4):390-407.
doi: 10.1111/adj.12118.
6. Nelson TM, Xu Z. Pediatric dental sedation: challenges and
opportunities. Clin Cosmet Investig Dent. 2015;7:97-106. doi:
10.2147/ccide.S64250.
7. Mallineni SK, Yiu CK. A retrospective audit of dental treatment
provided to special needs patients under general anesthesia
during a ten-year period. J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2018;42(2):155-
60. doi: 10.17796/1053-4628-42.2.13.
8. Mallineni SK, Yiu CK. Dental treatment under general
anesthesia for special-needs patients: analysis of the literature.
J Investig Clin Dent. 2016;7(4):325-31. doi: 10.1111/
jicd.12174.
9. Guney SE, Araz C, Tirali RE, Cehreli SB. Dental anxiety
and oral health-related quality of life in children following
dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia or intravenous
sedation: a prospective cross-sectional study. Niger J Clin
Pract. 2018;21(10):1304-10. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_150_18.
10. Rajab LD, Obaid AE, Hamdan MAM, Hassona Y. Postoperative
morbidity of dental paediatric patients treated under general
anaesthesia at a university hospital: an observational study.
Int J Dent. 2022;2022:9606010. doi: 10.1155/2022/9606010.
11. Jamieson LM, Roberts-Thomson KF. Dental general
anaesthetic trends among Australian children. BMC Oral
Health. 2006;6:16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-6-16.
12. Schroth RJ, Pang JL, Levi JA, Martens PJ, Brownell MD. Trends
in pediatric dental surgery for severe early childhood caries in
Manitoba, Canada. J Can Dent Assoc. 2014;80:e65.
13. Wang YC, Lin IH, Huang CH, Fan SZ. Dental anesthesia
for patients with special needs. Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan.
2012;50(3):122-5. doi: 10.1016/j.aat.2012.08.009.
14. Duruk G, Serme M, Akkuc S. Reasons for applying to pediatric
dental clinics during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. J
Oral Health Oral Epidemiol. 2021;10:31-42. doi: 10.22122/
johoe.2021.195919.1293.
15. Huang C, Zhu K, Feng Y, Lian L, Zhu H, Hu J. Related risk
factors of early childhood caries in Zhejiang province,
China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Health.
2022;10:879955. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.879955.
16. Liu M, Wang X, Zhang L, Feng G, Zeng Y, Wang R, et al.
Epidemiological characteristics and disease burden of
infectious mononucleosis in hospitalized children in China: a
nationwide retrospective study. Virol Sin. 2022;37(5):637-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2022.07.007.
17. Qiu X, Deng H, Zhao Z, Zeng S, Zeng Y, Wang X, et al. Upper
limb pediatric fractures in 22 tertiary children’s hospitals,
China: a multicenter epidemiological investigation and
economic factor analysis of 32,832 hospitalized children. J
Orthop Surg Res. 2022;17(1):300. doi: 10.1186/s13018-022-
03159-5.
18. Brunet-Llobet L, Auría-Martín B, González-Chópite Y,
Cahuana-Bartra P, Mashala EI, Miranda-Rius J. The use of
silver diamine fluoride in a children’s hospital: critical analysis
and action protocol. Clin Exp Dent Res. 2022;8(5):1175-84.
doi: 10.1002/cre2.611.
19. Grindefjord M, Persson J, Jansson L, Tsilingaridis G. Dental
treatment and caries prevention preceding treatment under
general anaesthesia in healthy children and adolescents:
a retrospective cohort study. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent.
2018;19(2):99-105. doi: 10.1007/s40368-018-0332-1.
20. Xie Y, Wang Y, Ma Q, Li J, Chen Y, Yang R, et al. Survival
analysis of pulpectomy in primary molars performed under
dental general anaesthesia: a two-year retrospective study.
BMC Oral Health. 2022;22(1):597. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-
02553-z.
21. Liu F, Yang K, Wang P, Wu T, Li J, Guo Q. Trends,
characteristics, and success rates of treatment for severe early
childhood caries under general anesthesia: a retrospective
study in Northwest China. J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2021;45(4):278-
83. doi: 10.17796/1053-4625-45.4.11.
22. Zhao J, Yang L, Lai G, Wang J. Clinical outcomes of dental
treatment under general anesthesia and its effects on the caries
activity and body growth of children: a 2-year retrospective
study. Clin Oral Investig. 2022;26(5):4091-8. doi: 10.1007/
s00784-022-04377-1.
23. Pelizzo G, Costanzo S, Maestri L, Selvaggio GG, Pansini A,
Zuccotti GV, et al. The challenges of a children’s hospital
during the COVID-19 pandemic: the pediatric surgeon’s
point of view. Pediatr Rep. 2020;12(3):114-23. doi: 10.3390/
pediatric12030025.
24. Lazzerini M, Barbi E, Apicella A, Marchetti F, Cardinale F,
Trobia G. Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting
from fear of COVID-19. Lancet Child Adolesc Health.
2020;4(5):e10-1. doi: 10.1016/s2352-4642(20)30108-5.
25. Tewfik K, Peta C, De Giuli MC, Rossini M, Giampaoli G,
Covelli C, et al. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children
with special needs requiring general anaesthesia for the
treatment of dental disease: the experience of the Brescia
Children’s Hospital, Lombardy, Italy. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent.
2023;24(1):133-8. doi: 10.1007/s40368-022-00770-2.
26. Watt RG. Social determinants of oral health inequalities:
implications for action. Community Dent Oral
Epidemiol. 2012;40 Suppl 2:44-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-
0528.2012.00719.x.
27. Vasireddy D, Sathiyakumar T, Mondal S, Sur S. Socioeconomic
factors associated with the risk and prevalence of dental caries
and dental treatment trends in children: a cross-sectional
analysis of National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)
data, 2016-2019. Cureus. 2021;13(11):e19184. doi: 10.7759/
cureus.19184.
28. Patel S, Fantauzzi AJ, Patel R, Buscemi J, Lee HH. Childhood
caries and dental surgery under general anesthesia: an
overview of a global disease and its impact on anesthesiology.
Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2023;61(1):21-5. doi: 10.1097/
aia.0000000000000385.
29. Schroth RJ, Quiñonez C, Shwart L, Wagar B. Treating early
childhood caries under general anesthesia: a national review
of Canadian data. J Can Dent Assoc. 2016;82:g20.
30. Da Silva K, Lionel A, O’Brien JM, Wright KD, Raazi M. The use
of general anesthesia for pediatric dentistry in Saskatchewan:
a retrospective study. J Can Dent Assoc. 2022;88:m9.