title: [The possibility of oral rehabilitation of the handicapped under anesthesia].
abstract: In addition to technical and personnel requirements, clinical experience is necessary for oral rehabilitation of handicapped patients under general anesthesia. As our investigation has shown, the dental measures conceivable under legal aspects and theoretically feasible under general anesthesia, are almost exclusively limited to uncompromising, dental surgical reconstruction, if possible in one session. Conservative measures show a lasting success in few cases only, especially in occlusal acrylic and amalgam fillings of handicapped persons of sufficient intelligence and personal oral hygiene. Treatment under general anesthesia is inevitably indicated in imbeciles, the feeble-minded, spastics, epileptics, and sometimes in mongoloids. The patient's wish or that of his companion are not sufficient, nor the lack of will or obstinacy. Only after all other means failed, should oral rehabilitation be performed under general anesthesia.
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005890:Gingivectomy; D006801:Humans; D009065:Mouth Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D014081:Tooth Extraction
vernacular_title: Möglichkeiten der oralen Rehabilitation von Behinderten in Narkose